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Delivery Platform Chowdeck Partners with MyCoverGenius to Provide Rider Insurance
March 2, 2026
Breadfast Launches a Comprehensive Delivery Riders Safety Program in Egypt
March 2, 2026
Zimbabwe’s New Tech Regulations: What Changes for Crypto, Mobile Money, and Startups in 2026
February 28, 2026
DR Congo €8B Digital Plan: What It Includes (Telecom, Infrastructure, Data Centers) and Who Benefits
February 28, 2026
Kenya vs Nigeria vs Egypt: Which Country Has the Strongest Startup Ecosystem in 2026?
February 27, 2026
Safaricom Innovation Strategy 2026: AI, M-Pesa Expansion, and Kenya’s Startup Ecosystem Growth
February 27, 2026
Nigeria’s Smart City Push: Top Projects in Lagos and How Tech Companies Can Benefit
February 26, 2026
Lagos Digital Highway: Map, Route, Cost, Completion Date & Impact on Fiber and Smart City Tech
February 26, 2026
Digital Lender Fido Ghana Secures $5.5 Million Debt Investment from Symbiotics
February 26, 2026
Kenya State Department Meets Amazon LEO Representatives to Discuss Satellite Broadband Deployment
February 26, 2026
TechCabal
“I invest in people first”: How a UK-based Nigerian angel backs startups from abroad
March 2, 2026
How M-Pesa’s new number masking feature could stop thousands of scams
March 2, 2026
GSMA secures 18 smartphone makers’ commitments for $40 phone rollout in Africa
March 2, 2026
Mark Essien simplified hotel bookings. Now he wants to fix how companies travel.
March 2, 2026
Nigeria’s Terra Industries names Nnamdi Chife VP military relations
March 2, 2026
Chowdeck taps MyCoverGenius to introduce accident insurance for its 20,000 riders
March 2, 2026
23 Nigerian states plan to spend $97.15 million on tech in 2026
March 2, 2026
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Layoffs at Zap Africa
March 2, 2026
Xiaomi 17 Series global launch: Everything Xiaomi announced in Barcelona
March 1, 2026
At Zikoko Citizen Townhall, builders urged to engage, not avoid, regulators
March 1, 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
TECNO’s CAMON 50 and the New Visibility of the Kenyan Spirit
March 1, 2026
No More Peeking: How the Galaxy S26 Ultra is Solving Privacy in Public Spaces
February 28, 2026
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
African Business Technology News
Saracen Marketing Group appoints Clifford Kinyua as CEO
March 2, 2026
Infovista launches an AI-enabled Platform Unifying Network & CX Intelligence
March 2, 2026
Cell C Business Unveils SME Connectivity Strategy
February 27, 2026
TVS MOTORS LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA
February 27, 2026
Truecaller Partners with AnyMind Group to Expand Direct Sales Footprint
February 27, 2026
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
TechCity
NOW LIVE!. PRE-ORDER THE TECNO CAMON 50 SERIES AND FANTASTIC GIFTS AWAIT YOU
March 2, 2026
Latest Fintech Trends in Africa: 2026 Growth & Risks Explained
March 2, 2026
House of Faith Launches FaithStream, Africa’s First Premium Faith-Based Streaming Platform, Now Available Globally
March 1, 2026
Infinix NOTE 60 SERIES Brings Innovation with Interactive Design and Snapdragon Processor
March 1, 2026
Cheapest Data Plans in South Africa vs Nigeria: 2026 Report!
