Researchers in Morocco are developing an AI-driven system that combines aquatic drones, ecological sensors, spectrometry and satellite imagery to detect toxic algal blooms in reservoirs before they become visible — a response to a water-quality threat that carries unusual weight in a country facing structural water scarcity.

Toxic algae proliferating in reservoirs a...

Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security has deployed a new generation of AI-equipped patrol vehicles in Casablanca, bringing facial recognition, automatic number plate reading and 360-degree real-time surveillance into routine police operations.

The two units, named “Amane” and “Madar,” entered service on Saturday as part of the DGSN’s push to modernise s...

Two-thirds of South African mining chief executives have not yet deployed artificial intelligence in their businesses, and nearly 70% of mines surveyed rate their AI readiness as poor or very poor — with digital skills shortages, not technology, identified as the primary obstacle.

The findings come from PwC South Africa’s report “Ten insights into 4IR in South Afric...

Mauritius has launched an AI Adoption, Readiness and Governance Survey to measure how local businesses are actually adopting and managing artificial intelligence — an attempt to put evidence beneath a national AI strategy the island launched three months ago.

The survey is a joint initiative of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Outsourcing and Tele...

The Inter-University Council for East Africa has launched a Regional AI Network of Universities and its Strategic Plan 2026-2031 at its 17th Annual Meeting and Conference in Nairobi, as the East African Community body pushes to consolidate AI capacity across a region where national efforts have largely run in parallel rather than together.

The three-day conference, ...