Strathmore Global Institute Tanzania has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Africa Research Institute for AI to connect AI research with executive leadership development across the region. The agreement was signed earlier this month and marks the start of a collaboration designed to give Tanzanian professionals and organizations access to AI-informed training and innovation-led […]

The Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has launched an AI Case Innovation Competition and Study Visit for African Youth, inviting young Africans to submit artificial intelligence application cases for the chance to travel to China for exchange and study programmes. The activity is part of the official roster […]

Mozambique has established a National Commission for Artificial Intelligence to advise the government on the ethical, legal, security and social dimensions of AI, including its use in the labour market. According to the Council of Ministers’ decree creating the commission — known by its Portuguese acronym CNIA, which came into force in April — the […]

Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Chola Milambo, has called for developing countries to pursue inclusive, equitable AI engagement anchored in national development priorities, in remarks delivered at a UN event focused on bridging the global AI divide. Milambo spoke May 6 at an event organized by Zambia, China and the China Association for […]

An AI-driven system used to determine how much Kenyans must pay for healthcare has systematically driven up costs for the country’s poorest households, an investigation has found, with the algorithm overestimating the incomes of low-income families while underestimating those of wealthier households. The system underpins Kenya’s Social Health Authority, launched in October 2024 as a […]

Algeria’s national research centre CERIST has launched the Deeptech Innovation Hub, a new acceleration platform designed to convert advanced research into scalable ventures by combining decades of national IT leadership with modern AI infrastructure. The hub, supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, is intended to support startups, connect industry and investors, […]

A flagship $1 billion Microsoft and G42 data centre project in Kenya has stalled over power supply constraints, with President William Ruto acknowledging that the country’s electricity system cannot accommodate the scale of the proposed facility without disrupting service to households and industry. The project was first announced during Ruto’s state visit to Washington in […]

The Kenya-based Masakhane African Languages Hub has joined forces with Microsoft AI for Good Lab, the Gates Foundation and Google.org to launch LINGUA Africa, an open call for proposals designed to strengthen the language foundations needed for inclusive AI across the continent. Selected projects can apply for funding of up to $250,000 in cash and […]

Industry leaders, policymakers and technology experts have called for accelerated investment in All-Optical Networks across Africa, positioning fibre infrastructure as the critical backbone for the continent’s AI-driven future and next-generation digital economy. The All-Optical Summit 2026 was held as part of the Connected Africa Summit 2026 under the theme “Future Proof Fibre Connectivity...

Beijing-based AI lab Moonshot AI has raised about $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, according to a post from Huafeng Capital, signaling continued investor appetite for Chinese open-weight large language models even as Chinese AI companies operate with smaller funding pools than their Western counterparts. The round was led by Long-Z Investment, the venture […]

A Zambian graduate student in the United States is developing a machine learning system designed to help African farmers decide what to plant, when to plant it and how much yield to expect — addressing a growing challenge as climate change disrupts the generational knowledge that has long guided African agriculture. Mwansa Phiri, a student […]

The Western Cape town of Grabouw has emerged as a leading testing ground for AI-driven agricultural technology in South Africa, with drone-based spectral imaging, AI-powered irrigation and crop monitoring tools deployed across what is the largest single source of exported fruit in southern Africa. Located about 65 kilometers east of Cape Town, Grabouw is the […]

South Africa’s withdrawal of its Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy in late April after fake AI-generated citations were discovered in the document marked the first time a government has formally withdrawn an official document over AI hallucinations — but not the first time fabricated AI content has appeared in government or quasi-government material. The incident […]

Meta has announced new advancements in its age assurance technology as part of its ongoing efforts to create safer, age-appropriate experiences for young people across its platforms. Through a combination of AI, product design, and parental support tools, Meta continues to strengthen how it identifies teens, protects them by default, and supports families in navigating […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Kumar Vaibhav, Lead Senior Solution Architect – Cybersecurity at In2IT Cybersecurity has long been a game of cat and mouse, with attackers innovating just as quickly as defenders can adapt. But in recent years, the balance has shifted once again, and not in favour of the good guys. Phishing, one of the oldest and […]

By Hemant Harie, Group CTO at Data Management Professionals South Africa Enterprises are being battered by a perfect storm in data storage. Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads consume capacity at a pace no legacy architecture can sustain, component shortages choke global supply chains, and hardware costs and lead times have become erratic enough to derail even […]

Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy has officially launched the Kenya AI for Disability Project in partnership with Huawei and a coalition of ecosystem partners, marking what officials describe as a significant step toward inclusive digital transformation in Kenya and the wider African region. The project was unveiled at the 15th Connected […]