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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

Nairobi Securities Exchange plans dedicated tech board to lure startups February 19, 2026
Fintech still dominates Africa’s VC. Deeptech may be next. February 19, 2026
Microsoft says AI could add $136 billion to Africa if data can move freely February 19, 2026
MTN locks in 12-month pay protection for IHS staff ahead of takeover February 19, 2026
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Gigalayer expands its domain February 19, 2026
Jennifer Adebisi on why the “SaaS or nothing” mindset is failing Africa’s foodtech sector February 18, 2026
Nigeria’s crypto startups say SEC’s ₦2bn capital rule is a “disproportionate burden” February 18, 2026
Gabon suspends social media indefinitely amid rising unrest February 18, 2026
Africa’s airports are expanding. Phungela wants them smarter with technology. February 18, 2026
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – $6.2 billion for towers February 18, 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

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
Google Cloud & Unilever Announce a 5-Year Strategic Partnership February 18, 2026
”Wearables & IoT Grow, but Phones Remain the hub of Connectivity.” February 18, 2026
Luno Launches SA’s first Blue-Chip Crypto & Tokenised Stocks Bundle February 18, 2026
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

TechCity

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
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

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

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
IFC Eyes $5 Million Equity Investment in Kenya’s Arc Ride to Scale Battery-Swapping Across Africa February 19, 2026
Sage Launches AI-Powered Financial Platform Sage Intacct in Kenya February 18, 2026
Opinion | The Biggest Risk Businesses Are Taking on Stablecoins Is Doing Nothing February 18, 2026
Nyayo Stadium Tops Bolt’s Valentine’s Day Ride Data as HSBC SVNS Drives Over 4,000 Trips February 18, 2026
ODPC, Huawei and ICT Ministry Mark Safer Internet Day with Data Protection Training for 200 Youth in Wajir February 18, 2026

WeeTracker

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
Egypt’s Flextock Raises USD 12.6 M Series A To Fuel MENA E-commerce Infrastructure February 18, 2026
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

TechTrendsKE

Mogo Kenya Taps Sh800m and Expands Its Reach Into Kenya’s Two Wheel Workforce February 19, 2026
African Startup Funding in 2025 Hit $3.9B as Local Investors Take Control February 19, 2026
Kenya’s Retail Surge Deepens as M-Pesa Share Trading Expands NSE Access February 19, 2026
Gabon Imposes Indefinite Social Media Blackout Amid Rising Labor Unrest February 19, 2026
Zoho Celebrates its 30th Anniversary February 19, 2026
Sage Rolls Out AI-Powered Intacct Financial Platform for Kenya’s Mid-Sized Firms February 19, 2026
Meliora Launches Tiara Connect as it Marks 10 Years of Software Innovation February 18, 2026

Techloy

5 Creative Website Design Strategies for Local Service Businesses February 19, 2026
Vivo V70 and V70 Elite Debut in India with Zeiss Cameras and 90W Charging February 19, 2026
How a CEO Coach Supports Leadership Growth February 19, 2026
Benefits of Implementing Enterprise Workforce Management Software February 19, 2026
Perplexity Abandons Ads, Says Advertising Undermines User Trust in AI February 19, 2026
Canada Adds New Express Entry Categories for Researchers, Senior Managers, and Skilled Professionals February 19, 2026
11 Indie Games to Look Forward to in 2026 on PlayStation 5 February 19, 2026
OpenAI for India: Tata Group, Pine Labs, and a Data Center Built to Scale to 1 Gigawatt February 19, 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

Plato Secures $14.5M Seed Funding for AI Distribution Platform February 19, 2026
xAI Raises $3 Billion As HUMAIN Expands Strategic Investment Ahead of SpaceX Merger February 19, 2026
Kresus Labs Raises $13 Million To Expand Enterprise Wallet Infrastructure February 19, 2026
Onshore Raises $31 Million Series B To Expand AI Tax Platform February 18, 2026
Aliro Raises $15M to Reinvent Network Security with Physics February 18, 2026
Cogent Security Raises $42M Series A to Expand AI Security February 18, 2026
Avantos Raises $25M Series A to Expand AI Financial Platform February 18, 2026

TechCentral

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
Customers have new expectations. Is your CX ready? February 19, 2026
South Africa’s cybersecurity challenge is not a tool problem February 19, 2026
How AI is rewriting the rules of consulting February 19, 2026
Crackdown on students gambling away Nsfas money online February 19, 2026
Meta may launch AI-powered smartwatch in 2026 February 19, 2026
The last generation of coders February 18, 2026
The AI fraud crisis your bank is not ready for February 18, 2026
Vibe coding is transforming development – but at what cost to open source? February 18, 2026

Technext

Zoho hits 1 million paying customers and 150 million users as it celebrates 30 years February 19, 2026
Risevest secures SEC licence after regulatory battle February 19, 2026
Binance and Africell target Africa’s digital divide with a new crypto-education pact February 19, 2026
Nigerian fintechs are burning millions to acquire customers; And, the math doesn’t add up February 19, 2026
Unilever partners with Google Cloud in a 5-year deal to become AI-first consumer goods company February 19, 2026
Yango says AI routing delivered major time saving for African commuters in 2025 February 19, 2026
Nigeria’s network coverage sufficient for e-transmission – Telcos, experts February 19, 2026

GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS

MIT News – Artificial intelligence

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
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

DEV Community

“Build in Public” Posts February 19, 2026
How I Built Two Generations of Neuromorphic Processor From Scratch February 19, 2026
Solved: Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation. February 19, 2026
AI agent market map 2026: who's building what February 19, 2026
How I Built 10 Developer APIs on One Platform (and What I Learned) February 19, 2026
I built a hosted AI agent that actually does things (not just talks) February 19, 2026
Solved: Stop Putting Your Passwords Into Random Websites (Yes, Seriously, You Are The Problem) – watchTowr Labs February 19, 2026
AI Polymarket Trading Agents: How Autonomous Bots Are Reshaping Prediction Market Strategy February 19, 2026
Self-Hosting n8n on Raspberry Pi: HTTPS, DDNS & Automated Backups February 19, 2026

OpenAI News

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
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

Google Deep Blog

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
Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control January 13, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Build unified intelligence with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore February 18, 2026
Evaluating AI agents: Real-world lessons from building agentic systems at Amazon February 18, 2026
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

Databricks

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
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

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

The Repository Revolution: Powering Collaboration in Tech February 19, 2026
Using the Agentic Capability of AI Tools to Design Complex Applications February 19, 2026
Google’s Gemini Finally Learns to Sing with Lyria 3 February 19, 2026
I Built a Full-Stack SaaS Using Only AI — Here’s What Actually Worked (And What Didn’t) February 19, 2026
The Self-Healing Cloud: An Architectural Blueprint for Autonomous Operations with Agentic AI February 19, 2026

aibusiness

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
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

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

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
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2026 January 29, 2026

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