Nigeria has published 20 peer-reviewed artificial intelligence (AI) research papers in less than two years, a milestone that signals the…
Browsing: Research Breakthroughs
African researchers are making global waves, and we’re here to shout about it! We translate cutting-edge discoveries into fun, digestible stories, spotlighting innovations like low-resource AI or multilingual systems that tackle African challenges.
A team of African researchers has unveiled African Next Voices, the largest known AI-ready dataset for African languages, aiming to…
Tunisian researcher Emna Hariga has been awarded the 2025 Best Female Scientific Achievement Prize for her development of an intelligent…
Uganda has begun drafting its first national policy on artificial intelligence, aiming to regulate the fast-evolving technology while harnessing its…
Microsoft has unveiled a new AI system that outperforms human doctors in diagnosing complex medical cases, describing the breakthrough as…
Malaria remains a major barrier to Africa’s development, with nearly 600,000 deaths annually, mostly among children under five, and an…
Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers are leading a €10 million international trial exploring how artificial intelligence can improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis…
Ransomware attacks are escalating globally, with massive financial and societal impacts. In 2024, a Fortune 50 company paid a record…
With South Africa’s record youth unemployment and limited access to professional coaching, AI-powered coaching may offer a transformative solution. Professor…
Namibia is moving forward with comprehensive legislation to govern artificial intelligence and digital safety, including a Draft AI Bill, Data…