AI News from Africa

A fragmented data estate creates confusion long before AI enters the picture, and AI only raises the stakes, says Nathi Dube, director for innovation at PBT Group.

Running a creative agency or consulting firm is harder than ever. Client demands keep rising quickly. At the same time, operating budgets stay tight. Leaders often guess whether individual projects The post COR Raises $30M To Boost AI-Driven Profitability For Agencies And Consultancies appeared…

Dwelly Raises Fresh Capital To Scale AI Property Platform Dwelly raised $170 million to support its AI-first property management approach. The funding was co-led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst, The post Dwelly Raises $170M to Accelerate AI-Led Property Management appeared first on Ventureburn.

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.

South Africa has just been ranked first in Africa and eighth out of 25 globally for AI readiness. But what does this mean for organisational readiness?

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.

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,…

Ghanaian startups Rivia and VDL Fulfillment have raised a combined US$350,000 in funding from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a US$4 million pilot investment facility aimed at identifying founders often overlooked by traditional investors.

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

The AI boom depends on costly infrastructure. If future profits fail to justify today's spending, the costs may extend far beyond Silicon Valley.

Among the industries unaffected by artificial intelligence, the waste industry has crept under the radar. Greyparrot secures $27 million in a Series B round to replace the waste industry with The post Greyparrot Secures $27 Million in Series B Funding To Scale AI Waste Intelligence Platform…

Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg and Amazon Web Services join forces to address SA’s growing demand for job-ready AI and data science skills.

Naked, King Price and Discovery Life integrate AI to speed up claims, combat fraud and improve customer experience.

Cloud On Demand helps transform successful AI engagements into a scalable advisory model, says Brandon Singh, head of cloud services at Cloud On Demand.

NEC Africa has expanded its cyber security portfolio through a strategic partnership with German cryptography specialist Utimaco.

InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering some of the world's most important applications, today announced the general availability of InterSystems Data Studio™ AI Assistant, a new generative AI-powered extension for InterSystems Data Studio that helps organizations more easily…

Fragmented markets, talent shortages and imported technology are slowing Africa's AI competitiveness, says a BCG report.

Machine learning, large language models and NeuroSymbolic AI, and why the next leap will change everything for South African business.

Local customers are realising that AI and agentic AI are likely to be a complementary technology, augmenting the work humans do, says Paul Field, professional services/managed services BU leader at CASA Software.

AI models are mimicking humans' worst instincts – hacking, blackmail, self-preservation – in tests run by OpenAI and Anthropic.

Government and business leaders discussed the realities of increasing AI adoption in SA at the Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 event.