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Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Pan-African technology giant Cassava Technologies announced today that it has officially become an authorized reseller of Anthropic’s flagship artificial intelligence models, Claude, across the African continent. The agreement,...
TechCabal ·
Madica, the pre-seed investment programme backed by US venture firm Flourish Ventures, has received $6 million in fresh capital from Flourish to back 25 to 30 more African startups over the next three years. Each startup will still get...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Nigerian music producer and Mavin Records founder Don Jazzy has announced a technology scholarship offering young Nigerians up to 100 percent off tuition fees at TS Academy, adding skills development to the growing conversation about...
Semiconductor Engineering ·
The explosive growth of cloud computing and AI – from generative, and reasoning, to (ultimately) agentic systems – is creating unprecedented demand for bandwidth, as the amount of data that must be moved both within and between data...
iAfrica.com ·
Global Advisors Communications (GA) has won Platinum Elite – Best Campaign of the Year and Campaign of the Year in the Technology Category at the 2026 PRNEWS Platinum Awards for “AI Powers Africa,” its campaign highlighting the UAE’s...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Nigerians frustrated by dropped calls, painfully slow internet, and unreliable mobile networks may soon get some answers, as the House of Representatives has given MTN, Airtel, Glo, and other telecom operators until October 28 to...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Uber Kenya has failed to secure its removal from a lawsuit filed by 37 motorcycle riders who allege that the ride-hailing company deactivated their accounts without adequate explanation, leaving their livelihoods at risk. Kenya’s High...
iAfrica.com ·
Artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly moving beyond the operating room, reshaping how healthcare is delivered, patients recover, and physicians are trained. Reza Sadeghian, AI Strategist, Clinical Advisor and Clinical...
iAfrica.com ·
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly shifted from a futuristic idea to a useful business tool. Across South Africa, organisations are using AI to create content, analyse data, automate tasks, and improve decision-making. At the same...
TechAfrica News ·
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, announced the global expansion of NTT DATA AI Factories, which provide hands-on environments where organizations can determine how priority AI use cases can be...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
MultiChoice Nigeria is restructuring its DStv and GOtv subscription packages, introducing eight new plans with revised prices and expanded access to sports, movies and local entertainment. The changes, scheduled to take effect on...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Apple has released iOS 27.2, bringing expanded language support for Siri AI, improved personalised responses, new features for the iPhone Duo and more than 160 security fixes. The update also introduces changes to FaceTime, Messages,...
TechAfrica News ·
CrissCross, an African cross-border payments infrastructure provider, has secured investment from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Circle Internet Group, through its parent company, Stitch Group. The investment...
AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it | CIO ·
The best DEX platform for another company tells you almost nothing about the best one for yours. The leading platforms are each built around a different strength — virtual sessions, hardware-level signals, the employee’s voice — and a...
TechAfrica News ·
As major urban centres across Africa prepare for fifth-generation networks, Ghana is moving to ensure that rural communities are not left on older standards. Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations Samuel Nartey...
TechAfrica News ·
Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has signed a strategic partnership agreement with ThingsBoard, a specialist in Internet of Things...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has unveiled the winners of the fourth edition of the NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI 4.0) , recognizing three startups whose solutions address critical challenges in manufacturing,...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The idea of a truly portable Macintosh computer has existed almost as long as the Mac itself. When Apple introduced the original Macintosh desktop in 1984, it revolutionized personal computing with its graphical user interface and...
TechAfrica News ·
Frehiwot Tamru, Ethiopia’s Minister of Innovation and Technology, visited the Space Science and Geospatial Institute together with Directors General of institutions accountable to the Ministry. The visit included a review of the...
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Microsoft veterans launch AI-driven partner development start-up and platform to serve the evolving tech channel.
TechAfrica News · · High severity
An INTERPOL -coordinated cybercrime operation involving law enforcement agencies in 21 countries has resulted in the arrest of 1,462 suspects, the disruption of 10,909 malicious networks and the recovery of more than $105 million in...
TechAfrica News ·
Madica, a pre-seed investment programme for African startups, has secured an additional $6 million from Flourish Ventures to extend its investment pilot by three years. The funding will enable Madica to invest in 25 to 30 additional...
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Africa Critical Minerals Corporation (ACMC) and Scepter, Inc. signed an MOU to use Scepter’s AI to evaluate African critical minerals projects for ACMC’s development platform.
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Unframe, the Applied AI Lab, announced its availability on all three leading cloud marketplaces: AWS Marketplace, Google Cloud Marketplace and Microsoft Marketplace.
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Stavros Kyris has joined Sisvel to lead the formation of Sisvel Ventures, which has a wide-ranging remit to explore opportunities outside of Sisvel’s core areas of business.
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The Claude maker’s upcoming IPO splits analysts between those pointing to growth and demand, and those warning investors could overpay.
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The telco sees early interest in its streaming platform, which combines free entertainment and affordable streaming data.
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The company offers eligible employees in four countries voluntary buyouts with financial support.
TechAfrica News · · Medium severity
Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority (CSA) and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) have issued a joint cybersecurity alert warning government institutions, businesses, website owners, hosting providers and operators of...
DefenceWeb ·
Proforce Limited is one of Nigeria’s leading armoured vehicle manufacturers and this week it is showing its capabilities and products [...]
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Reports of iPhone Duo screen cracks have emerged just days after Apple launched its first foldable smartphone, raising questions about the durability of the company’s new design. Apple has acknowledged an issue affecting a small number...
AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it | CIO ·
AI fluency has long mattered to Sambit Dutta. When he joined global chemical manufacturer Hexion this year as SVP of AI transformation, his strategy included bringing “AI to the masses, where the people can not only just consume AI, but...
CXO Insight Middle East · · Critical severity
A ransomware attack encrypts every shared drive overnight. A storage array fails during quarter-end. Record rainfall floods an office, as parts of the UAE saw in April 2024.
TechAfrica News ·
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader, has become authorised to resell access to Anthropic’s Claude models through Amazon Bedrock. Claude is Anthropic’s state-of-the-art large language model, offering features like advanced...
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Victor Mateu, Chief Researcher of the Cryptography Research Center at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), explains why the risks posed by quantum computing demand attention today, and how organisations can prepare for the...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
NVIDIA and Meta have announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development, deployment and performance of advanced AI agents powered by Meta’s Muse family of models . The collaboration...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
China’s artificial intelligence stock market is facing a sharp reversal just as some of the world’s most valuable AI companies prepare to enter the public markets. The contrast raises a critical question for investors: is the AI boom...
CIO Africa ·
Every redundancy announcement eventually leaves the business pages and enters somebody’s home. There is a conversation with a spouse, a...
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The live workshop will follow the development of an intelligent hotel-booking search feature, from customer feedback to deployment.
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The digital insurer introduces an artificial intelligence-powered pet insurance product for cats and dogs.
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