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Tech In Africa

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
South Africa Reclaims the Top Spot in African VC for the First Time Since 2017 February 23, 2026
HAVAÍC’s African Innovation Fund 3 Reaches Third Close at Over $30M February 23, 2026
Araxi Acquires 80% Stake in Pay@ Group for $62.3M February 23, 2026
Moroccan Retail Fintech WafR Raises $4M Seed Round February 23, 2026
Debt Financing Reaches All-Time High in African Tech: The $1.6B Milestone February 18, 2026
African Tech Funding Hits $4.1B in 2025: What’s Really Driving the Growth February 18, 2026
Egypt’s Breadfast Raises $50M Pre-Series C from Mubadala, IFC, and Olayan February 17, 2026
Nigerian Defense Tech Startup Terra Industries Raises $22M Extension Round, Total Funding Reaches $34M February 17, 2026

TechCabal

Only 20 Nigerian banks meet new capital requirements as March deadline nears February 24, 2026
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: What’s different from 2025 February 24, 2026
Nigeria’s digital lenders stay cautious as CBN cuts benchmark rate February 24, 2026
Why VaulFi is building a stablecoin-powered super app for North Africa February 24, 2026
We tested M-PESA’s latest feature Shiriki Pay. Here’s how it works. February 24, 2026
Spiro raises $50 million to scale battery swapping network February 24, 2026
Fintechs may finally get regulatory clarity as Kenya’s Central Bank reviews laws February 24, 2026
After P2P pause, Nigeria’s Quidax turns to Lisk for regulated stablecoin rails February 24, 2026
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Terra is playing defence February 24, 2026
A new index wants to make African private tech visible to global capital February 23, 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

2 Days to Go: #DRA2026 Set to Ignite Retail Innovation in Cape Town February 24, 2026
Slotegrator Introduces an AI-Powered Anti-Fraud Assistant February 24, 2026
MoneyHash Announces Partnership with Wayl February 24, 2026
Hayo Expands Footprint with New Senegal Presence February 24, 2026
New Partnership Targets Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in South Africa February 24, 2026
Censys Appoints New META Vice President to Expand Growth February 24, 2026
Glovo and NTSA Launch Tech-Driven Initiative to Transform Rider Safety in Kenya February 23, 2026
Smart Technology for Safer Schools February 23, 2026
Bank Tech Company Appoints Paul Whelpton as CEO February 23, 2026
Binance Junior Launches New Features to Boost Family Crypto Savings February 20, 2026

TechCity

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
Lagos is About to Host Africa’s Biggest No-Code Gathering: Legacy 3.0 is Here February 17, 2026
Unwind: Off the Deck – Reflection • Connection • Growth February 17, 2026
What Are The Challenges Facing African Startups, Explained February 17, 2026
Why Ranking on Google Is Harder Than Ever (And What Smart Brands Do Differently February 16, 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

After $100M Raise in November, Spiro Secures Additional $50M to Accelerate Africa’s Battery Swapping Expansion February 24, 2026
Grey Expands Business Banking With USD Accounts, Bulk Payments and USDC Support February 24, 2026
Mogo Secures Sh2.3 Billion in Local Funding to Expand Boda Boda and SME Asset Financing in Kenya February 24, 2026
LG Is Rewriting What Home Innovation Means February 24, 2026
The Kilimax case for building Africa’s own AI-powered ERP platform February 23, 2026
Absa Launches Visa Infinite Metal Card in Kenya with MPESA Integration February 23, 2026
Zoho Doubles Down on Africa as It Celebrates 30 Years and 1 Million Customers February 23, 2026
Airtel to Leverage Starlink for Faster Mobile Internet February 23, 2026

WeeTracker

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
Kenya’s Card Payments Creep Higher, Encroaching On Mobile Money & Cash February 19, 2026
Kenya Says No To TikTok Ban, Opts For Strict Rules & Creator Payments February 19, 2026
Araxi Buys 80% Of Pay@ Group In USD 62.3 M South African Fintech Deal February 19, 2026
Employee Fraud & Workplace Corruption Are Bleeding Nigeria’s Small Businesses Dry February 18, 2026

TechTrendsKE

Bolt Rolls Out New High-Risk Location Flagging Feature for Drivers February 24, 2026
PayPal’s 46% Decline Opens the Door to Takeover Interest at a $40.9 Billion Valuation February 24, 2026
As Parliament Circles Back to TikTok, Kenya Confronts the Limits of Regulation February 24, 2026
At Nairobi’s Main Airport, a New App for Taxis Hints at How the State Wants a Share of Every Ride February 24, 2026
With Airtel Uganda’s Dividend Rise Matching Profit Growth, the Region’s Telecom Income Trade Gets Firmer February 24, 2026
Nairobi’s Transport System Was Never Built for Timetables. BasiGo Fixed-Route Commuting Thinks It Can Be February 24, 2026
The Global Music Business Talks Scale, but the Real Pressure Is Coming From Africa’s Streaming Habits February 24, 2026

Techloy

Canva Acquires Cavalry and Mango AI to Expand Motion and Marketing Tools February 24, 2026
2026 Is Reshaping Cyber Threat Models Faster Than Most Enterprises Expected February 24, 2026
Did Crypto Exchange Binance Fund Iranian Entities? Here Is Everything We Know February 24, 2026
Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Mass “Distillation” Campaign to Copy Claude February 24, 2026
Apple to Assemble Mac Mini in Texas as Tariff Pressures Reshape Supply Chains February 24, 2026
IBM Shares Sink 13% After Anthropic Says Claude Can Modernize COBOL February 24, 2026
ARC Raiders’ Shrouded Sky Update Unleashes Hurricane Map, New ARC Machines February 24, 2026
PGA Tour 2K25 Reportedly Set to Headline PlayStation Plus March 2026 Lineup February 24, 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