February 27, 2026
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
AppsAfrica.com | African mobile and tech news – tech events in Africa
Vantage Capital Leads R635m Investment into SolarAfrica Energy
March 2, 2026
Symbiotics Invests $5.5 in Fido Ghana to Boost AI-Powered Financial Inclusion
March 2, 2026
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
TechArena
Airtel Kenya Expands Retail Footprint with New Customer Care Shops
March 2, 2026
Ericsson Extends Multi-Year Microwave Deal with Safaricom to Improve 5G Capacity in Kenya
March 2, 2026
WIOCC’s OADC Acquires Seven NTT Data Centres in South Africa
March 2, 2026
Truecaller Partners with AnyMind Group to Expand Direct Ad Sales Across MENA and Southeast Asia
March 2, 2026
LG Innofest 2026 MEA Reveals that Africa Is No Longer the “Next Market”
March 2, 2026
Safaricom Secures CBK Approval to Mask Phone Numbers on M-Pesa Transactions
March 2, 2026
Embrace Mentorship to Fast-track Africa’s Digital Skills Revolution
February 28, 2026
Smartcomply Report Warns East Africa’s Digital Growth Is Outpacing Cyber Defences
February 28, 2026
WeeTracker
MTN’s Rebound In Nigeria Masks Growing Pains In Fintech Push
March 2, 2026
Moniepoint’s Mammoth Lending Machine Meets Messy Reality Of Two Big Defaults
February 27, 2026
Controversial Crypto Founder In Yet Another Ouster Echoing Past Scandals
February 27, 2026
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
TechTrendsKE
Amazon’s Kuiper Eyes Kenya as Satellite Internet Race Widens
March 2, 2026
Kenya’s KES 30 Billion Cybercrime Crisis and the Road Ahead
March 2, 2026
Airtel Kenya Targets Doubling Customer Service Footprint by End of Year
March 2, 2026
Trust as Currency: Protecting Kenya’s Digital Economy from Growing Fraud
March 2, 2026
Samsung’s Privacy Display Arrives on Galaxy S26 Ultra as Rivals and MacBooks Explore the Idea
March 2, 2026
Kenya Approves M-Pesa Plan to Hide Customer Phone Numbers
March 2, 2026
Kenya Cuts Mobile Termination Rates as Safaricom Faces Revenue Dip
March 2, 2026
Techloy
Apple Unveils iPad Air M4 and iPhone 17e: Price, Specs, and What’s New
March 2, 2026
Airtel and Google Team Up to Fight Spam and Scams on Android RCS
March 2, 2026
Why Is Claude Not Working? Everything We Know About the Anthropic Outage
March 2, 2026
7 Crypto Content Creators to Follow in 2026
March 2, 2026
MWC 2026: The Craziest and Most Unusual Phones Announced So Far
March 2, 2026
What Is Open Telco AI? How GSMA’s New Initiative Could Fix AI for Telecom Operators
March 2, 2026
How the BadeSaba Prayer App Was Hacked in Iran and How to Protect Yourself
March 2, 2026
Crypto Rally in H2 2026? JPMorgan Says Clarity Act Could Trigger Institutional Surge
March 2, 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
Einride Secures $113 Million To Expand Electric And Autonomous Freight
February 28, 2026
Sophia Space Raises $10 Million To Advance Orbital Computing Technology
February 28, 2026
Paradigm Raises $1.5B To Expand Into AI And Frontier Technologies
February 28, 2026
Rapidus Raises $1.7B To Accelerate 2nm Semiconductor Production
February 28, 2026
Whop Raises $200M To Expand Global Creator Payments
February 28, 2026
JPYC Secures $11.9 Million To Scale Japan’s Web3 Stablecoin Infrastructure
February 28, 2026
Multitude Insights Secures $10 Million To Modernise US Public Safety Intelligence
February 28, 2026
TechCentral
Multilateral wheeling will define the next phase of South Africa’s energy transition
March 2, 2026
MTN Ghana delivers the goods as West Africa fires on all cylinders
March 2, 2026
The AI jobs reckoning is here
March 2, 2026
Eskom to rationalise AI pilots as costs rise
March 2, 2026
AI complexity is crippling IT departments
March 2, 2026
ASML sets its sights on the next era of AI silicon
March 2, 2026
LeapMotor C10: the knobless wonder that won me over
March 2, 2026
Pick n Pay adds clothing to asap! app in ‘super app’ push
March 2, 2026
TymeBank ditches Pick n Pay kiosks for mall-based customer hubs
March 2, 2026
Vodacom parent firms up deal to use Amazon Leo to connect rural towers
March 2, 2026
Technext
Telkom hikes tariff plans by 8% as data revenue comes under pressure
March 2, 2026
Chowdeck unveils accident insurance for 20,000 riders in partnership with MyCoverGenius
March 2, 2026
Summary of Sam Altman’s AMA on OpenAI’s controversial pact with the Department of War
March 2, 2026
Tech Trivia with Deborah Osagie, DevOps Engineer at Stanbic IBTC
March 2, 2026
Telecoms contributed 8.3% to Nigeria’s real GDP in 2025
March 2, 2026
‘Stop arresting dispatch riders carrying illegal items’ – e-hailing union leader demands
March 2, 2026
Powering Africa’s next era of payments: Verve’s strategic East Africa expansion
March 2, 2026
GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS
MIT News – Artificial intelligence
Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics
February 27, 2026
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
DEV Community
How Two Markdown Files Completely Changed My Visual Studio + Copilot Workflow
March 2, 2026
Mastering SQL: A Guide to Joins and Window Functions
March 2, 2026
5 Underused C# Features That Make Defensive Code Obsolete
March 2, 2026
Week 21 – React Performance Optimization & Code Splitting (WorldWise Completed ✅)
March 2, 2026
March 5 - AI, ML and Computer Vision Meetup
March 2, 2026
Table Record and Key Format in SQLite
March 2, 2026
We Built India's Base Directory. Next Stop: The World 🌍
March 2, 2026
Boss-CSS: I created another "CSS-in-JS" lib, and here is why!
