Tech In Africa
- South African SME Lender Lula Secures $21M from Dutch Development Bank FMO February 6, 2026
- Google Accelerator Africa Returns with Equity-Free Support, Cloud Credits, and Early Access to AI Products for Startups February 6, 2026
- Rwanda Expands with Zipline to Become First Country in the World with Nationwide Autonomous Delivery Including Africa’s First Urban Drone Delivery Network February 5, 2026
- From Figma to SheCode Africa: How Mfonobong Umondia Is Building a Mentorship Pipeline for Aspiring Community Managers February 4, 2026
- South Africa Joins Afreximbank, announces US$8bn Country Programme February 4, 2026
- LekeeLekee, Nigeria’s Indigenous Social Media Platform, Pioneers Africa’s Digital Sovereignty February 4, 2026
- WAXAL: Google and African Institutions Unite to Empower Indigenous Languages in AI February 4, 2026
- Qualcomm Unveils Make in Africa Programme to Empower African Startups February 4, 2026
- Africa’s Tech Sector Surges as Japan and Gulf Investors Lead $180 Billion Influx February 4, 2026
- Yakeey Raises $15 Million to Revolutionize Morocco’s Real Estate Market February 4, 2026
TechCabal
- Fintechs lead Africa’s digital maturity, but insurers post strongest gains in 2025 February 7, 2026
- Brastorne, the startup bringing rural Africans online, is expanding to Ivory Coast February 6, 2026
- “In 2026, with fraud no longer a major distraction, fintechs will return to massive growth and innovation.” – Adedeji Olowe February 6, 2026
- Why your phone number shows as private and how to remove it February 6, 2026
- 5 African startups powering clouds, compliance tools, and cross-border rails February 6, 2026
- “In 2026, South Africa will see a rapid acceleration of digital payments adoption, both in retail and enterprise.” – Ephraim Modise February 6, 2026
- “After a decade of asset-light evangelism, 2026 will mark the return of the balance sheet as a competitive advantage.” – Olivia Gao February 6, 2026
- “In 2026, Africa’s tech ecosystem will see a further acceleration of strategic mergers and acquisitions.” – Lola Masha February 6, 2026
- “In 2026, we’re going to cross the $1 trillion threshold in tokenised real-world assets, including stablecoins.” – Seun Lanlege February 6, 2026
- “In 2026, AI will make organisational failure arrive faster.” – Adia Sowho February 6, 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
- 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
- The Math of the Win: How Betika “Must Be Won” Jackpot Ends the Rollover Era December 23, 2025
African Business Technology News
- Scam Signal launches in South Africa to tackle APP fraud and combat financial crime February 6, 2026
- Rethinking Infrastructure: Why Dell Private Cloud Outperforms HCI February 6, 2026
- Mastercard Welcomes the 2026 YES Cohort tackling Youth Unemployment February 5, 2026
- South Africa Joins Afreximbank, Announces US$8bn Country Programme February 5, 2026
- Binance Pay Brings Crypto Payments to 650,000 SA Merchants February 5, 2026
- Ethio telecom, Djibouti Telecom & Sudatel Sign Landmark Fiber Connectivity Agreement February 5, 2026
- ”Phishing & Social Engineering are the most Significant Risks for South African organizations” February 4, 2026
- Superbalist Adopts Generative Engine Optimization to Future-Proof E-commerce February 4, 2026
- How to Use AI to Solve South Africa’s Biggest Challenges February 4, 2026
- Iress Appoints Dominic Rey to Lead Wealth Management in South Africa February 4, 2026
TechCity
- Bloomwit Releases 2026 Visibility Report for African SMEs February 5, 2026
- Egypt to Host the Region’s First Major AI Summit Under Patronage of President El-Sisi February 2, 2026
- Mobile performance in Nigeria: a significant improvement driven by 4G February 2, 2026
- Moniepoint Disburses ₦1 Trillion in Loans to 70,000 Nigerian Businesses January 31, 2026
- Microsoft Tests ‘Command Palette Dock’: A macOS-Style Top Bar for Windows 11 January 31, 2026
- African Corporate Travel AI Startup TripDesk Hits $2.3M Revenue 4 Months After Launch January 30, 2026
- NISSAN MAGNITE MAKES ITS TUNISIA DEBUT, REDEFINING THE COMPACT SUV SEGMENT January 30, 2026
- How to Check Internet Speed January 29, 2026
- AfricAI Secures Exclusive Continental Rights to Deploy Advanced Robotics Platforms Across Africa in Landmark Deal with Micropolis Robotics January 29, 2026
- The Gender Gap in Rural Niger State’s Digital Identity January 28, 2026
