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Tech In Africa

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
Electric Motorcycle Company Spiro Secures $7M Debt Financing from Nithio February 13, 2026
IFC Commits Up to $8M to Aruwa Capital’s Second Fund Targeting West African SMEs February 13, 2026

TechCabal

MTN moves to take full control of IHS Towers in $2.2 billion deal February 17, 2026
Nigeria rules out new standalone crypto law for now February 17, 2026
Cash, M-PESA, or cards? Kenyan banks test a new payments strategy in schools February 17, 2026
Telecoms foreign investment rebounds to its highest level since 2019 February 17, 2026
Semoa’s Level 3 bet on Francophone fintech February 17, 2026
Africa’s loyalty programmes are siloed. This Ghana-based startup wants to unify them February 17, 2026
Kenya’s Arc Ride secures $5 million IFC commitment for regional expansion February 17, 2026
TikTok removes over 580,000 videos in Kenya as moderation scrutiny grows February 17, 2026
With new subsidiary, Chams joins Nigeria’s growing AI infrastructure race February 17, 2026
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – A Terra-fic raise February 17, 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

HumanCoop Partners with Identy.io to Digitize Patient Identity in North Africa February 17, 2026
Cloud On Demand & StorVault Announce Partnership to Strengthen Local Data Protection February 17, 2026
Red Hat Introduces New Digital Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool February 17, 2026
‘No Shows’ and What It’s Costing Your Business February 17, 2026
”DON’T BECOME a SCAM VICTIM DURING the MONTH of LOVE” February 16, 2026
Acer Africa Unveils New e10 ETBook Series February 16, 2026
Puma Energy & Hass Petroleum Group Announce Lubricant Distribution Partnership February 16, 2026
Veeam Software Expands Channel Leadership Across EMEA February 16, 2026
How to Spot & Avoid Cyber Scams February 16, 2026
Why Retail Transformation Fails Without Merchant-Led Change February 16, 2026

TechCity

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
How to use AI Noise Removal For Clearer Audio February 15, 2026
OPT100 Neo Film: The Digital Camera Inside a 35mm Roll February 15, 2026
Meta Plans “Name Tag”: Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses February 14, 2026
No-Code Tech Summit 3.0 is coming to the mainland with $1000 up for grabs February 13, 2026
Why Nigeria’s Rural Poor Can’t Access Digital Public Infrastructure February 13, 2026

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

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
Luno Partners with AltSchool Africa to Launch Crypto Education Programme for 15,000 Nigerians January 5, 2026

TechArena

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Set for February 25 February 16, 2026
Why pawaPay Is Betting Africa’s Digital Future on Direct Mobile Money Infrastructure February 16, 2026
Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Joins Absa as Personal & Private Banking CEO in Major Post–M-PESA Move February 13, 2026
Westcon-Comstor Brings Meter’s Networking-as-a-Service to EMEA February 13, 2026
Co-op Bank Powers World Vision’s Shift to Secure Online Donations as Global Aid Tightens February 13, 2026
Agridex and Tradeflow Partner to Channel Institutional Capital into Kenya’s SME and Agriculture Trade February 12, 2026
KCB and Visa Roll Out Business Credit Card for Kenyan SMEs February 12, 2026
Konza Technopolis Joins Global ‘7 Wonders of Future Cities’ Initiative February 12, 2026

WeeTracker

Egypt’s Breadfast Raises USD 50 M Pre-Series C To Expand Online Grocery Platform February 17, 2026
Canal+ Strips SuperSport’s Power, Delays Local Shows In DStv Cost Blitz February 16, 2026
Fraudsters Exploit Temu, Shein Boom in South Africa With Worrying Scam February 16, 2026
Lupiya Extends Series A To USD 11.25 M To Expand Digital Banking Beyond Zambia February 16, 2026
Mogo Kenya Raises USD 6.2 M Local Debt To Scale Informal-Sector Lending February 16, 2026
Nigeria’s Terra Industries Raises Additional USD 22 M To Scale African Defense Tech February 16, 2026
HAVAÍC Secures USD 30 M+ As African Innovation Fund 3 Hits Third Close February 16, 2026

TechTrendsKE

Without Sport, DStv Has to Sell Something Else Entirely February 17, 2026
Why Nedbank Was Willing to Pay More for NCBA Group February 17, 2026
The Money Keeps Coming, Just Not for Everyone, as Clean Energy Firms Pull Ahead in Kenya’s Startup Race February 17, 2026
Arc Ride, IFC and the Economics of E-Mobility February 17, 2026
TikTok Removes Over 500,000 Videos in Kenya February 17, 2026
ICT Authority Appoints Jessy Kiveu Maruti as New CEO February 17, 2026
Kenya Moves to Reform Spectrum Laws to Close Rural Digital Gap February 17, 2026

Techloy

AI “goth schoolgirl” Amelia goes viral — then turns into a meme coin February 17, 2026
Infosys and Anthropic Are Putting Claude to Work Inside Banks, Telecoms, and Factories February 17, 2026
German Court Blocks Acer and ASUS Laptop Sales in Nokia Patent Dispute February 17, 2026
Where to Buy TikTok Views in 2026: 2 Trusted Sites February 17, 2026
Manus Agents Is Now Live on Telegram — Full AI Tasks, No Setup Required February 17, 2026
Trending Picks: 5 Best Sites to Buy X Followers in 2026 February 17, 2026
Stop fixing what breaks: how smart asset management boosts your bottom line February 17, 2026
Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS in iOS 26.4 Beta February 17, 2026

Africa | Startup News and Analysis on TechCrunch

African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month February 16, 2026
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

