Lagos, Nigeria | 30 May – 13 June 2026 Young People In Tech (YPIT) presents The Artificial Future, a three-week programme bringing together builders, students, founders, researchers, and investors to answer one question: what does AI look like when Africans are the ones building it? The programme runs across workshops, a hackathon, and a full-day […]

When considering who could take over the captaincy from Siya Kolisi one day, a former Springbok has made a bold prediction.

Campaigners are calling for a ban on the use of the weedkiller over health concerns.

TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim says South Africa’s patching problem is about to be compounded by agentic AI.

A presentation seen by Reuters said tests done by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases revealed that the Andes strain was the cause of infection in the Dutch woman who died in Johannesburg as well as in the British man who is still

The inclusion of AI-fabricated research in the draft South Africa National AI Policy was a serious embarrassment for the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, but the speed with which Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the document deserves recognition, according to Adams & Adams partner Darren Olivier. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published the […]

South African students are flocking to Europe to study medicine, but many plan to return home following their studies.

The Focal Mu-so Hekla can almost replace a multi-speaker surround-sound setup.

A Nigerian startup is building what its founder describes as a healthcare operating system — an AI-powered platform designed to address fragmentation, diagnostic errors and access gaps across Africa’s healthcare systems — born out of his own near-fatal misdiagnosis. Monte Sereno Health was founded in 2021 by Clement Okoh, who walked into a Lagos hospital […]

Don’t let busted pipes or an overflowing washing machine dampen your day. These smart water sensors can help you catch problems quicker.

Those that are able to combine that local understanding with the level of speed and execution capability expected by international participants are the ones more likely to succeed over time. 

The Constitutional Court is hearing challenges to the NHI Act.

A team of four Nigerian graduates under 25 is building Reedapt, an AI-powered dubbing and real-time multilingual streaming platform aimed at Nollywood filmmakers, churches and African content creators whose work struggles to travel beyond English-speaking audiences. The startup is the brainchild of Apotierioluwa Owoade, who saw the cost and quality limitations of traditional dubbing firsthand […]

Coach Pogiso Makhoye says a win against AmaZulu and draw with Stellenbosch are needed

MzansiLM is an AI model trained on all 11 South African languages, to address gaps in global AI systems.