AI News from Africa

Applications are open for the Google Africa Applied AI Lab, which aims to provide AI entrepreneurs and researchers with technical support and early access to Google AI models.

The challenge facing organisations is no longer whether employees are using unauthorised AI tools, but how businesses govern that reality.

Series C Funding Accelerates Manufacturing Expansion Antora Energy raised $550 million in Series C funding to accelerate thermal battery adoption across the United States.

The company’s pricing changes come as AI vendors increasingly compete on cost, speed and performance.

Everyone’s watching chip speed. Almost nobody’s watching what happens between the chips and that’s exactly where the industry is losing the most performance.

Seychelles-based startup Fusepay has launched an AI-native operating and financial system for trade businesses across the Indian Ocean and Africa. Licensed as a payment service provider by the Central Bank of Seychelles, Fusepay is focused on solving one of the biggest challenges facing businesses…

For years, digital banking has been measured by access. Ensuring clients can open an account without visiting a branch, transact from a phone, or get help outside normal banking hours shaped the first wave of banking digitisation and changed how millions of South Africans manage their money.

The government now wants machines to take over. Treasury documents tabled in parliament show Kenya has allocated KES 1.18 billion ($9.1 million) next financial year to expand Nairobi’s Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Phase III, an AI-powered network of smart traffic lights, surveillance cameras,…

Fishcluster is putting AI and underwater robots inside Nigerian fish ponds. Feed is over 75% of what farms spend. Yet, nobody can see whether the fish are eating or wasting it. Today the startup exits stealth mode, with 4 of the country's biggest farms and $1m in commitments.

The launch comes eight months after Fusepay launched its digital payments platform in Seychelles, and raised $350,000 in pre-seed funding in August 2025.

Directive 11 is live. SARS is chasing R44 billion in unpaid taxes from companies still holding state contracts. A cabinet minister just lost her job over undisclosed benefits. The regulatory environment in South Africa has shifted – not gradually, but all at once.

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria opening a probe into Meta, X, and AI firms, Zeepay's response to $11.6 million refund reports, Kenya's creation of new licences for Uber, Bolt, and Glovo, and Angola's decision to take Unitel public following a state takeover.

Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says. $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure Tom's Hardware

Anthropic reveals three Claude AI models breached the live systems of three organisations during cyber security tests.

At the Google Cloud Africa Summit, Google showcased the progress and roadmap for Google’s Gemini Enterprise agentic AI.

The company will use the platform to share practical guidance on agentic AI, WhatsApp automation, voice AI, custom software and human-controlled business workflows.

More AI is in active use than ever before, yet there is significantly less confidence in how it is being implemented, says CJ Oosthuizen, Google Cloud and Workspace specialist at ATG.

Teraco Chief Executive Officer Jan Hnizdo discusses why Africa is becoming a key destination for data centers, how cloud infrastructure is evolving and why energy and sustainability will determine the continent's digital future. He speaks with Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja. (Source: Bloomberg)

Saviynt, a leading provider of identity security solutions, announced significant business momentum, surpassing $300 million in annual recurring revenue while growing bookings by more than 80% and maintaining a leading 96% customer retention rate.

As cyber criminals embrace AI, security leaders urge businesses to strengthen resilience, rethink trust and prepare for the inevitable breach.

Funding Supports AI Networking Expansion Israeli data center AI infrastructure technology specialist Xsight Labs has raised over $300 million, pushing up its post-money valuation to $2.8 billion, a move which The post Xsight Labs Raises Over $300M At $2.8 Billion Valuation To Expand AI Networking…

The SolarWinds World Tour will outline how organisations can move from reactive troubleshooting to self-healing, resilient IT environments.

ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026 will focus on why cloud infrastructure has become the anchor for resilient innovation at scale.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced the immediate availability of Rimini Govern™ for AI, the newest offering in the company’s Rimini Govern portfolio of…

AI helps the digital school to improve learner support, streamline teaching and prepare for more personalised education experiences.