South Africa’s traditional measure of the digital divide — whether people can get online — is no longer adequate, Deputy…
Author: Sean Whitehead
Africa is entering an unusually important week for AI governance. On September 7, the African Union Commission convened African ambassadors…
Africa faces an unusual employment dilemma as artificial intelligence moves from experimentation into everyday economic activity. The continent needs to…
More than 75% of industrial AI pilot projects never reach large-scale deployment, and over 80% of manufacturers cannot extend AI…
Tether AI Research has released open-source translation models covering 19 African languages that run entirely on smartphones and laptops without…
Microsoft has appointed Angela Nganga as Country Lead for East Africa, placing an executive whose background is in government engagement…
Deloitte’s Egyptian technology hub has grown from 23 professionals to more than 900, and the firm is committing a further…
Mastercard is embedding card payments directly into WhatsApp conversations through a collaboration with commerce platform Flowcart, launching in Kenya before…
Workplace disputes account for 37% of all queries put to My AI Lawyer, the South African AI legal chatbot, according…
Injini has opened applications for an eight-month AI venture builder aimed at getting education technology built by people who have…