Tracking AI-related developments, use cases, and emerging trends across Africa. Stay informed on the evolving landscape shaping the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence.
A new report warns that $2 billion spent by 11 African governments on Chinese AI surveillance systems is violating privacy rights and enabling monitoring of activists, with Nigeria spending $470 million alone.
Kenya launched Servernah Cloud, Africa's first locally-hosted sovereign AI and cloud platform by Atlancis, EverseTech, and iXAfrica, enabling businesses to maintain data control within Kenyan borders.
Egypt will introduce programming and AI courses to technical school curricula from 2026-2027, building on a programme that enrolled over 236,000 general secondary students using the Japanese Kiryo platform.
Dr. Nosipho Mavuso of Walter Sisulu University developed an AI career guidance framework tailored to South Africa's under-resourced universities, addressing contextual challenges like affordability and regional inequality.
Nigeria's data protection authority joins international regulators in enforcing actions against AI-generated privacy violations and unauthorized data processing by automated systems.
TikTok announced $200,000 in ad credits for AI media literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Nairobi Safer Internet Summit, supporting Mtoto News, Africa Check, and CJID to combat deepfakes and misinformation.
Google launched gws, an open-source CLI tool enabling developers and AI systems to connect with Workspace services including Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Docs through a unified interface with JSON outputs.
South Africa launched the African Digital Transformation Centre in Pretoria to empower ICT SMEs and digital entrepreneurs with state-of-the-art facilities, mentorship, funding pathways, and market linkages.