From Ericsson intern to AI consultant: How this Cameroonian engineer built a career around data
In this edition of After Hours, Jehpte Ioudom, a Cameroon AI engineer, shares his experiences with technology.
How Sulfman’s Eagle Watch is putting African innovation on the global map
Sulfman Consulting introduces Eagle Watch, its AI-powered digital investigation platform designed to help organisations investigate digital footprints, monitor publicly exposed assets, and access intelligence tools that have traditionally been expensive…
He started building in military-era Nigeria. Now he builds AI HR software.
In the 1990s, when most Nigerian businesses still relied on paper files, fax machines, and office memos, Chuma Chukwujama was already convinced software was the future he should pursue.
The Quiet Revolution: How AI Is Reshaping Agriculture Across Africa
Africa feeds itself largely through the hands of smallholder farmers. That fact is easy to state and hard to appreciate… The post The Quiet Revolution: How AI Is Reshaping Agriculture…
Jumia is cutting 200 jobs as AI takes over more of its business
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Jumia cutting 200 jobs and betting big on AI, Ghana ending its 5G monopoly experiment, and Kenya recently targeting M-Pesa with a new 16% VAT.
Africa’s enterprise AI problem starts with procurement
The Digital Procurement Africa Summit holds on May 26 in Lagos, bringing together enterprise leaders for a focused conversation on why procurement digitisation has become critical to how large African…
Nairobi’s traffic police may soon give way to AI
The government now wants machines to take over. Treasury documents tabled in parliament show Kenya has allocated KES 1.18 billion ($9.1 million) next financial year to expand Nairobi’s Intelligent Transport…
Cameroon’s BleagLee Emerges as Africa’s AI Manufacturing Leader With $1M Milken Prize
BleagLee, a startup based in Cameroon, is gaining attention as one of Africa’s leading industrial technology companies. It recently won the $1 million grand prize in the Milken-Motsepe Prize in…
How Ojamaker is Powering Instant Online Stores in Africa with AI
Ojamaker is an AI-native platform helping African businesses launch online…
Winners of the $2 Million Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing Emerge
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation are honoured to announce BleagLee, a Cameroon-based AI-powered waste recycling company, as the $1 million Grand Prize winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in…