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Tech In Africa

African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to scale agricultural technologies in Afric February 26, 2026
Why African Micro-retail Digitization Is Exploding: The Chari / SMB Payments Playbook February 25, 2026
How Chisom Uma turned technical documentation into a growth engine at a UK identity Company February 25, 2026
Modern Dental Clinic Design & Smart Construction February 25, 2026
Rwanda Fintech Funding 2026: Key Deals, Investor List, and Why Kigali Is Winning February 24, 2026
AI Regulation in Africa 2026: New Laws, Compliance Risks, and Startup Opportunities February 24, 2026
Electric Mobility Company Spiro Raises $50 Million Debt Financing February 24, 2026
The Logistics of Hosting African Data Abroad February 24, 2026
Grey expands global business banking with new USD-based payment capabilities February 23, 2026
Kenya’s Billion-Dollar Year: Megadeal Magic or Ecosystem Strength? February 23, 2026

TechCabal

The CBN Has a Plan to Make Regulation Work for Fintechs. Here Is What It Looks Like. February 26, 2026
Kenya’s Pesalink plugs into Africa-wide local-currency settlement network February 26, 2026
“I’ve never been on leave”: Busha co-founder Moyo Sodipo on seven years building a crypto company February 26, 2026
The citizen-led platform trying to make Nigeria’s vote collation transparent February 26, 2026
M-KOPA says it has deployed ₦231 billion in credit to over one million Nigerians February 26, 2026
Nigeria lands $126m European backing for national fibre project February 26, 2026
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Starlink is standing on business February 26, 2026
Everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2026 February 25, 2026
Key highlights from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 February 25, 2026
South Africa plans incentives as data centres gain “critical” status February 25, 2026

ICT Archives – How we made it in Africa

Africa’s data centre boom August 2, 2023
Elon Musk’s Starlink could fuel competition for internet customers in Africa January 20, 2023
Influx of affordable devices in Africa fuels adoption of 5G smartphones September 13, 2022
As internet speeds rise, Africans are spending more time streaming May 26, 2022
Africa connects: High demand for internet services spurs investment in undersea cables April 3, 2022
High-tech internet solution across the Congo River links Kinshasa, Brazzaville September 25, 2021
Africa’s data centre market poised for massive growth July 2, 2021
Why Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund invested in Africa June 24, 2021
Reviewing the trends driving Africa’s allure: Leapfrogging through technology May 5, 2021
Data centres are a growing investment opportunity in Africa April 26, 2021

KachTech Media

The Invisible Engine: How Daraja 3.0 is Scaling Kenyan Tech Through MPESA February 17, 2026
Sports Betting in Kenya: Odds, Live Betting, and Platform Guide February 6, 2026
Sun King HomePlus Max Brings USB-C Laptop Charging to Solar Homes January 21, 2026
Creative Entrepreneurship: Why Filmmakers Must Start Thinking Like Founders January 21, 2026
Legal Clarity and Tech Innovation: SportPesa Strategic Pivot for 2026 January 21, 2026
Bridging the Digital Gap: How Wikipedia Next 25 Years Will Depend on the Global South January 16, 2026
The BAKE Awards 2026: Digital Storytelling’s Trillion-Shilling Moment January 14, 2026
A New Gas-Powered Commute: Proto and OLA Energy Bet on LPG in Kenya January 14, 2026
OPPO’s Reno15 Series: The “Sponge” Strategy for Smartphone Longevity January 14, 2026

African Business Technology News

M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya Launch Dala AI Bundle February 26, 2026
Kenanga Group Launches Malaysia’s First Tokenised Money Market Funds on Stellar Network February 26, 2026
A Complete Guide to Upscale Images for Posters and Prints with an AI Photo Enhancer February 26, 2026
How to Read Forex Trading Charts February 26, 2026
“I want to be an influencer!” 6 Tips on How to Support your Child’s Dream Cybersafely February 25, 2026
Tech Credit Fund to Accelerate Telecommunications Infrastructure Rollout February 25, 2026
Microsoft Advances Sovereign Private Cloud with Secure AI February 25, 2026
Why Responsible Tech Use Matters More Than Innovation Alone February 25, 2026
Daily Writing Routines That Actually Improve Your Skill February 25, 2026
Emirates Expands Payment Flexibility in Kenya February 25, 2026

TechCity

New Data Privacy Law in South Africa: Key Changes for Businesses February 26, 2026
Finding Tech Jobs in Lagos Without Experience: 7 Steps That Work February 25, 2026
MarkHack 5.0 to Explore Culture at the Center of AI Conversation in Nigeria February 24, 2026
Samsung Galaxy A Series Africa Review, Key Features Guide 2026 February 24, 2026
Tech News Updates Nigeria Today: Top Stories & Analysis 2026 February 23, 2026
Nissan introduces the all-new Gravite February 20, 2026
Exabeam Expands Regional Leadership with Strategic Appointments Across India, the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa February 20, 2026
ChatGPT for Small Business Africa: Practical Guide 2026, Growth Tips February 20, 2026
Future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Opportunities Ahead February 19, 2026
Affordable Laptops for University Students in Africa 2026 Guide February 18, 2026