AppsAfrica.com | African mobile and tech news – tech events in Africa
- 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
- Luno Partners with AltSchool Africa to Launch Crypto Education Programme for 15,000 Nigerians January 5, 2026
- Cassava Technologies and Gebeya Inc. Partner to Launch Africa’s First AI Powered Creator Platform December 17, 2025
- Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Opens Applications for 2026 Investment Showcase December 2, 2025
TechArena
- Absa, Microsoft and Women in Tech Expand ElevateHer AI Programme Across Nine African Markets February 6, 2026
- LG Positions Africa as Key Growth Frontier for AI-Powered Smart Home Expansion at InnoFest 2026 MEA February 6, 2026
- Cellulant Appoints Michael Muriuki as Chief Product & Technology Officer February 6, 2026
- Pin Up how to play and win instructions for experienced players February 6, 2026
- Why MT5 is Gaining Traction Among Online Traders February 6, 2026
- Deepfake Scams and AI-Generated Malware Are Now Top Cyber Risks for Kenya, ESET Warns February 5, 2026
- Google Opens Applications for 10th Cohort of Startups Accelerator Africa February 5, 2026
- LG Electronics Sets Strategic Direction to Drive Growth, Innovation and Profitability February 5, 2026
WeeTracker
- Why Forex Trading is Taking off in Emerging Markets February 6, 2026
- MTN Makes Major U-Turn As It Bids To Buy Back Towers It Sold Off For Years February 5, 2026
- Rwanda Expands Drone Delivery Nationwide, Now Includes Groceries February 5, 2026
- Lula Raises USD 21 M To Expand SME Lending In South Africa February 4, 2026
- The USD 5 B Invisible Lending Machine That Is Rwanda’s Oldest Fintech February 4, 2026
- LemFi Launches Remittance Services in Australia as Global Expansion Continues February 4, 2026
- TikTok’s Kenyan Business Grows, But Creators Question Their Share Of The Pie February 4, 2026
TechTrendsKE
- How Global Trading Platforms are Expanding their Presence in Kenya February 6, 2026
- Canal+ and DStv Keep Prices Still, but Questions Linger February 6, 2026
- MTN’s Ambition in East Africa Meets Realities Money Can’t Smooth Over February 6, 2026
- Fibre, Towers, and the Question Nobody Solved Yet February 6, 2026
- Nigeria Stops Chasing the Fintech Moment and Starts Trying to Define It February 6, 2026
- Small Instalments, Bigger Consequences In Kenya’s Smartphone Economy February 6, 2026
- Assembly Plants Come Online as the Electric Car Question Remains Unsettled February 6, 2026
Techloy
- GPT-4o is Retiring: 4 ChatGPT Alternatives That Actually Capture Its Warmth February 6, 2026
- Roblox Stock Jumps 16% After Blowout Q4 2025 Earnings Beat on Bookings, Users, and Cash Flow February 6, 2026
- Was Bitcoin Really Funded by Jeffrey Epstein? Here's Everything We Know February 6, 2026
- Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0: All the Updates to Know — New World, Characters, Combat, and Rewards February 6, 2026
- 🚔 The Age of Scam Compounds February 6, 2026
- Unsealed Emails Reveal Zuckerberg Debated Changing Meta’s Research Into Platform Harms February 6, 2026
- Horizon Hunters Gathering Brings 3-Player Co-Op Machine Hunts to PS5 and PC February 6, 2026
- The AI Race Heats Up: OpenAI Drops Frontier and Codex as Anthropic Launches Opus 4.6 February 6, 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
- 30 Best Bitcoin And Crypto Casino No Deposit Bonuses And Free Spins Feb 2026 February 6, 2026
- PancakeSwap (CAKE) Price Prediction 2026 to 2030 February 6, 2026
- 12 Crypto Exchanges with the Lowest Fees: https://ventureburn.com/best-crypto-payment-gateway/ Comparison February 6, 2026
- Gold.com Secures $150M Strategic Investment from Tether February 6, 2026
- From Ether to Solana: The Great Shiba Inu Coin Wealth Transfer February 6, 2026
- Relay Secures $17M Series B to Launch Relay Chain February 6, 2026
- What Is Genspark AI? Project, Token, Airdrop, Roadmap Explained February 6, 2026
TechCentral
- South Africa’s stablecoin silence is becoming a policy failure February 6, 2026
- Every electric car you can buy in South Africa in early 2026, ranked by price February 6, 2026
- From stocks to crypto, markets reel as AI doubts grow February 6, 2026
- South Africa deepens China ties as US trade tensions escalate February 6, 2026
- The skills gap is a thinking gap: why SA employers can’t find problem solvers February 6, 2026
