Investing in multi-agent AI safety research
Google DeepMind and partners announce a $10M funding call for multi-agent safety research.
Bosun Tijani joins AI for Good Global Commission as Africa secures 8 seats
Africa has secured eight foundational seats on the newly established AI for Good Global Commission. The high-level international body, convened by the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU), held its…
AI Tutors in African Classrooms: Experiment or Transformation?
In a classroom in Benin City, a teenager named Omorogbe Uyiosa sat with his phone after school hours, working through… The post AI Tutors in African Classrooms: Experiment or Transformation?…
Banks Don’t Need More AI Ambition;They Need AI They Can Trust and Govern
Banks are no longer discussing artificial intelligence (AI) as a distant possibility. It is already moving into analytics, risk, fraud,… The post Banks Don’t Need More AI Ambition;They Need AI…
Nigerian mental wellness startup SereniMind pairs AI-guided support with access to licensed therapists
A Lagos-based mental wellness platform is betting that artificial intelligence can help close Nigeria’s yawning mental health treatment gap, at… The post Nigerian mental wellness startup SereniMind pairs AI-guided support…
From AI Consumers to AI Creators: How Africa Can Become the World’s Next AI Innovation Hub
In a small office in Tunis in 2018, a startup called InstaDeep made a decision that looked reckless at the… The post From AI Consumers to AI Creators: How Africa…
Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside large language models as they answer questions or…
The African Developer Experience: Why Tooling Still Ignores the Continent
A developer in Lagos and a developer in Lisbon can write the same line of code, use the same framework,… The post The African Developer Experience: Why Tooling Still Ignores…
Nigeria becomes Africa’s highest-ranked country for Responsible AI
Nigeria’s ranking comes as governments globally race to establish governance frameworks that keep pace with rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
OPay Champions AI-Powered Digital Finance at Digital PayExpo 2026
OPay reaffirmed its position as one of Nigeria’s leading fintech…