AppsAfrica.com | African mobile and tech news – tech events in Africa

How Bitnob is Reshaping Enterprise Payments in Africa: Insights from Africa Tech Summit Nairobi February 18, 2026
Why Digital Identity is Becoming Africa’s Most Critical Tech Infrastructure February 16, 2026
Delta40 Completes $20M Capital Raise to Build, Invest in & Support Innovative Ventures Across Africa February 12, 2026
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Announces 12 Ventures Selected for 2026 Investment Showcase January 27, 2026
Flutterwave Partners with Turnkey to Power Secure Stablecoin Wallets for Customers January 27, 2026
Fincra Announced as Headline Supporter of Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 to Drive Dialogue on Building the Rails for an Integrated Africa January 12, 2026
Levene Energy Secures $64M Facility from Afreximbank to Acquire Strategic Stake in Axxela Limited January 12, 2026

TechArena

How to Pre-Order the Samsung Galaxy S26 Series in Kenya February 26, 2026
When AI Stops Performing and Starts Working February 26, 2026
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Series with Advanced AI and Privacy Features February 26, 2026
Emirates Introduces Split Payments in Kenya Through Cellulant’s Tingg Platform February 25, 2026
Beyond Accumulation: Kenya’s Pension Industry Enters the Decumulation Era February 25, 2026
How to Watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 February 25, 2026
Bolt Rolls Out Driver-Led High-Risk Location Alerts in Kenya February 25, 2026
Introducing Red Hat build of Podman Desktop: Enterprise-ready local container development environments February 25, 2026

WeeTracker

Fido Ghana Secures USD 5.5 M Debt To Expand AI Lending For MSMEs February 26, 2026
Cash Is Dying In Nigeria’s Nightlife Where Moniepoint Processed Over USD 600 M February 25, 2026
Charikaty Raises USD 150 K To Scale Digital Company Formation In Morocco February 25, 2026
Spiro Secures USD 50 M Debt Facility To Scale E-Bikes Across Africa February 25, 2026
PayPal Promised Nigerians A Fresh Start — Users Say It Feels Like The Past February 24, 2026
Nigeria’s Banks Finally Clear Massive USSD Debt After Four-Year War With Telcos February 23, 2026
WafR Raises USD 4 M Seed To Scale Embedded Retail Finance In Morocco February 20, 2026

TechTrendsKE

Kenya’s Digital Lending Boom Runs Into a Harder Regulatory Edge February 26, 2026
Kenya Names Naphtaly Rono as FRC Director-General Amid FATF Scrutiny February 26, 2026
Kenyan Firms Are Losing Millions to Digital Extortion February 26, 2026
Aviator winner hides face as he receives KSH500,000 Cheque from Chezagame February 26, 2026
A New Global Index Places Kenya Near the Top of Africa’s Innovation Economy, Though the Foundations Still Look Uneven February 26, 2026
Spiro Raises US$50 Million to Expand Battery-Swapping Network February 26, 2026
A Solar Showroom Opens in Nairobi, but the Real Story Is the Rising Cost of Electricity February 26, 2026

Techloy

Top 4 Loyalty Program Software for Restaurant Chains & QSRs in 2026 February 26, 2026
The Top 5 FinOps Services for Cloud Cost Optimization in 2026 February 26, 2026
New App Aims to Detect Smart Glasses That May Be Recording Nearby February 26, 2026
Hacker Allegedly Used Anthropic’s Claude to Steal 150GB of Mexican Government Data February 26, 2026
The Hidden Risks of Ignoring Data Privacy and How to Address Them February 26, 2026
The 7 Most Influential People in Crypto in 2026, Ranked February 26, 2026
Google Brings AI Task Automation to Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26 February 26, 2026
MrBeast Editor Suspended for Insider Trading on Kalshi: Everything You Need to Know February 26, 2026

Africa | Startup News and Analysis on TechCrunch

Ventures Platform, one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors, has raised another $64M November 6, 2025
Spiro raises $100M, the largest-ever investment in Africa’s e-mobility October 21, 2025
Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI co-worker for fintech September 16, 2025
Microsoft and Uber alum raises $3M for YC-backed Munify, a neobank for the Egyptian diaspora August 29, 2025
Profitable Nigerian food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator August 11, 2025
Moroccan founder raises $4.2M for her YC-backed startup building the next layer of AI search July 9, 2025
Better Auth, an authentication tool by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC June 25, 2025

