SA Regulators Release First Snapshot of AI Adoption Across Financial Sector
South Africa’s financial regulators have released the country’s first comprehensive look at how artificial intelligence is being used across the…
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Zambia Becomes First African Nation to Join Global AI-in-Health Regulatory Network
Zambia has become the first African country to join the HealthAI Global Regulatory Network, marking a significant step toward strengthening…
Nigeria Moves Toward Formal AI Regulation With New National Oversight Bill
Nigeria has taken a major step toward regulating artificial intelligence with a proposed law that would require mandatory registration and…
NVIDIA Targets Morocco As Next African Expansion Hub After South Africa Entry
NVIDIA has identified Morocco as a priority market for its African expansion, signaling the continent’s rising role in global artificial…
The Evolving Role Of AI In Business Process Outsourcing
Little more than a year ago, AI was widely heralded as the absolute game-changer of business process outsourcing (BPO)—and as…
Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Gains Traction In Africa, Raising Concerns Over Data Privacy And Dependence
Chinese startup DeepSeek caused turbulence in the global AI market earlier this year with its claim that its large language…
Experts Urge Nigeria To Build Local AI Tools To Safeguard Data Privacy And Protect African Digital Assets
Experts are calling on Nigeria to accelerate the development of homegrown artificial intelligence tools to strengthen data privacy and protect…
MIT study finds AI already cost-competitive with work equal to 12% of U.S. jobs
Artificial intelligence systems are now powerful and inexpensive enough to perform work equivalent to nearly 12 percent of U.S. jobs,…
TICAD9 spotlights AI as Japan launches major talent-development initiatives for Africa
AI took center stage at TICAD9, the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, held in Yokohama in August 2025…
Vodacom Deepens Google Cloud Partnership To Deploy Generative AI And Build New Digital Services For Africa
Vodacom Group has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, adopting the company’s data-analytics tools and generative AI models to create…