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From Biomedical Engineering to AI Pioneer: How Pelonomi Moiloa Built Lelapa AI for African Languages

Yesterday at 12:04 PM, via iAfrica

Pelonomi Moiloa has taken an unconventional path to becoming one of Africa’s most recognized figures in artificial intelligence — from biomedical engineering in Johannesburg to a master’s degree in Japan, through data science at one of South Africa’s largest banks, to co-founding a startup that is building multilingual AI systems for African languages. Moiloa co-founded […]

South Africa’s Mustek Bets R7 Million on AI Marketplace as It Seeks New Revenue After Load-Shedding Boom

Yesterday at 11:53 AM, via iAfrica

South African technology distributor Mustek is investing 7 million rand in artificial intelligence, launching a dedicated business-to-business AI marketplace as the company seeks new growth drivers following the collapse of its renewable energy hardware boom. Mustek, founded in 1987 and owner of South Africa’s Mecer PC brand, acquired a controlling stake in local startup Business […]

UK-Based Startup Builds AI Speech Platform to Help African Diaspora Learn Yoruba, Igbo and Other Native Languages

Yesterday at 11:48 AM, via iAfrica

A UK-based creative technologist has developed an AI-powered speech learning platform designed specifically for African languages, aiming to help second-generation Africans in the diaspora reconnect with their linguistic heritage through tools that global language apps have largely failed to provide. Adebola Onabanjo, founder of Asalingo, said existing language learning applications offer...

Why the Future of Customs is Agentic Artificial Intelligence

Yesterday at 11:44 AM, via iAfrica

Until recently, the modernisation of customs processes was a race to digitise paperwork and automate manual workflows. With that phase largely complete, we are entering a far more consequential era: the shift from automated systems to agentic ones. We are moving toward systems that not only follow rules, but also largely configure themselves, adapt to regulatory shifts in real-time, […]

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