Ventureburn

Spirit AI Raises $250M to Advance Embodied Intelligence February 26, 2026
NationGraph Raises $18M to Expand AI Public Sector Platform February 26, 2026
Optimizing Performance on the Melbet App for Seamless Gameplay February 26, 2026
Rowspace Raises $50M to Power AI for Finance Decisions February 25, 2026
Croissant Raises $28M to Power Fashion Fintech Ecosystem February 25, 2026
Profound Raises $96M at $1B Valuation, Redefines AI Marketing February 25, 2026
Wayve Secures $1.2B to Scale Robotaxi Technology February 25, 2026

TechCentral

Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback February 26, 2026
Data centre ‘critical infrastructure’ tag welcomed, but detail still thin February 26, 2026
The gap between AI hype and CX reality is widening February 26, 2026
The AI-driven talent and operating model transformation February 26, 2026
SA businesses: fix your legacy systems or your AI investments will fail February 26, 2026
Nvidia beats again – but Wall Street has stopped cheering February 26, 2026
Lithium prices soar after Zimbabwe suspends exports February 26, 2026
Samsung S26 launch – rand helps shield South Africans from bigger price hikes February 26, 2026
Blu Label bets big on energy as it pivots beyond prepaid distribution February 25, 2026
Dennis Venter resigns as iOCO co-CEO February 25, 2026

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GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS

MIT News – Artificial intelligence

New method could increase LLM training efficiency February 26, 2026
Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world February 25, 2026
AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology February 25, 2026
Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy February 25, 2026
Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users February 19, 2026
Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language models February 19, 2026
Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions February 19, 2026
Personalization features can make LLMs more agreeable February 18, 2026
New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty February 12, 2026

DEV Community

Creé un plugin que simplifica la integración de Google Maps en Vite y React February 26, 2026
Certificate Based Tool Authorization for MCP Agents February 26, 2026
PWC 362 Echo Chamber February 26, 2026
idea-reality-mcp v0.3.0: How We Built Chinese Language Support Into an MCP Server February 26, 2026
HexTyl ? What is This ? February 26, 2026
Why do the majority of the Engineering teams focus on conducting the Surveys? February 26, 2026
AI is a blessing for learning. Ask any veteran who learned from reference manuals, language specifications, and magazines, they'll tell you. Just don't let AI think for you. February 26, 2026
ConfDroid Puppet Modules - Postgresql February 26, 2026
Introducing the Leanvox Python SDK: Text-to-Speech in 3 Lines February 26, 2026

OpenAI News

OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience February 26, 2026
Disrupting malicious uses of AI | February 2026 February 25, 2026
Arvind KC appointed Chief People Officer February 24, 2026
Why we no longer evaluate SWE-bench Verified February 23, 2026
OpenAI announces Frontier Alliance Partners February 23, 2026
Our First Proof submissions February 20, 2026
Advancing independent research on AI alignment February 19, 2026
Introducing OpenAI for India February 18, 2026
Introducing EVMbench February 18, 2026
GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics February 13, 2026
Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT February 13, 2026
Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora February 13, 2026
Scaling social science research February 13, 2026

Google Deep Blog

Gemini 3.1 Pro: A smarter model for your most complex tasks February 19, 2026
A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music February 18, 2026
Accelerating discovery in India through AI-powered science and education February 17, 2026
Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering February 12, 2026
Accelerating Mathematical and Scientific Discovery with Gemini Deep Think February 9, 2026
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds January 29, 2026
D4RT: Teaching AI to see the world in four dimensions January 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Efficiently serve dozens of fine-tuned models with vLLM on Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock February 25, 2026
Building intelligent event agents using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases February 25, 2026
Build an intelligent photo search using Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon Bedrock February 24, 2026
Train CodeFu-7B with veRL and Ray on Amazon SageMaker Training jobs February 24, 2026
Generate structured output from LLMs with Dottxt Outlines in AWS February 24, 2026
Global cross-Region inference for latest Anthropic Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models on Amazon Bedrock in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan February 24, 2026

Databricks

Adaptive Data Governance for EU Regulatory Change February 25, 2026
An AI-First Approach to Data Engineering with Lakeflow and Agent Bricks February 24, 2026
Spark Declarative Pipelines: Why Data Engineering Needs to Become End-to-End Declarative February 23, 2026
Announcing General Availability of Zerobus Ingest February 23, 2026
From AI projects to an operational capability February 19, 2026
Use Genie Everywhere with Enterprise OAuth February 19, 2026
Flexible Node Types Are Now Generally Available February 18, 2026
Predictive Optimization at Scale: A Year of Innovation and What’s Next February 18, 2026
Custom Agents now available on Databricks February 18, 2026

