The iCloud logo is seen on a computer tablet screen in this photo illustration on October 20, 2017. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhotoCredit: jaap arriens/Nur Photo
Author: Ewang Johnson
Increasingly, both public and private conversations across the continent are centred on Africa’s AI posture.
Poor learning outcomes, a widening skills-jobs mismatch, and questions over what higher education is for in the 21st century – can AI be used to provide some answers, and if so, how should it be built?
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Vodacom South Africa has successfully tested the world’s first integrated passive-active Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) solution, which supports the continued evolution of its 4G and 5G network.
As AI moves to the centre of US-China relations, Washington and Beijing are seeking to manage shared risks without easing their technology rivalry, while states wanting a say in the AI order must act before its terms are set
Artificial intelligence is driving a rebound in venture capital (VC) funding and research and development (R&D) spending, while emerging economies continue to show innovation growth alongside traditional innovation leaders, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2026.
U.S. Africa Command is hustling to adopt AI assets, unmanned systems and other modern technology products as it pivots to do “more with less” of a physical force presence on and around the sprawling continent.
Egyptian healthcare startup Anees Health has raised an undisclosed seed round to expand its integrated care model across Greater Cairo.
Green technologies are mineral-intensive: electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and grids need cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, graphite and rare earths. The International Energy Agency estimates that electric cars require six times more minerals than a petrol or diesel car. A wind power plant requires about nine times more minerals than a gas-fired plant.
