Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has outlined the government’s plans to combat misinformation, disinformation and malinformation, including proposals for a public fact-checking platform, restrictions on fake news broadcasts, and mandatory disclosure of AI-generated content on digital platforms. Tabling the Government Communication and Information System’s (GCIS) Budget Vote...

African farmers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence — from cow facial recognition to AI-generated soil analysis — to head off a looming food crisis as the continent’s annual spending on imported food edges closer to $100 billion. The continent is increasingly reliant on foreign markets for everyday staples such as sugar, rice and wheat, […]

Businesses worldwide have poured investment into artificial intelligence, yet fewer than 40% report meaningful productivity gains. A new report from Top Employers Institute reveals why: nearly half of workers say they do not understand how AI is supposed to help them perform better, even as 96% of senior leaders expect it to do exactly that. The gap between expectation and reality is not […]

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) (https://Meltwater.org), has opened applications for the second edition of the MEST AI Startup Program, a fully-funded, immersive experience designed to equip Africa’s most promising AI entrepreneurs with the technical, business, product, and leadership skills to build and scale globally competitive AI startups. Over a seven-month...

Why more information doesn’t always lead to better healthcare decisions. For years, “Dr Google” has been a familiar part of the healthcare journey. Research suggests that 65% of people search online before contacting a doctor, often arriving at consultations with pre-formed ideas about their symptoms.  Today, that behaviour is evolving, with AI-powered tools increasingly becoming […]

The Artificial Future, a multi-week AI initiative from YPIT, launches in Lagos this May with a hackathon for 250 builders, a global webinar series, and a conference bringing together investors, founders, and policymakers on June 13th Lagos, Nigeria — Young People in Tech (YPIT), a global community founded in Lagos in 2022, has launched The […]

The Inter-University Council for East Africa, in collaboration with the East African Science and Technology Commission and international partners, has formally launched the East African Community Artificial Intelligence Alliance, alongside its inaugural flagship initiative — a regional Network on Artificial Intelligence in Education and Research. According to IUCEA, the alliance is designed...

By Johnson Idesoh, Group Chief Information and Technology Officer at Absa For the past three or four years, the world has lived through what is probably the fastest adoption of a general-purpose technology in modern economic history, with systems becoming embedded in ordinary working life so quickly that companies, governments, and regulators have often struggled […]

OpenAI on Friday launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the United States, allowing them to connect their financial accounts and ask questions ranging from spending analysis to long-term planning. OpenAI has partnered with the financial connection service Plaid to manage account connections, with users able to […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations convened national stakeholders and technical focal points in Tunis from April 20 to 23 to strengthen capacity in geospatial data management, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications supporting sustainable natural resource management across North Africa. The mission focused on advancing the use and management of the […]

The Tanzanian government has announced a sweeping integration of artificial intelligence into its national disaster management infrastructure, marking a shift from reactive emergency relief to proactive, data-driven climate resilience. The deployment comes as East Africa faces increasingly volatile weather patterns, erratic flooding and prolonged droughts. By leveraging predictive algorithms,...

An Ethiopian self-taught software developer has won a major international Amazon technology competition with an artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline — addressing one of Africa’s most persistent infrastructure challenges. Natnael Getenew Zeleke, 24, emerged as the global winner of the AWS AIdeas competition after competing against more than 10,000...

Riyadh- and Cairo-based speech intelligence company Intella has launched Swahili language capabilities for its AI voice platform, expanding the reach of its Ziila assistant into East Africa as the company targets the Middle East and Africa’s two billion-person AI voice market. The announcement was made at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, where Intella CEO […]

Algeria has signalled its willingness to develop cooperation with Russia in artificial intelligence, with proposals on the table that would include joint funding for startups, university research partnerships and the development of AI companies positioned to serve both African and European markets. Algeria’s Minister of the Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises Noureddine Ouadah...

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy William Kabogo Gitau has held bilateral talks with Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire on strengthening cooperation between the two countries on the digital economy, with artificial intelligence, data centres and innovation ecosystems featured prominently in the discussions. The talks...

A landmark report on Africa-Europe cooperation in AI governance has warned that Africa’s regulatory capacity has grown significantly but has not translated into meaningful influence over global AI rules — and that the political window to change that is narrowing. The report, produced by Nairobi-based digital law and policy organization The Lawyers Hub in partnership […]

South Africa’s energy transition is placing new demands on the construction sector. As the country expands its grid, integrates renewable energy and modernises infrastructure, construction companies are moving beyond traditional projects to deliver solar and wind farms, support grid expansion and work across Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) programmes central to energy...

Telecommunications group MTN is commercializing a suite of AI-driven Internet-of-Things solutions for the agricultural sector, while identifying private network infrastructure as a key enabler of wider digital agriculture adoption in rural areas. Speaking at this year’s Nampo Harvest Day near Bothaville in the Free State, MTN South Africa GM for Connected Enterprise Solutions Sudipto Moitra […]

South Africa and China have agreed a new set of measures to deepen cooperation in digital education, technical skills development and student mobility, with artificial intelligence positioned as a central pillar of the expanded partnership. The agreement follows bilateral talks between Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela and China’s Vice Minister of Education Xu […]

AI-assisted software development is reshaping South Africa’s technology workforce, with growing concern that entry-level developers risk losing the critical opportunities they need to build foundational engineering skills — a shift that could damage the country’s tech sector if left unaddressed. The integration of AI into software development is not merely another industry trend but a […]

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond the digital world and into the physical one, with implications that could reshape Africa’s real economy — from agriculture and mining to logistics and frontline service delivery. For much of the recent AI cycle, attention has focused on copilots, large language models and digital assistants supporting content generation, workflow automation […]