€21 Million Is Going Into AI Diagnostic Tools for Frontline African Health Workers
A €21 million investment from the Global Health EDCTP3 programme will fund four research projects targeting diarrhoeal diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
South Africa’s Yoco Just Acquired an AI Operating System for Restaurants
Yoco — the South African fintech company that has spent over a decade building payment tools and business infrastructure for small businesses across Africa — has acquired Dyner, an AI-native…
Bluechip Acquires YarnGPT, the AI That Actually Sounds Nigerian
The UNILAG grad who came second at a hackathon just got his exit.
Agentic AI in Africa: What It Means When AI Takes Action on Your Behalf
The first wave of AI tools taught machines to respond. The current wave is teaching them to act. Across the… The post Agentic AI in Africa: What It Means When…
Bluechip Technologies announces the acquisition of YarnGPT at the Bluechip Data and AI Summit
Bluechip Technologies announced the acquisition of YarnGPT, an AI text-to-speech model, at the Bluechip Data and AI Summit on Wednesday, as Africa’s tech leaders gathered to define the continent’s role…
Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact
Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other online. According to Rohin Shah, who directs the company’s…
Nigeria Just Committed $190 Million to Build an AI-Powered Defence System
Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence has signed a $190 million agreement with UK-based technology firm MARSS Group.
Apple Just Rebuilt Siri From Scratch.
Apple has completely torn down Siri and rebuilt it from scratch.
MyCard Tech Solutions Empowers Lagos Youth With Hands-On AI Skills
On Saturday, June 6, 2026, the auditorium of RCCG The Faith City in Ogba, Lagos, became a space of learning, curiosity, and possibility as young people gathered for a hands-on…
AI is now a geopolitical asset. African presidents are racing to catch up.
Only a few years ago, AI policy on the continent revolved around ethics, digital literacy and startup incubation. Now governments are discussing cloud infrastructure, sovereign data, regional computing capacity and…