Tag: Artificial Intelligence

South Africa’s Advtech
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South Africa’s Advtech bets on AI as it acquires 25% stake in MathU

Advtech has acquired a 25% stake in edtech startup MathU, securing exclusive rights to proprietary AI tools across its private school network.

Omokolade Ajayi Omokolade Ajayi
Replit & Atta
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Replit acquires AI startup Atta to expand business analytics

Replit Atta acquisition brings AI business analytics into Replit, giving users interactive data analysis and charts without writing SQL.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
Standard Bank & Huawei partnership
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Standard Bank, Huawei partner to expand digital finance in Africa

Standard Bank and Huawei are expanding cloud, AI and data capabilities to accelerate digital finance across Africa.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
Côte d’Ivoire
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Côte d’Ivoire turns to AI to transform tourism by 2030

Côte d’Ivoire is betting on AI to transform tourism, attract 10 million visitors and unlock $1.7 billion in investment by 2030.

Oluwatosin Alao Oluwatosin Alao
Kenya signs 5-year Stanford deal to expand AI and digital government
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Kenya signs 5-year Stanford deal to expand AI and digital government

Kenya signs a five-year Stanford agreement to expand AI, data analytics and digital tools for government decision-making and risk management.

Oluwatosin Alao Oluwatosin Alao
Egypt-first-National-AI-factory
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Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava, Vodafone launch Egypt AI factory

Egypt AI factory launched by Cassava and Vodafone to boost sovereign AI, local data hosting and investment in digital infrastructure.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
MTN Group
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UAE tycoon Al Ashram, MTN join forces to build AI data centers in Africa     

MTN and UAE tycoon Tarek Al Ashram plan AI data centers in Africa, starting with 150MW of capacity in Nigeria and South Africa.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
Nairobi Securities Exchange
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Nairobi Securities Exchange plans East Africa’s first AI-focused ETF

Nairobi AI ETF aims to give East African investors access to global AI leaders as NSE plans the region's first AI-focused ETF.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
Nedbank
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Nedbank expands AI push as Africa’s digital banking competition grows

Nedbank is expanding AI-powered digital banking, rolling out smarter services, boosting fraud protection and driving growth across Africa.

Oluwatosin Alao Oluwatosin Alao
MTN CEO Ralph Mupita
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MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita joins UN AI for Good Global Commission 

MTN CEO Ralph Mupita joins the UN AI for Good Global Commission to help shape responsible AI and digital inclusion.

Timilehin Adejumobi Timilehin Adejumobi
Bluechip Technologies acquires Nigerian AI startup YarnGPT
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African tech firm Bluechip Technologies acquires AI startup YarnGPT

Bluechip Technologies acquires Nigerian AI startup YarnGPT, strengthening Africa's push for locally built AI solutions.

Oluwatosin Alao Oluwatosin Alao
Meta tracks staff activity to train AI, raising privacy concerns
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Meta taps employee activity data to boost AI development efforts

Meta Platforms is stepping up its investment in artificial intelligence, turning to employee activity data to improve how its systems learn and perform everyday tasks. The move highlights a growing shift across Silicon Valley, where companies are building AI tools that can handle routine office work with limited supervision.  The company is introducing software that records how staff use their…

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