- Big changes at Lesaka as Bank Zero deal nears completion February 6, 2026
- Makro bets on refurbished tech as consumers hunt value February 6, 2026
- Bitcoin faces another reckoning February 6, 2026
- MTN Group in talks to buy out IHS Towers February 5, 2026
- Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations February 5, 2026
GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS
MIT News – Artificial intelligence
- “This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio February 6, 2026
- Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models February 5, 2026
- Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing February 4, 2026
- Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellows February 4, 2026
- 3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs February 4, 2026
- Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship February 3, 2026
- Counter intelligence February 3, 2026
- SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group February 3, 2026
- How generative AI can help scientists synthesize complex materials February 2, 2026
DEV Community
- Deploying Laravel on Shared Hosting (No SSH Required) February 7, 2026
- Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Digital Library Login Authentication With PHP Symfony February 7, 2026
- Enter the Market with CAP Theorem February 7, 2026
- The Invisible Workforce February 7, 2026
- Building an Ultra-Low Latency Live Streaming Server: A Developer's Guide to OvenMediaEngine February 7, 2026
- OpenClaw meets AnyAPI.ai: How to scrape the web without losing your mind February 7, 2026
- Russia's Internet Filtering Infrastructure: Evolution and Architecture February 7, 2026
- How AI Automation is Redefining Junior Developer Roles and Threatening the Future of Software Engineering February 7, 2026
- Data Ownership: Why It Matters and How to Track It February 7, 2026
OpenAI News
- Korea privacy policy February 6, 2026
- Making AI work for everyone, everywhere: our approach to localization February 6, 2026
- GPT-5 lowers the cost of cell-free protein synthesis February 5, 2026
- Introducing Trusted Access for Cyber February 5, 2026
- Introducing OpenAI Frontier February 5, 2026
- Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex February 5, 2026
- GPT-5.3-Codex System Card February 5, 2026
- Navigating health questions with ChatGPT February 5, 2026
- Unlocking the Codex harness: how we built the App Server February 4, 2026
- VfL Wolfsburg turns ChatGPT into a club-wide capability February 4, 2026
- The Sora feed philosophy February 3, 2026
- Snowflake and OpenAI partner to bring frontier intelligence to enterprise data February 2, 2026
- Introducing the Codex app February 2, 2026
Google Deep Blog
- Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds January 29, 2026
- D4RT: Teaching AI to see the world in four dimensions January 16, 2026
- Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control January 13, 2026
- Google's year in review: 8 areas with research breakthroughs in 2025 December 23, 2025
- Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed December 17, 2025
- Gemma Scope 2: helping the AI safety community deepen understanding of complex language model behavior December 16, 2025
- Improved Gemini audio models for powerful voice experiences December 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence
- Structured outputs on Amazon Bedrock: Schema-compliant AI responses February 6, 2026
- Manage Amazon SageMaker HyperPod clusters using the HyperPod CLI and SDK February 6, 2026
- Evaluate generative AI models with an Amazon Nova rubric-based LLM judge on Amazon SageMaker AI (Part 2) February 6, 2026
- How Associa transforms document classification with the GenAI IDP Accelerator and Amazon Bedrock February 5, 2026
- A practical guide to Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings February 5, 2026
- Accelerating your marketing ideation with generative AI – Part 2: Generate custom marketing images from historical references February 4, 2026
Databricks
- SAP and Salesforce Data Integration for Supplier Analytics on Databricks February 7, 2026
- How to Build Production-Ready Genie Spaces, and Build Trust Along the Way February 6, 2026
- Databricks Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified AI Governance Platforms 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment February 6, 2026
