South Africa will not align itself with either Washington or Beijing on artificial intelligence, communications minister Solly Malatsi has told…
Author: Sean Whitehead
South Africa does not appear on the World Bank’s global map of economies with a national AI strategy — a…
Artificial intelligence now enables 55% of reported cybercrimes across Africa, with financial losses more than doubling to $484 million, according…
Global AI investment in 2026 will reach approximately $1.019 trillion — roughly $200 billion more than the hyperscaler capital expenditure…
Researchers in Morocco are developing an AI-driven system that combines aquatic drones, ecological sensors, spectrometry and satellite imagery to detect…
Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security has deployed a new generation of AI-equipped patrol vehicles in Casablanca, bringing facial recognition,…
Two-thirds of South African mining chief executives have not yet deployed artificial intelligence in their businesses, and nearly 70% of…
Mauritius has launched an AI Adoption, Readiness and Governance Survey to measure how local businesses are actually adopting and managing…
The Inter-University Council for East Africa has launched a Regional AI Network of Universities and its Strategic Plan 2026-2031 at…
iHUB and the Mastercard Foundation have selected 12 early-stage Kenyan startups for an 18-month EdTech fellowship offering each company up…