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Tech In Africa

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
African Tech Funding Rebounds to $3.2B in 2025, Driven by Large Debt Facilities February 17, 2026
Beltone Holding Completes €197.6M Acquisition of Baobab Group February 16, 2026
Egyptian Customer Experience Platform Tactful AI Raises $1M Pre-Series A February 16, 2026
Jumia Ceases Algeria Operations as Part of Profitability Strategy February 16, 2026
Noah and Payd Partner to Provide Stablecoin-Based Salary Payments for African Digital Workers February 13, 2026
Jesutomiwa Salam Was Shaped by Scarcity but Now Builds AI Systems That Solve the Same Challenges February 13, 2026

TechCabal

Digital Nomads: China trained him. Kenya is where he’s building EV systems February 21, 2026
‘We had to learn to be global from day one’: Day 1-1000 of GoNomads February 21, 2026
Foreign VCs warn Nigeria’s new capital gains tax could slow investment February 21, 2026
35 million Nigerians live with disabilities. This startup is building the web for them. February 21, 2026
Tecno Camon 50 Pro vs Camon 50: Which offers better value? February 20, 2026
We paid for UTME forms despite JAMB saying it’s free for the blind — Candidates February 20, 2026
MTN is spending $2.2 billion to absorb IHS Towers and its $3 billion debt problem February 20, 2026
Why verifying a business in Africa is harder than moving money February 20, 2026
Clean cooking was sold as a climate win-win. Kenya is discovering the trade-offs. February 20, 2026
From E-PIN delays to extra charges: How Nigerians are experiencing 2026 UTME registration February 20, 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

Binance Junior Launches New Features to Boost Family Crypto Savings February 20, 2026
Google DeepMind Launches Lyria 3 February 20, 2026
Unlocking Football Insights with 99odds: A Tech-Focused Analysis February 20, 2026
AWS and YES Programme Place 20 IT Graduates in Gauteng’s Home Affairs Departments February 20, 2026
Global “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” Campaign to Combat Online Misinformation February 20, 2026
MTN SA Foundation Invests in Youth With ICT Learnership Programme February 19, 2026
Cybersecurity Expert Reveals 5 Cyber Risks Businesses Can’t Ignore February 19, 2026
The Urgency of SARS Tax Modernization for SA Businesses February 19, 2026
Which Blockchains Are Best for Web3 Crypto Domains? February 19, 2026
Finpace Introduces Halcyon AI Layer to its Core Banking Stack February 18, 2026

TechCity

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
How Does Mobile Money Work in West Africa: A Practical Guide 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

Kenya, India and Italy Launch Trilateral AI Partnership to Drive Sovereign AI Pathways Across Africa February 20, 2026
Connected Africa Summit 2026 to Be Hosted in Nairobi February 20, 2026
[Partner Content] 16 Years of the Galaxy S Series Making History February 20, 2026
Vertiv Unveils Secure MergePoint Unity 2 KVM Platform for Centralised IT Management February 20, 2026
How TECNO’s CAMON 50 Pro Is Bringing AI Into Everyday Kenyan Life February 19, 2026
I&M Bank Partners with Visa to Strengthen Digital Payments and Cross-Border Transactions in Kenya February 19, 2026
Microsoft-Powered AI App Auni Hits 3,500 SME Sign-Ups in Just Three Months February 19, 2026
NETSCOUT Named Among Best Places to Work in Latest Comparably Rankings February 19, 2026

WeeTracker

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
Rwanda Signs Landmark AI Deal With Anthropic, Betting Big On Tech Leapfrog February 18, 2026
Africa’s Two Largest Economies Close In on Temu In Twin Regulatory Assault February 18, 2026

TechTrendsKE

Apple Is Turning Podcasts Into Video Just as the Culture Moved Elsewhere February 21, 2026
Microsoft Is Putting $50 Billion on the Table and Calling It a Fix for the AI Divide February 21, 2026
A Deadline, 10 Applications, Zero Approvals and the Real Possibility That Uber and Bolt Could Go Dark February 21, 2026
As Paramount Circles With Cash, Netflix Counts on Certainty in the Battle for Warner Bros Discovery February 21, 2026
Canal+ Breaks April Tradition as DStv Skips 2026 Price Increase February 21, 2026
Nairobi Hosts the Connected Africa Summit 2026 as Governments Wrestle With Data Borders and Digital Trust February 20, 2026
Airtel to Ride on Starlink to Command Mobile Internet Market in Kenya February 20, 2026

