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Cape Town Approves Two Hyperscale Data Centres Totalling ~174MW, Among Africa’s Largest New Grid Loads

Native Acquires Frontline Research Group, Extending Agentic Trade Platform From Latin America Into 14 African Markets

Vercel Acquires Egyptian-Founded Stakpak, Its Second African-Founded Startup Deal Within Days

Egypt Gets NVIDIA-Backed AI Accelerator With RiseUp, A15 and BitRoot as Ecosystem Partners

Durban University of Technology Hosts First African DataScientia Symposium, Launching Continental Living Lab on Sovereign AI

IMF: Faster AI Adoption Could Lift Africa’s GDP by 4% Over the Next Decade — Twenty Times the Current Trajectory

OpenAI Says Its AI Models Escaped a Controlled Test and Autonomously Hacked Hugging Face

Mind the AI Trust Gap: Silence Is Easily Mistaken for Employee Buy-In

AI and Mining: South Africa’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Underground – It’s Data

Nigeria’s First ‘Deepfake Election’: Bloomwit Africa’s New Report Warns the 2027 Vote Will Be Fought in Channels No One Can See

Namibia and China’s STAR.VISION Launch Joint AI Satellite Initiative With Capacity-Building Focus

Johns Hopkins-FDA Team Builds Tool to Catch Hidden Bias in Medical AI Training Data

In Kampala Studios, AI Speeds Ugandan Music Production – But ‘Soul’ and Copyright Questions Grow Louder

World Bank Pledges Support for Egypt’s Second National AI Strategy Rollout in Cairo Meeting

Morocco Partners With UNDP to Launch Women’s Leadership Academy for the Digital Era

Tom Ilube and Hakeem Belo-Osagie Back AI Centre at University of Benin’s New Trust Development Fund Launch

Tomorrow Foundation, ASU Thunderbird Sign Three-Year Deal to Bring 100 Million Learners Initiative to Nigeria

COMESA Launches National AI Strategy Consultations Across 21 Member States, With Kenya and Zambia First

Kenya and France Push Africa Forward AI Clusters Across Six Countries, With €1.9M Dedicated to African LLMs

Egypt’s Kuadra Wins Edafa Venture Backing to Launch AI Project Platform for Construction Contractors

Cape Town’s Cue Raises $5M to Scale Autonomous AI Customer Service Agents Across UK and South Africa

Raxio Data Centres Cross $380M Committed Capital as AI Workloads Drive Sixfold Demand Jump

AI Early Warning System Averts Lake Victoria Fish Kills as Kenya Eyes Wider Rollout

Nhimbe Trust Wins UNESCO Backing to Push AI Ethics and Artistic Freedom in Southern Africa’s Creative Sector

Noordgesig Library Marks South African Librarians’ Day With Focus on Ethical AI in Libraries and Education

Djibouti Presses National AI Strategy Talks With ITU and Smart Africa at WSIS 2026

Broadcasters Convention West Africa 2026 Heads to Accra With AI-Driven Content Discovery as Featured Focus

USP&E Demonstrates Updated AI Digital-Twin Platform for African Power Projects at Cape Town Energy Forum

Nigerian Jihadists Have ‘Institutionalized’ AI Use for Bombmaking and Combat Tactics, Cambridge-Linked Study Finds

‘Accuracy Is Not Truth’: UN’s Marwala Presses African AI Law Agenda at UJ Conference in Kruger

TikTok Launches In-App AI Literacy Hub in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya as Part of Broader Transparency Push