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Established in 1996, iAfrica is one of South Africa's longest-running portals. iAfrica was acquired by Africa.com in 2018 and publishes news, sport, and business content that attracts a broad user base in South Africa and a dedicated international readership.

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Africa is getting better at measuring its preparedness for artificial intelligence. Countries track broadband access, digital skills, computing capacity, regulatory frameworks, and the number of people trained. Governments announce AI strategies, launch innovation hubs, and support pilot programs. All of these things matter. But they can also create the impression of progress...


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Kenya’s Technopolis Development Authority — formerly the Konza Technopolis Development Authority — has signed a collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services covering cloud adoption, digital skills and the establishment of an AWS Outpost at Konza.

The agreement, signed at Konza Technopolis, sets out four priority areas: business development and market engagement;...


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The Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute, Addis Ababa University and the United Nations Development Programme have completed a two-week bootcamp for AI startups at minimum viable product stage — the first substantive output from the AI UniPod launched in Addis Ababa in February.

The UniPod was unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh as a centre for...


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Terra Industries has raised an additional $18 million, closing its seed round at $52 million and making the Nigerian-founded defence technology company one of the most heavily funded African startups of its cohort. Investors in the extension include Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Silent Ventures and Nova Global.

The company has now raised in three tranches: $11.75 million anno...


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Open Access Data Centres and AI Analytics Intelligence have partnered to offer locally hosted AI and cloud infrastructure to African businesses, combining OADC’s carrier-neutral facilities with enterprise AI and analytics platforms aimed at organisations that need to keep sensitive workloads inside the continent.

The offering will include high-performance computing ...


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