AIModels.fyi

Can AI *really* research like us? This new framework puts it to the test. January 16, 2026
Can an AI *finally* react like a real person during a video call? January 11, 2026
Model of the Month: chatterbox-turbo January 7, 2026
Can text *finally* make robots dance exactly how we want them to? January 3, 2026
Can Large Language Models Develop Gambling Addiction? December 27, 2025

Techmeme

Stories by ODSC – Open Data Science on Medium

Decision Boundaries, Advanced Planning for Evaluation, AI in Museums, and Building a Secure AI… February 19, 2026
Data Scientist or AI Engineer? The Hiring Mistake That Slows AI Teams February 13, 2026
Why We’re Evolving the ODSC AI Bootcamp into the ODSC AI Engineering Accelerator February 13, 2026
Why AI is Becoming a Coworker, Not a Tool February 12, 2026
Things AI Engineers Need to Keep in Mind with HIPAA and Healthcare Compliance February 12, 2026

Towards AI – Medium

LAI #116: Agents Are Easy. Operating Them Isn’t. February 26, 2026
Agentic Engineering Is Not Vibe Coding: The Patterns That Actually Work February 26, 2026
The JSON Killer? Introduction to Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) February 26, 2026
Why Most AI Projects Die Before Production (And It’s Not a Tech Problem) February 26, 2026
Is AI the New Lingua Franca of Unwritten Languages? February 26, 2026

aibusiness

Microsoft Partners with SpaceX’s Starlink on Global Connectivity February 26, 2026
Anthropic Downgrades its AI Safety Policy Amid Market Pressures February 25, 2026
Google Labs adds Agentic AI Capabilities to Opal February 25, 2026
AI Accounting Startup now Valued at $1.15 Billion February 25, 2026
Anthropic Targets More Industries With Claude Cowork Plugins February 24, 2026
Meta Signs $100B AI Chip Deal With AMD February 24, 2026
Amazon to Invest in Louisiana Data Centers February 24, 2026
Anthropic vs. Chinese Vendors: The Problem With Distillation February 24, 2026
OpenAI Partners With Consulting Giants in Enterprise AI Push February 24, 2026
Navigating the Shift in Professional Services with AI February 24, 2026
U.S. Launches ‘Tech Corps’ to Bolster AI Abroad February 24, 2026
Opinion: From Islands to Ecosystems: Why Interoperability Unlocks Scale for Agentic AI February 23, 2026
OpenAI Aims for Stablecoin Market With New EVMbench February 23, 2026

AI News Weekly

AI News Weekly - Issue #467: Anthropic has receipts. And nobody wants to pay for AI. - Feb 26th 2026 February 26, 2026
AI News Weekly - Issue #466: Everything Elon & AI special edition - Feb 19th 2026 February 19, 2026
AI News Weekly - Issue #465: the DOOM edition : 5 ways AI could destroy everything - Feb 12th 2026 February 12, 2026
AI News Weekly - Issue #464: 5 reasons will will not get AGI soon - Feb 5th 2026 February 5, 2026
AI News Weekly - Issue #463: All about The "Moltbook" Phenomenon - Feb 2nd 2026 February 2, 2026

Ahead of AI

A Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026 February 25, 2026
Categories of Inference-Time Scaling for Improved LLM Reasoning January 24, 2026
The State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Problems, and Predictions December 30, 2025
LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (July to December) December 30, 2025
From DeepSeek V3 to V3.2: Architecture, Sparse Attention, and RL Updates December 3, 2025
Beyond Standard LLMs November 4, 2025
Understanding the 4 Main Approaches to LLM Evaluation (From Scratch) October 5, 2025
Understanding and Implementing Qwen3 From Scratch September 6, 2025
From GPT-2 to gpt-oss: Analyzing the Architectural Advances August 9, 2025
The Big LLM Architecture Comparison July 19, 2025
LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (January to June) July 1, 2025
Understanding and Coding the KV Cache in LLMs from Scratch June 17, 2025
Coding LLMs from the Ground Up: A Complete Course May 10, 2025

The Stanford AI Lab Blog

LinkBERT: Improving Language Model Training with Document Link May 31, 2022
Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at ACL 2022 May 25, 2022
Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at ICLR 2022 April 25, 2022
Discovering the systematic errors made by machine learning models April 7, 2022
Grading Complex Interactive Coding Programs with Reinforcement Learning March 28, 2022
Understanding Deep Learning Algorithms that Leverage Unlabeled Data, Part 1: Self-training February 24, 2022
Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at AAAI 2022 February 22, 2022

Computational Intelligence

Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2026 February 25, 2026
Weekly Review 20 February 2026 February 20, 2026
IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2026 February 17, 2026
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Volume 34, Issue 2, February 2026 February 16, 2026
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Volume 37, Issue 2, February 2026 February 15, 2026
Weekly Review 13 February 2026 February 13, 2026
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026 February 12, 2026
Soft Computing, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2026 February 5, 2026
Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2026 February 5, 2026
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2025 February 4, 2026

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