March 2, 2026
SQL Joins Explained: Case Example
March 2, 2026
OpenAI News
Our agreement with the Department of War
February 28, 2026
Introducing the Stateful Runtime Environment for Agents in Amazon Bedrock
February 27, 2026
Scaling AI for everyone
February 27, 2026
OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership
February 27, 2026
Joint Statement from OpenAI and Microsoft
February 27, 2026
An update on our mental health-related work
February 27, 2026
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OpenAI partner to accelerate federal permitting
February 26, 2026
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
Google Deep Blog
Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
February 26, 2026
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
Artificial Intelligence
Build a serverless conversational AI agent using Claude with LangGraph and managed MLflow on Amazon SageMaker AI
March 2, 2026
Build safe generative AI applications like a Pro: Best Practices with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
March 2, 2026
Learnings from COBOL modernization in the real world
February 26, 2026
Reinforcement fine-tuning for Amazon Nova: Teaching AI through feedback
February 26, 2026
Large model inference container – latest capabilities and performance enhancements
February 26, 2026
Efficiently serve dozens of fine-tuned models with vLLM on Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock
February 25, 2026
Databricks
Real-Time Mode: Ultra-low latency streaming on Spark APIs without a second engine
March 2, 2026
Jefferies modernizes equity research at scale with Databricks and agentic analytics
March 2, 2026
Activate first-party data with Meta Conversions API on Databricks
March 2, 2026
TabPFN AI Accelerates Business Transformation on Databricks
February 27, 2026
Databricks at MWC 2026
February 26, 2026
Nasdaq eVestment Data Now on Databricks Marketplace
February 26, 2026
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
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
Sources: SoftBank-owned Japanese payments app PayPay delays its IPO roadshow that was scheduled to launch Monday, as markets were rattled by the strikes in Iran (Echo Wang/Reuters)
March 2, 2026
ByteDance shares details about its "Project Swan" headset, set to launch this year with a 4,000-PPI micro-OLED display, and unveils Pico OS 6, its new XR OS (David Heaney/UploadVR)
March 2, 2026
A profile of Palmer Luckey and his startup Anduril, which has more than $6B in global contracts, had roughly $2B in revenue last year, and is valued at ~$31B (New York Times)
March 2, 2026
Stories by ODSC – Open Data Science on Medium
40% Off East Ends Friday, Agentic AI vs SaaS, Starting MLflow3, and AI Engineering Salaries
February 26, 2026
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
Towards AI – Medium
The 4 MLOps Pillars for LLMs: How to Deploy AI Without Breaking Production
March 2, 2026
Multi-Agent vs Single-Agent Architecture: A Production Decision Framework
March 2, 2026
Why Your AI Product Isn’t Software: The New Rules of Uncertainty, Evidence, and Economics
March 2, 2026
The Architecture of Fluidity: Liquid Neural Networks, Foundation Models, and the Frontier of…
March 2, 2026
The Hidden Optimization Behind Modern LLMs: Grouped Query Attention Explained
March 2, 2026
aibusiness
Nvidia to Invest $4B in Companies to Scale AI Infrastructure
March 2, 2026
OpenAI Unveils $110B in Funding, Expands AWS Partnership
March 2, 2026
Anthropic Defies the Pentagon. Trump Fires Back
February 27, 2026
Google Releases Nano Banana 2 With Added AI Features
February 27, 2026
Accenture, Mistral AI Partner to Scale Enterprise AI
February 27, 2026
SambaNova's Strategic Move in the AI Market
February 26, 2026
Intrinsic Joins Google to Accelerate Physical AI
February 26, 2026
ServiceNow Launches Autonomous Workforce
February 26, 2026
Self-Driving AI Vendor Wayve Raises $1.2 billion
February 26, 2026
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
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
Soft Computing, Volume 30, Issue 2, February 2026
March 1, 2026
Weekly Review 27 February 2026
February 27, 2026
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
MarkTechPost
Meet NullClaw: The 678 KB Zig AI Agent Framework Running on 1 MB RAM and Booting in Two Milliseconds
March 2, 2026
FireRedTeam Releases FireRed-OCR-2B Utilizing GRPO to Solve Structural Hallucinations in Tables and LaTeX for Software Developers
March 2, 2026
How to Build an Explainable AI Analysis Pipeline Using SHAP-IQ to Understand Feature Importance, Interaction Effects, and Model Decision Breakdown
March 2, 2026
Google AI Introduces STATIC: A Sparse Matrix Framework Delivering 948x Faster Constrained Decoding for LLM Based Generative Retrieval
March 1, 2026
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