A Nigerian feature film is making its international rounds after a successful domestic theatrical run, offering a coming-of-age story that centers artificial intelligence within an African context and challenges the Western narratives that dominate global technology discourse. “Makemation,” directed by Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji — a Nigerian filmmaker with a background in AI development —...

Artificial intelligence is simultaneously powering sophisticated cyberattacks and the defenses against them, creating an escalating security challenge for organizations across sectors including education, healthcare and finance, Huawei South Africa executives warned this week. Speaking at the Huawei South Africa IP Club 2026 event in Johannesburg, Kui Zheng, CEO of Huawei Enterprise South...

Shares of Meta Platforms fell 7% Thursday following a pair of landmark court rulings against the company and news of another delay to its flagship AI model, adding to a difficult stretch for a stock that has underperformed its Big Tech peers over the past year. A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google […]

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, will exhibit its AI-ready infrastructure solutions at GITEX Africa Morocco 2026, taking place April 7-9 at the Marrakech Exhibition and Convention Centre. The company will showcase Vertiv 360AI, a portfolio of validated designs for high-performance computing spanning power and thermal management systems, alongside prefabricated data...

The University of Cape Town is set to establish what it describes as Africa’s largest GPU-intensive compute cluster dedicated to artificial intelligence research, in a move it says will shift the continent’s researchers from consumers of global AI technologies to active contributors at the frontier of innovation. The African Compute Initiative forms part of the […]

In an increasingly digital and data-driven economy, Customer Experience has become one of the most powerful competitive differentiators for brands. Customer Experience (CX) refers to how customers perceive a brand based on every interaction they have with it – from in-store conversations to online support chats. It combines tangible service touchpoints with emotional drivers such […]

Africa’s artificial intelligence revolution is not a continent-wide phenomenon but a fragmented one, concentrated in five distinct markets — Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco and Tunisia — each shaped by its own economic conditions, founder backgrounds and investor preferences, according to venture deal data tracking more than 350 startup transactions across the continent over the […]

MTN Group’s digital infrastructure arm has joined a $45 million funding round in ORAN Development Company, a U.S.-based startup building AI-native radio access network technology, alongside Nvidia, Cisco, Nokia, AT&T and Telecom Italia. The Series A round, announced Thursday, positions ODC to develop software that would transform conventional cell towers into edge computing hubs capable […]

Algeria is turning to digital technologies and artificial intelligence to tackle its growing water security challenges, with the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Start-ups and Micro-enterprises launching a national call for projects aimed at building a domestic innovation ecosystem in the water sector. The initiative, announced March 18, targets innovators, startups, scale-ups, micro-enterprises,...

The government of Côte d’Ivoire has launched an AI-powered chatbot designed to improve citizens’ access to public services and government information through WhatsApp and Messenger, as part of a broader effort to modernize public administration. The chatbot, named EMY 101, was announced March 15 and functions as an intelligent conversational assistant that allows citizens to […]

Only 21% of women in Nigeria have access to artificial intelligence technology and tools, a technology analyst warned Tuesday at an event in Abuja, as stakeholders called for greater inclusion of women in the country’s growing AI sector. Technology analyst Kunle Kakanfo, citing the figure at the forum, said there is an urgent need to […]

Thirty-two Tanzanian students have secured places at the University of Limerick in Ireland to pursue undergraduate studies in data science, artificial intelligence and allied disciplines, as part of a government scholarship program aimed at building the country’s pool of technology specialists. The students are among 50 high-performing beneficiaries selected in 2025 from Mainland Tanzania and […]

Egypt has published its National Guidelines for Trustworthy and Responsible Artificial Intelligence, establishing a practical framework for how AI should be developed, deployed and overseen across both public and private sectors. The guidelines, published March 14, are designed to complement Egypt’s existing AI governance framework. While that framework defines what should be regulated, the...