Ventureburn

Temporal Raises $300 Million To Scale Durable Execution For AI Systems February 17, 2026
Dragonfly Raises $650M for Crypto Venture Fund IV February 17, 2026
Lightworks Secures $12 Million To Advance Enterprise AI Control Systems February 17, 2026
Fluent Commerce Raises A$46M to Accelerate Global AI Growth February 17, 2026
mea Platform Raises $50 Million To Expand Insurance AI Automation February 17, 2026
Onodrim Industries Raises €40M in Seed Funding February 17, 2026
Why Sweepstakes Casinos are Adopting Crypto for Exclusive Promotions February 17, 2026

TechCentral

MTN to buy back its own cellular towers in R35-billion deal February 17, 2026
Icasa gears up for South Africa’s next big spectrum auction February 17, 2026
Not enough: Eskom unions spurn above-inflation wage offer February 17, 2026
More drama in Warner Bros tug of war February 17, 2026
SA firms turn to automated dispatch as crime perception soars February 17, 2026
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa February 17, 2026
iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion February 17, 2026
Starlink expands public advocacy campaign as it pushes for SA licence February 17, 2026
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa February 17, 2026
Why getting your small business online costs less than you think February 17, 2026

Technext

NEFSA condemns murder of Nigerian Uber driver in SA, calls for rider verification February 17, 2026
Zenith Bank warns against fake Wealth Bridge videos linked to its Chairman, Jim Ovia February 17, 2026
Lagride and UBA hand keys to first batch of drive-to-own beneficiaries February 17, 2026
MTN, IHS Towers strike $6.2 billion merger deal February 17, 2026
Egypt’s Flextock raises $12.6M Series A led by TLcom to boost e-commerce platform across MENA February 17, 2026
Why Cloud Incidents Rarely Start With Exploits February 17, 2026
Why Nigeria’s 15.10% inflation number feels like a lie; yet the math says otherwise February 17, 2026

GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS

MIT News – Artificial intelligence

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
Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable February 9, 2026
“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

DEV Community

Check Again. The World Changed While You Were Working. February 17, 2026
Can you order a pizza on this site? ❌ 99% Can't February 17, 2026
Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜發財🐴🏮🧧🧨 February 17, 2026
The Tree Module Functionalities in SQLite February 17, 2026
Building a Privacy-First File Converter That Runs 100% in Your Browser February 17, 2026
5 Essential Slitherlink Solving Techniques Every Puzzler Should Know February 17, 2026
API Rate Limits & Throttling: What's Actually Happening and How to Fix It February 17, 2026
5 Claude Code Hooks Every Developer Needs February 17, 2026
Understanding RNNs – Part 2: Running Sequential Data Through the Network February 17, 2026

OpenAI News

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
Scaling social science research February 13, 2026
Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora February 13, 2026
Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark February 12, 2026
Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world February 11, 2026
Bringing ChatGPT to GenAI.mil February 9, 2026
Testing ads in ChatGPT 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
Introducing Trusted Access for Cyber February 5, 2026
Introducing OpenAI Frontier February 5, 2026
Navigating health questions with ChatGPT February 5, 2026

Google Deep Blog

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
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

Artificial Intelligence

Customize AI agent browsing with proxies, profiles, and extensions in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser February 13, 2026
AI meets HR: Transforming talent acquisition with Amazon Bedrock February 12, 2026
Build long-running MCP servers on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore with Strands Agents integration February 12, 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B MoE model is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart February 11, 2026
Mastering Amazon Bedrock throttling and service availability: A comprehensive guide February 11, 2026
Swann provides Generative AI to millions of IoT Devices using Amazon Bedrock February 11, 2026

Databricks

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
Ship Enterprise Apps Faster with Databricks AppKit and Replit February 17, 2026
Getting the Full Picture: Unifying Databricks and Cloud Infrastructure Costs February 12, 2026
Domain Intelligence Wins: What “High-Quality” Actually Means in Production AI February 12, 2026
AI/BI Genie, Foundational Model API, and Databricks Assistant Now Generally Available in AWS GovCloud February 12, 2026
The Collaboration Advantage: How Modern Retailers and CPG Brands Win Together February 12, 2026
What’s New in AI/BI - February 2026 Roundup February 11, 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

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
When to Use Agentic AI Workflows — and When Simpler Is Better February 11, 2026

Towards AI – Medium

Building an Agentic Workflow in LangGraph (No LLM Required) February 17, 2026
LangChain vs LangGraph: Pipelines vs Processes in Agentic Systems February 17, 2026
From Generative AI to Agentic AI: What Really Changes (and Why It Matters) February 17, 2026
Building a Modern RAG Pipeline in 2026: Qwen3 Embeddings and Vector Database in Qdrant. February 17, 2026
TAI #192: AI Enters the Scientific Discovery Loop February 17, 2026

aibusiness

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
ElevenLabs Insures Agents, Targeting Enterprises' Fears February 12, 2026
Mistral Cites Euro Vision With $1.4B for Swedish AI Data Center February 11, 2026
Alibaba unveils RynnBrain AI model to power robots February 11, 2026
AI Startup Runway Raises $315M, Pivots to World Models February 10, 2026
EU Warns Meta not to Block Rival AI Bots From WhatsApp February 10, 2026
Mistral Drops new Speech-to-Text AI Models February 10, 2026
Startup Introduces 'Large Tabular Model' for Spreadsheet Data February 9, 2026
AI Lawsuits in 2026: Settlements, Licensing Deals, Litigation February 9, 2026

AI News Weekly

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
AI News Weekly - Issue #461: - Jan 21st 2026 January 21, 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

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
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

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