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African Musicians Grapple With AI’s Promise and Threat at Cape Verde Music Expo

Two Pretoria Grade 7 Learners Make History With AI Project at National Science Fair

GSMA and Pleias Launch Open-Source Model to Correctly Identify 61 African Languages in AI Systems

South Africa Withdraws Draft AI Policy After Fictitious Sources Found in Reference List

AI Reshapes African Mining From Congo to Botswana as Continent Seeks to Unlock $8.5 Trillion in Minerals

AI Reshapes African Mining From Congo to Botswana as Continent Seeks to Unlock $8.5 Trillion in Minerals

Governing The Digital Economy: Africa’s Shift From Connectivity to Control

Tunisian Students Set Guinness World Record by Building AI-Powered Startup in Under Three Hours

AI Subscriptions Surpass Streaming as South Africa’s Fastest-Growing Subscription Category

African Union Names Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed Champion for AI and Digital Health

Burundi Validates National AI Strategy for 2026-2030 at Bujumbura Workshop

Ghana Launches First National AI Strategy, Targets $45 Billion GDP Contribution by 2035

Botswana Minerals Uses AI to Identify Copper and Polymetallic Targets in Ngamiland

Mozambique Plans to Digitize 63 Health Facilities With $40 Million World Bank Investment

Libya’s Almadar Aljadid Deploys AI Chatbot in Arabic, English and Libyan Dialect

Tadhamun Bank Deploys AI Chatbot and Voicebot Across WhatsApp, Web and Messenger Channels

Libya Completes First AI-Directed Drilling Operation, Claims Second Such Achievement Globally

Egyptian Startup Releases Open-Source AI Model That Outperforms Larger Global Rivals on Key Benchmarks

Egypt Launches $1.4 Trillion AI-Powered ‘Cognitive City’ Development in New Cairo

Orange Egypt and Partners Launch Country’s First AI Campus in New Cairo, Targeting 100 Startups by 2030

From Storytelling to Systems: Why CRAFT Signals Africa’s Next Creative Leap

Algeria Launches First AI and Cybersecurity Startup Cluster at Sidi Abdellah Technology Hub

South African Startups Loop and Vambo AI Join Google’s 10th African Accelerator Cohort

Africa Must Build Its Own AI Factories or Risk Permanent Dependency, Enterprise Strategist Warns

Huawei Makes The Case For AI-Ready Optical Networks At OptiX Club 2026

Valeo Opens AI Development Center in Cairo, Marking 20 Years of Egypt Operations

Google Earmarks $750 Million to Help Cloud Partners Sell AI Agents to Enterprises

Biotech Startup 10x Science Raises $4.8 Million to Use AI for Drug Development Bottleneck

AI Is Creating Jobs in Africa, But Not the Jobs You May Think

The AI Productivity Paradox: How SA Companies Can Lead the Way and Avoid “AI-Washing”

The Local Discovery Problem CMOs Can’t Afford To Ignore

South African Architect Walks 1,600km From Durban to Cape Town to Fund AI Housing Platform

IMF Spring Meetings: Experts Urge Africa to Press Ahead With AI Investment Despite Global Shocks

Netcampus Trains 6,000 South African Government Leaders in AI Through Microsoft Elevate Program

Sub-Saharan Africa Accounts for Less Than 1% of Global AI Research, Stanford Report Finds

South Africa’s Draft national AI policy: What it means and what to do now

East Africa Moves to Coordinate AI Strategy With Regional Fund, Sovereignty Push and Uganda’s Planned AI Factory

Rwandan Artist’s AI-Generated Amapiano Track Goes Viral, Sparking Questions About Music’s Future

Intel and Origin Labs Sign AI Education Partnership Targeting Universities Across Africa

GITEX Expands to Kenya With May Launch of AI Everything Kenya, East Africa’s Largest Tech Event

AI Is Reshaping Fraud Detection in South African Insurance, but Criminals Are Adapting Too

University of Pretoria AI Professor Brings African Perspective to UN’s First Global Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence

UNDP and Senegal Sign Digital Transformation Partnership Covering AI, Governance and Inclusion

Ghana and Japan Launch $1.5 Million Initiative Spanning AI Health, Digital Governance and Peacebuilding

Survey: 42% of Moroccan Workers Have Shared Sensitive Work Data With External AI Tools

Mauritius Launches National AI Strategy Built on Fairness and Accountability Principles

Anthropic Launches Claude Design, an AI Visual Creation Tool for Non-Designers

Wits Hosts AI and African Music Showcase, Spotlighting Tools Built for Cultural Preservation and Creativity

Kenya Leads African AI Adoption as Country Prepares to Host Major Global Technology Conference

Egypt and Visa Discuss AI-Powered Trade Sandbox and Expanded Digital Investment at IMF Meetings

Angola’s Tax Authority Deploys AI to Detect Fraud and Tighten Compliance Among Major Taxpayers

Zambia Consolidates 12 Million Patient Records Into Unified System, Laying Groundwork for AI-Driven Healthcare

InnoPower Africa and Luma Learn Partner to Expand AI Education Access Across the Continent

Nigerian Energy Startup PowerLabs Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Scale AI-Powered Grid Management Platform

South Africa-Founded AI Startup Raises $5 Million to Make AI Models More Energy Efficient

Richards Bay Entrepreneur Builds Agri-Tech Drone Company Focused on Sustainable Farming

The AI shift: Mapping South Africa’s growing AI skills economy

How Artificial Intelligence Is Rapidly Transforming The Insurance And Financial Services Sectors

Balancing AI and Human Rights In The Modern Workplace

SA medtech company AI Diagnostics raises R85 million to accelerate AI-powered TB screening

The Hidden Economics of Workplace AI

Beyond Access: How Mobile and AI Are Reshaping Africa’s Creative Future