Google’s New Gemini Flash Models Are Cheaper and Faster
Google released three new versions of its Gemini AI this week. What they do is great, but greater and closer to the story than that is what they cost. Every…
Native Just Bought Its Way Into Africa’s $1.7 Trillion Trade Data Problem
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China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and…
Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation
The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another…
Backbase–African Banker 2026 Report Examines AI Adoption in Africa’s Banking Sector
Backbase, the leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker magazine, has published The State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era….
Celebrating Bosun Tijani at 49 and his role in building Nigeria’s startup ecosystem
Yesterday, July 20, marked the birthday of Dr. Olatunbosun “Bosun” Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy. Birthdays are usually occasions to celebrate individuals. In Tijani’s case, they…
Bosun Tijani Foundation Expands Gen AI Fellowship as Nigeria Races to Build AI Talent
The Bosun Tijani Foundation has opened applications for the second cohort of its Gen AI Fellowship, a six-month programme built to take young Nigerians from casual users of generative AI…
Bosun Tijani Foundation Opens Cohort Two of Its GenAI Fellowship
Applications are open for Cohort Two of the Bosun Tijani Foundation’s Gen AI Fellowship, a six-month programme designed to move young Nigerians from casual users of generative AI tools into…
Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on…
The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal…