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The partnership will develop and scale data infrastructure opportunities in South Africa and Nigeria through Africa Data Hub Holding Limited

Rwanda has reiterated its ambition to develop an advanced artificial intelligence ecosystem as policymakers, businesses and technology stakeholders from Rwanda and Germany explored opportunities to turn the country’s AI policies, infrastructure and technology capabilities into practical solutions and investable businesses.

Africa’s push to turn artificial intelligence into better services, stronger businesses and new jobs is gaining a new platform through an agreement between the African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Korea. The partners signed a Letter of Intent in Seoul on 9 September 2026 to establish a Korea-Africa AI Hub that will support…

How can artificial intelligence (AI), simulation learning and other emerging technologies move beyond promising pilots to create lasting opportunities for young people?

Microsoft has been in the business of education for five decades. Since the earliest days of this company, we have worked alongside educators, students, families and educational leaders through each new wave of technology — and we have learned what helps learning and what gets in the way.

Shortly after I started working in South Africa, there was one term that repeatedly came up in meetings with local stakeholders: BEE.

Madica, a pre-seed investment programme for African startups, has made its first investments in Algeria and Cameroon as it expands its bets into markets that have historically attracted limited venture capital.

native African companies took less than 2% of the continent’s startup funding in the first half of 2026, Grégoire de Padirac, CEO of Digital Africa, told BusinessDay. Over the same period, the number of African startups raising at least $100,000 fell to 190, the lowest since 2021

Africa, despite being home to nearly a fifth of humanity, remains underrepresented in the energy transition narrative. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has repeatedly flagged that the continent attracts only around 3 percent of global energy investment, even though it needs more than US$200 billion annually by 2030 to meet its development and climate goals.

For the second year in a row, startups in Kenya received the bulk of funding in 2024, 88 percent of the total raised in East Africa and more than a quarter of the continent’s total, according to a new report by Africa: The Big Deal.