Côte d’Ivoire And Russia Explore Tech And Innovation Collaboration
The chief of staff for Côte d’Ivoire’s minister of digital transition, Raymond Assoua, met a delegation from Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation…
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Egypt Expands AI and Drone Use to Boost Water Management Efficiency
Egypt is deploying drones, satellite monitoring, and artificial intelligence on a wide scale to improve water-management efficiency under the Second…
AI Conference Unveils Uganda’s First Multilingual Language Model to Support African Languages
The 2025 AI for African Languages Conference brought together researchers, practitioners, and innovators in natural language processing to address one…
Somali Startup Builds Speech-to-Text Tool to Help Organizations Process Community Feedback
Somalia has one of the smallest tech ecosystems in East Africa. Most startups remain small and access to capital is…
AI for Governance: African Leaders Call for Sovereign, Scalable and Inclusive Pathways at Digital Africa Summit 2025
At the Digital Africa Summit South Africa 2025, a high-stakes conversation unfolded on what it will take for Africa to…
South Africans Share What They Think About Smartphone AI
Despite the persistence and scale of marketing from makers of mobile phones to push their AI products, new results from…
Africa Outpaces the World in Workplace AI Adoption, PwC Report Shows
Africa’s workforce is embracing artificial intelligence (AI) faster than any other region, with 64 percent of workers reporting that they…
South Africa’s Science Minister Warns of Ethical Risks as AI Shapes Global Conflict and Journalism
South Africa’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, has urged greater vigilance in how scientific advancements are used…
AI Is Transforming Music Creation, but South African Copyright Law Isn’t Ready
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how music is made. With platforms such as SUNO and Udio, it now takes only…
AU Conference Highlights Digital Tools as Key to Transforming Africa’s Agriculture
The African Union has wrapped up its first Conference on Digital Agriculture in Addis Ababa, placing a strong focus on…