Techloy

FBI Warns of Surge in ATM "Jackpotting" Attacks as Hackers Exploit Machine Vulnerabilities February 20, 2026
Wired Magazine Faces Backlash for “Gay Tech Mafia” in Silicon Valley Article February 20, 2026
SerpApi Files Suit Against SearchApi for Stealing Proprietary Technology February 20, 2026
💬 What will you do to protect your chats? February 20, 2026
Amazon Says AWS China Outage Was "User Error" Not AI Failure February 20, 2026
Nvidia's $30 Billion OpenAI Bet Is Set to Close This Weekend February 20, 2026
Metaplanet CEO Pushes Back on Transparency Concerns Over Bitcoin Buying Strategy February 20, 2026
Regulations That Affect Shipping to France from the USA February 20, 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

Peak XV Partners Raises $1.3 Billion To Deepen AI And Cross-Border Investments February 21, 2026
Inscope Raises $14.5M Series A To Transform Accounting Workflows February 21, 2026
Pepper Secures $50 Million To Advance AI In Food Distribution February 20, 2026
Yendo Secures $200 Million To Expand Vehicle-Secured Credit Cards February 20, 2026
Patos Meme Coin vs Ethereum: Which Crypto Investment To 10X first February 20, 2026
PortKey Raises $15M Series A to Scale AI Control Platform February 20, 2026
Badge Raises $17M to Shape the Future of Digital Wallets February 20, 2026

TechCentral

MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hike February 20, 2026
What Gen Z really thinks about the tech world it inherited February 20, 2026
Showmax ‘can’t continue’ in its current form February 20, 2026
Free Market Foundation slams treasury’s proposed gambling tax February 20, 2026
South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough February 20, 2026
SABC Plus tops two million registered users February 20, 2026
Service is everyone’s problem now – why the Atlassian Service Collection matters February 20, 2026
Blu Label takes R5.2-billion Cell C hit, touts clean slate ahead February 19, 2026
MeerKAT detects most powerful natural radio laser ever observed February 19, 2026
How AI is rewriting the rules of consulting February 19, 2026

Technext

Speed is a lie: Meet John Ojetunde, the Engineer who measures speed in rework, not days February 21, 2026
Why Nigerian telcos are reluctant to give free internet to schools February 21, 2026
Banks fully repay N300bn USSD debts to MTN, Airtel, Glo others February 21, 2026
Sports Betting: Lagos State now deducts 5% levy from every winning, NIN required for payouts February 21, 2026
Why tech founders need trust and efficiency to sustain cross-border growth February 21, 2026
Meet the 3 African fintech founders on Forbes 50 list February 20, 2026
2026 Comprehensive list of MTN, Airtel, Globacom and T2mobile data plans February 20, 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

A multilingual programming language where the same AST runs English, French, Spanish, etc. February 21, 2026
How Apple Music Maps Audio to Lyrics — The Engineering Behind Real-Time Lyric Sync February 21, 2026
Docker Port Exposing: My Real Production Mistake February 21, 2026
Turbocharge Your Content with Sitecore AI Publishing V2 February 21, 2026
Build your own AI code review agent in CI February 21, 2026
El leer sin proposito February 21, 2026
I Built a Framework That’s 17x Faster Than Laravel : Meet Kuppa.js February 21, 2026
CloudFormation Template does count whitespaces in Template Size... February 21, 2026
AFFiNE vs AppFlowy: Open-Source Notion Clones February 21, 2026

OpenAI News

Our First Proof submissions February 20, 2026
Advancing independent research on AI alignment February 19, 2026
Introducing OpenAI for India 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
Bringing ChatGPT to GenAI.mil February 9, 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

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

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
Integrate external tools with Amazon Quick Agents using Model Context Protocol (MCP) February 20, 2026
Build AI workflows on Amazon EKS with Union.ai and Flyte February 19, 2026
Amazon Quick now supports key pair authentication to Snowflake data source February 19, 2026
Build unified intelligence with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore February 18, 2026

Databricks

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
Best Practices for High QPS Model Serving on Databricks February 17, 2026
How Databricks System Tables Help Data Engineers Achieve Advanced Observability 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

Seedance 2.0 Generated Tom Cruise in 15 Seconds. Hollywood’s $1 Billion Response Already Looks Obsol February 21, 2026
Building a Simple SQL Query Generator Using LLMs February 20, 2026
Progressive Disclosure in AI Agent Skill Design February 20, 2026
Cutting Batch Release from 14 Days to 3: A Case Study in Multi-Agent AI for Pharmaceutical… February 20, 2026
JSON Tool Calling Is Dead. Here’s What Replaces It February 20, 2026

aibusiness

$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
Supporting the new Types of AI Shoppers February 17, 2026
OpenAI GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark Shows What's Possible With Cerebras February 13, 2026
New Waymo Robotaxi now Running Fully Autonomously on US Roads February 13, 2026
Anthropic Raises $30B, Bringing its Valuation to $380B February 13, 2026
Meet Latam-GPT, the New Open Source AI Model for Latin America February 12, 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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