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Airtel Africa: School Connectivity as a Driver of Digital Inclusion Across the Continent
A girl in rural Zambia, learning at her own pace online for the first time. That's the real story behind…
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Yaoundé, Africa’s Innovation Capital: The 2026 ICT Summit Bets on the Next Generation
"If you've got the plan to revolutionize agriculture, we're ready to sign the equity check." That's the pitch turning Africa's…
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DIGITAL GOVERNANCE: Benin Bets on Paperless Government to Cut Costs and Red Tape
Benin has ordered the digitization of its government archives and administrative procedures, joining a small group of African nations, including…
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Cybercrime in Africa, artificial intelligence becomes the tool of choice for criminal networks
AI is now involved in more than half of all reported cybercrime in Africa, with related financial losses more than…
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Burkina Faso’s Race Against the Digital Divide
Burkina Faso is targeting 1,000 white zones and up to 2 million new connections by the end of 2026, but…
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Opening the Networks, Grounding the Data: Zimbabwe Scraps 75% Local Ownership Rule as Gabon Unveils Tier III Datacenter
Recent regulatory changes in Zimbabwe and Gabon are significantly altering Africa's digital landscape. Zimbabwe has eliminated the 75 percent local…
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Lauded and Investigated: Nigeria Tops Africa’s Responsible AI Index While Turning Antitrust Fire on Big Tech
Nigeria is gaining attention as a leader in artificial intelligence governance, having topped the Global Responsible AI Index for Africa,…
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Rails for a Digital Continent: Flutterwave-Circle Partnership and LemFi’s Wealth8 Acquisition Signal Fintech’s Next Phase
African fintech is rapidly evolving, highlighted by two key developments: a partnership between Flutterwave and Circle to enhance blockchain-based money…
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From Johannesburg to Accra: Google Launches Africa Applied AI Lab and $1 Million Creator Fund With Idris Elba
By African Meridian | Media At the Google Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, Google announced a significant deepening of its African…
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Google and Novastar Ventures Back the Next Generation of African AI Startups
Google has partnered with Novastar Ventures to launch an accelerator initiative aimed at supporting the next generation of African AI…
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Google Launches $1 Million Fund for African Game Studios
Google has launched a $1 million fund dedicated to supporting African game studios, recognizing the continent's growing gaming industry as…
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From Google’s WAXAL Dataset to Ghana’s Language Scholars, Africa Debates How AI Should Meet Indigenous Tongues
In July 2026, a collaboration between Google and several African universities launched WAXAL, a speech dataset for 21 Sub-Saharan African…