The East African Community and the German government have launched the second edition of the AI4EAC Challenge, targeting 20,000 people…
Browsing: Regional Spotlights
Africa’s AI scene is as diverse as its landscapes. We zoom into each region’s unique vibe—celebrating local innovators, policies, and projects. Whether it’s East Africa’s startup buzz or West Africa’s policy wins, these stories are bold, regional, and oh-so-African.
Twenty-six projects have been selected under LINGUA Africa, covering more than 50 African languages, dialects and sign languages spoken by…
Artificial intelligence will not level African education on its own. It will magnify whatever system it lands in — and…
Côte d’Ivoire has opened applications for two programmes that will support 30 digital companies over 24 months, launched alongside a…
South Africa does not appear on the World Bank’s global map of economies with a national AI strategy — a…
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…
The GSMA and the governments of Benin, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and Togo have launched ATLAS Umoja AI, a pan-African initiative…
Vodacom’s AI Lab, the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Applied Data Science (CADS) and Amazon Web Services have launched a…
Egypt has become one of the first countries in the world to launch a nationally contextualized AI competency framework for…