- Tutorial: 3 Free Databricks Analytics Projects You Can Do In An Afternoon February 5, 2026
- From Data to Dialogue: A Best Practices Guide for Building High-Performing Genie Spaces February 5, 2026
- Unlocking the Future of Energy with Smart Meter Innovation February 4, 2026
- Data Quality Monitoring at scale with Agentic AI February 4, 2026
- How enterprises are preparing for agentic AI February 4, 2026
- Accelerating Drug Discovery: From FASTA Files to GenAI Insights on Databricks February 4, 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
- New US rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles from March 17 add urgency to industrywide efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components (Stephen Wilmot/Wall Street Journal) February 7, 2026
- Kalshi and Polymarket have facilitated over $800M in Super Bowl contracts, as pro gamblers shift to prediction markets and adopt Wall Street-style strategies (Bloomberg) February 7, 2026
- Chinese regulators fined Kuaishou $17.2M for failing to curb illegal content; pornographic content appeared on Kuaishou during its December 2025 cyberattacks (Bloomberg) February 7, 2026
Stories by ODSC – Open Data Science on Medium
- The ODSC AI East Schedule Preview, Agentic AI Workflows, 2026 AI Trends, Agent Costs, and Coding… February 5, 2026
- From Graphs to Generative AI: Building Context That Pays — Part 1 January 30, 2026
- AI in Clinical Research: From Pilot Studies to Real-World Scale January 30, 2026
- Taking Back the Math: How Everyday Numbers Can Empower Us in an Algorithmic World January 29, 2026
- AI Agents for Business Leaders: Benefits, Risks, and What to Ask Before Deploying January 29, 2026
Towards AI – Medium
- I Deleted the Admin Panel. And I’m Never Going Back. February 7, 2026
- He built Terraform, Vagrant, and Ghostty. Here’s how he stopped fighting AI and started using it. February 7, 2026
- RAG — Full Matrix Evaluation February 7, 2026
- Crafting the Eyes for Thinking Machines: Rewiring the Retina- The Anatomy of ViTStruct February 7, 2026
- Crafting the Eyes for Thinking Machines: The “White Box” VLM February 7, 2026
aibusiness
- OpenAI's Latest Platform Targets Enterprise Customers February 6, 2026
- Enterprises Don't Care About Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad February 6, 2026
- Robotaxi Leader Waymo Confirms $16B Funding Round February 5, 2026
- Opinion Divided on Moltbook Social Network for AI Agents February 4, 2026
- Panic Rises in Legal Industry Due to Anthropic’s AI Plugins February 4, 2026
- Nvidia, Dassault Systèmes to Build Industrial AI Platform February 4, 2026
- Claude Plots a Route for NASA Rover on Mars February 3, 2026
- Change is Coming to xAI After Musk Merges it with SpaceX February 3, 2026
- Snowflake Deal Latest Move into Enterprise Market by OpenAI February 3, 2026
- Combatting Cultural Bias in the Translation of AI Models February 2, 2026
- New York Robotics Consortium Launches with 160 Startups February 2, 2026
- Process Mining Matures in the Age of Generative AI February 2, 2026
- ServiceNow and Anthropic Disclose AI Deal January 30, 2026
AI News Weekly
- 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
- AI News Weekly - Issue #461: - Jan 21st 2026 January 21, 2026
- AI News Weekly - Issue #460: - Jan 20th 2026 January 20, 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
- 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
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2026 January 29, 2026
- Weekly Review 23 January 2026 January 23, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026 January 21, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2026 January 20, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2026 January 19, 2026
- Programming Languages for Artificial Intelligence 2025 January 18, 2026
MarkTechPost
- How to Build a Production-Grade Agentic AI System with Hybrid Retrieval, Provenance-First Citations, Repair Loops, and Episodic Memory February 7, 2026
- NVIDIA AI releases C-RADIOv4 vision backbone unifying SigLIP2, DINOv3, SAM3 for classification, dense prediction, segmentation workloads at scale February 7, 2026
- A Coding, Data-Driven Guide to Measuring, Visualizing, and Enforcing Cognitive Complexity in Python Projects Using complexipy February 6, 2026
- Waymo Introduces the Waymo World Model: A New Frontier Simulator Model for Autonomous Driving and Built on Top of Genie 3 February 6, 2026
