Inadequate funding, infrastructure issues, and fights over regulation mean the sector's future remains uncertain.

Africa is still early in the process of adopting AI technologies. But researchers say the continent is uniquely hospitable to ...

In today's fast-paced digital world, visuals are key to capturing attention on social media. Posts with images receive far more engagement than those with text alone.

But in a continent where weather data is scarce, can artificial-intelligence early-warning systems truly protect vulnerable ...

This week I announced the winners of "Most Inspirational Women in Web3 and AI" at Singularity South Africa. The 135 winners comprise women who are playing a central role in shaping the future we ...

The Art of Technology Lagos (AOT Lagos) returns for its 6th edition on December 5, 2024, at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos.

AI is being marshalled in multiple fields on the African continent, which contains some of the poorest countries in the world: in Zambia, to help improve medical diagnostics; in Kenya, to enable ...

Credit - Arete -- Patrick Abah -- Opportunity International Over the past year, rural farmers in Malawi have been seeking advice about their crops and animals from a generative AI chatbot.

Named seeek.ai, it is described as an AI-powered multilingual conversational search engine crafted to democratise information access across the African continent. Designed with a mobile-first ...

“Our letter of complaint to the Information Regulator is focused on LinkedIn’s use of South African users’ personal information to train its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models ...

Teraco has raised an R8-billion syndicated loan and announced it will build a 40MW "hyperscale" data centre in Johannesburg.

In this article, we explore how sentiment analysis tools are reshaping the gold market and how South African traders can enhance their ability to trade gold by integrating AI-driven strategies ...