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AI Becomes Top Strategic Priority for Africa’s CEOs as Investment Surges Ahead of 2026

Today at 19:10 PM, via iAfrica

Artificial intelligence has become the leading strategic priority for African CEOs as they prepare for 2026, with 71 percent now investing in AI to improve efficiency, boost competitiveness and strengthen long-term resilience. This is according to KPMG’s 2025 Africa CEO Outlook report, which surveyed 130 chief executives across Southern, East and West Africa. The report […]

South Africa

Kenya’s Atlancis Launches GPU-Powered AI Factory To Accelerate Africa’s Sovereign Compute Future

Today at 19:07 PM, via iAfrica

Atlancis Technologies has launched a GPU-powered Artificial Intelligence factory under its Servernah Cloud brand, marking one of Kenya’s most significant computing infrastructure deployments to date. Announced on 10 November and hosted at iXAfrica Data Centres in Nairobi, the new facility positions the country as a key player in the race to build sovereign AI capacity […]

South Africa

Huawei Urges Africa To Accelerate Local AI Models As Ministers Gather For Africa Tech Festival

Today at 19:03 PM, via iAfrica

On the eve of Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, Huawei and the African Telecommunications Union co-hosted a Ministerial Forum focused on the continent’s readiness for artificial intelligence and the infrastructure required to scale it. Speaking at the opening session, Hover Gao, Huawei’s president for Sub-Saharan Africa, said African nations are standing at a critical […]

Sport

Man Utd play down severity of Sesko injury

Today at 19:05 PM, via BBC News

Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesko will miss Slovenia’s World Cup qualifiers but club officials do not think he has suffered a major injury.

Education

Uganda: Karamoja Schools Struggle With Acute Furniture Shortage

Today at 18:55 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Schools across the Karamoja sub-region continue to grapple with severe shortages of classroom furniture and essential learning materials, forcing pupils to study in difficult and uncomfortable conditions.

Education

Botswana: Kanye Brigade Centre Strives for Excellence

Today at 17:41 PM, via AllAfrica

[Botswana Daily News] Kanye — Through its focus on scarce skills transfer, Kanye Brigade Centre continues to bolster Botswana’s human resource capital by producing industry-ready graduates.

Education

Namibia: Education Fraud Exposed in Erongo Region

Today at 14:54 PM, via AllAfrica

[Namibian] Deputy director for programmes and quality assurance in the regional education office, Natalia Guriras (55), appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court yesterday on multiple counts of corruption.

Science/Tech

Data Centers in Nvidia’s Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power

Today at 18:51 PM, via Slashdot

Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity. From a report: In Santa Clara, California, where the world’s biggest supplier of artificial-intelligence chips is based, Digital Realty Trust applied in 2019 to build a data center. Roughly six years later, the development...

Science/Tech

Paystand’s Acquisition of Bitwage Marks a Turning Point for Stablecoins in Global Business Finance

Today at 18:26 PM, via Tech Financials

The line between crypto and conventional finance is blurring faster than ever. That includes digital currencies, with on-chain B2B payments network Paystand announcing its acquisition of Bitwage, a pioneer in stablecoin-powered cross-border payments. The deal positions Paystand to bring enterprise-grade settlement and foreign exchange capabilities to its network of more than one million...

Science/Tech

Tim Berners-Lee Says AI Will Not Destroy the Web

Today at 18:11 PM, via Slashdot

Tim Berners-Lee thinks AI will help the web, not destroy it. The inventor of the World Wide Web has spent years warning about platform concentration and social media’s corrosive effects, but he views AI differently. AI has accomplished what his Semantic Web project could not. The technology extracts structured data from websites regardless of how the information was formatted. Berners-Lee spent...

Health

Illuminated

Yesterday at 21:40 PM, via BBC News

Emily Berry’s exploration of agoraphobia.

Health

Infant Formula Recalled Amid Botulism Investigation

Yesterday at 18:10 PM, via New York Times

Health agencies asked caregivers to stop using two batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after they found an increase in cases of infant botulism.