Piracy and unregulated artificial intelligence could threaten Botswana’s cultural identity and economic future if stronger protections for the creative industry are not put in place, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Broadcasting and Information Services Tshireletso Motlogelwa has warned. Speaking during a media workshop on piracy and AI in the digital ecosystem in Gaborone, Motlogelwa said...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly evolved from a novelty to a regular tool in the workplace. It helps with tasks like drafting emails, summarising documents, coding, and data analysis. AI-powered platforms are changing how people work. As more employees use these tools, a less visible trend is emerging: the rise of shadow AI. Similar […]

South African children are increasingly forming emotional relationships with AI chatbots, alongside rising concerns over screen addiction, deepfake abuse and the broader impact of technology on developing minds, social media law expert Emma Sadleir has warned. The warning comes as the Department of Basic Education works on formal screen time guidelines for children aged two […]

India and South Africa have agreed to strengthen their partnership in emerging technologies, with artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure and advanced manufacturing identified as priority areas for joint development. The decision was taken during a bilateral meeting in New Delhi between Indian Union Minister Jitendra Singh and South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and...

AI-powered eye screening tools are being rolled out in Kenya in an effort to close a widening gap in eye care services, as the country grapples with a chronic shortage of specialists and an estimated 30% of the population in need of care to prevent vision impairment or blindness. Across Africa, blindness is an escalating […]

South African white-collar employees are outpacing the global average on AI adoption and reporting some of the strongest productivity gains anywhere in the world, according to Boston Consulting Group’s latest AI at Work report. The fourth annual BCG report, based on a survey of 11,749 workers across 14 markets including 503 South African respondents, found […]

The global artificial intelligence race is rapidly becoming an energy race, and Nigeria’s vast gas reserves could position the country to become a strategic partner for Big Tech as AI data centres demand reliable, large-scale power across multiple continents. As Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Oracle expand hyperscale data centres to support AI workloads, electricity has […]

A hackathon, workshops, and a conference built around one question. HACKATHON May 30 – June 6 · Free · Virtual + In-person (Lagos) The next Artificial Future hackathons bring together builders to creatively solve real African problems using AI — across four thematic areas: There is also a non-technical track for those working in data […]

Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering at a valuation approaching $1 trillion, the company said in a blog post Monday. The company has submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has yet to disclose the […]

NVIDIA opened Taipei’s Computex trade show on Sunday with the unveiling of a new PC CPU it has dubbed the RTX Spark — a “superchip” the company says will power AI PCs from a who’s who list of consumer hardware makers this autumn. The 1-petaflop chip is designed to run AI agents such as OpenClaw […]

Google parent company Alphabet has announced plans to raise $80 billion to help pay for the massive AI infrastructure buildout it has planned, in a move that highlights how rapidly the cost of competing at the AI frontier is climbing. Alphabet said Monday that it would sell that amount in stock and use the proceeds […]

The Sudan war has become a live laboratory for autonomous drone warfare, AI-assisted surveillance and open-source intelligence — exposing what analysts describe as one of the most consequential governance failures of the era, with no continental framework in place to regulate AI-powered surveillance or autonomous weapons in African conflict zones. The conflict, which erupted on […]

Standard Bank Group has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and the second most AI-mature bank overall in the Middle East and Africa in the inaugural Evident AI Index for Banks, published by Evident Insights. The group was also named the most innovative bank in AI across the region. The index is […]

Kasi Cloud Datacenters has held the flag-off ceremony for its Lekki campus in Lagos, marking the commissioning of what the company describes as West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable, carrier-neutral data centre platform. The event signals the transition of Kasi LOS1 from construction into operational readiness, opening for the first time a world-class sovereign cloud and […]

Sixteen-year-old South African student Reatlegile Rammuki has been selected for the MIT Jameel Clinic AI and Health Summer Bootcamp at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts — a highly competitive global programme exploring how artificial intelligence can be applied to real-world healthcare challenges. The bootcamp, scheduled for July, brings together selected...

By Lauren Potgieter, Country Manager at Infobip South Africa In 2026, contact centre leaders are being pulled in two directions at once. Executives are demanding AI‑driven efficiencies, while customers expect more human, empathetic support than ever. The only way to resolve this tension is to redesign the contact centre as a conversational experience hub, the […]

At AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya, which took place from 19–21 May, global cybersecurity company Kaspersky highlighted the current threat landscape in Kenya and the wider East Africa region, warning that the rapid development and adoption of artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities for innovation while simultaneously introducing new cyber risks for businesses and individual...

South Africa’s revised National AI Policy is expected to reach Cabinet by November 2026 and open for public comment in January 2027, according to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, setting out a clear timeline for the rebuilding of a process that collapsed earlier this year amid an AI-generated citation scandal. Jeanette Morwane, acting […]

Five artist-engineer teams have presented work from the Artificial Intelligence and African Music project in a day-long showcase at the University of the Witwatersrand, demonstrating how African musical creativity can shape the future of AI on the continent. The Wits Innovation Centre, in partnership with the Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute at Wits University, […]

Zambia has taken a major step in advancing its digital transformation agenda after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between SMART Zambia and Huawei Technologies to jointly support the development of a National Artificial Intelligence Data Centre. The agreement also includes a capacity-building programme that will see 5,000 ICT professionals trained by 2028 through Huawei’s Global […]

Mozambique’s new National Agency for Tourism Development and Investment, known as Anditur, will use artificial intelligence as a core tool to strengthen tourism promotion, improve visitor experience and attract investment to the sector. According to Lusa, citing the May 25 decree approved by the Council of Ministers, Anditur will be responsible for developing and managing […]