Letter AI Raises $40M Series B for Revenue Intelligence February 24, 2026
Spiro Secures $50 Million To Expand Africa’s Electric Mobility Network February 24, 2026
Wishlink Raises $17.5 Million To Expand Creator Commerce Platform February 24, 2026
SambaNova Raises $350M To Scale SN50 AI Chip For Agentic Systems February 24, 2026
Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others February 24, 2026
Frankenburg Technologies Secures €30M Series A Funding February 24, 2026
Top 10 Crypto Exchanges & Apps for Trading in March 2026 February 23, 2026

TechCentral

All eyes on Nvidia this week amid AI bubble fears February 24, 2026
African firms are all in on cloud and AI – on paper, at least February 24, 2026
Sola Group starts work on SA’s first solar-and-battery wheeling plant February 24, 2026
Netstar and Sunshine Tour team up on data-driven golf analytics February 24, 2026
Altron flags strong year as annuity revenue tops 65% February 24, 2026
Vox customers set to benefit from direct, optimised Google connectivity February 24, 2026
This SA start-up wants to stop foot-and-mouth with IoT collars February 24, 2026
Usaasa publishes framework for universal service fund February 24, 2026
Claude Code triggers IBM’s worst day in 25 years February 24, 2026
Spar rethinks SAP roll-out February 23, 2026

Technext

Eko Electricity directs corporate customers to submit Tax IDs by Feb 28 or risk disconnection February 24, 2026
Spiro raises $50 million to expand bikes and battery swap stations February 24, 2026
Nigeria’s first SEC-licensed crypto exchange Quidax taps Lisk to build Africa’s DeFi rails February 24, 2026
GTBank fined $257k for breach of agreement with client in Kenya February 24, 2026
Nigeria police warn dispatch riders, e-hailers against transporting unconfirmed packages February 24, 2026
Baraza Lagos 2026 proves compliance is the new competitive advantage for tech founders February 24, 2026
PayPal attracts takeover February 24, 2026

GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS

MIT News – Artificial intelligence

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
Accelerating science with AI and simulations February 12, 2026
Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threat February 11, 2026
AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways February 10, 2026
3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint February 10, 2026

DEV Community

Prompt Regression Tests: Stop Your AI Workflow From Breaking February 24, 2026
The 'Instruction Hierarchy' is Dead: Why Your Agent's Skills Are a Supply Chain Nightmare February 24, 2026
Understanding the Thundering Herd Problem: Taming the Stampede in Distributed Systems February 24, 2026
AP Systems Explained: Stale Data Beats Dead Servers February 24, 2026
🚀 Day 5 of My Automation Journey – Instance, Static Variables & Operators in Java February 24, 2026
I built a 100% Client-Side Image Compressor & WebP Converter (Zero Server Uploads) February 24, 2026
Show Dev: I built an AI research tool that tracks top labs daily February 24, 2026
Building AI Agent With Multiple AI Model Providers Using an LLM Gateway (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini & Bifrost) February 24, 2026
CVE-2026-27568: Comments That Kill: Inside the AVideo Stored XSS (CVE-2026-27568) February 24, 2026

OpenAI News

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
Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark February 12, 2026
Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world February 11, 2026
Testing ads in ChatGPT February 9, 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

Scaling data annotation using vision-language models to power physical AI systems February 23, 2026
How Sonrai uses Amazon SageMaker AI to accelerate precision medicine trials February 23, 2026
Accelerating AI model production at Hexagon with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod February 23, 2026
Agentic AI with multi-model framework using Hugging Face smolagents on AWS February 23, 2026
Amazon SageMaker AI in 2025, a year in review part 1: Flexible Training Plans and improvements to price performance for inference workloads February 20, 2026
Amazon SageMaker AI in 2025, a year in review part 2: Improved observability and enhanced features for SageMaker AI model customization and hosting February 20, 2026

Databricks

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
Business Analytics: Essential Tools, Techniques and Skills for Data-Driven Success February 17, 2026
The Marketing Cloud and Adstra deliver identity resolution through Databricks Clean Rooms for secure, privacy-first marketing data collaboration February 17, 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

TAI #193: Gemini 3.1 Pro Takes the Benchmarks Crown, but Can it Catch Up in the Tools Race? February 24, 2026
“Can U Do It” — What Students Actually Say to AI Tutors When Nobody’s Watching February 24, 2026
The Secret Architecture That Makes AI Remember Everything And It Just Beat Claude Code February 24, 2026
Telegram Is Quietly Becoming the Default Front Door for AI Agents February 24, 2026
Your RAG Pipeline Is Lying to You And IBM Just Open-Sourced the Fix February 24, 2026

aibusiness

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
$1B Funding for Spatial Intelligence Startup February 20, 2026
OpenAI Seals Data Center Deal as it Targets India February 20, 2026
Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Pro, Targeting Enterprises February 19, 2026
Microsoft to Invest $50B in AI Push in Global South February 19, 2026
Anthropic Tries to Change the Conversation With Sonnet 4.6 February 18, 2026
Nvidia and Meta Agree to Wide-Ranging new AI Chip Deal February 18, 2026
Cohere Launches Tiny Multilingual Open Weight Model February 17, 2026
Major Funding Deals Kick off India AI Impact Summit February 17, 2026

AI News Weekly

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
AI News Weekly - Issue #462: Is AI spending crashing ? Where is the ROI? - Jan 29th 2026 January 29, 2026

Ahead of AI

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 State of Reinforcement Learning for LLM Reasoning April 19, 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

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
Weekly Review 30 January 2026 January 30, 2026

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