AI News – Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa will launch the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), a digital visa system, at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday.

Google previewed Android Halo in May 2026 as part of its push to make Android more useful in an increasingly agentic AI era.

South African AI startup Tennsa has secured backing from Oakvale Invest, becoming the first company in the newly launched AI-focused pre-seed fund’s portfolio. The Cape Town-based startup received more than ZAR1 million, roughly $61,000, from Oakvale as it develops its AI business intelligence platform for small and…

Far from being a narrow regulatory exercise, the draft policy seeks to reshape the economics of artificial intelligence in Kenya. It encourages investment in local infrastructure, imposes new obligations on companies deploying AI, and gives consumers greater control over how algorithms influence their lives. In doing…

An unmapped village. A community overlooked for development. A disaster response slowed by missing data. Those are the kinds of problems Omowonuola Akintola has spent her career trying to solve. Through geospatial data, she has helped governments and humanitarian organisations better understand the places they…

More than half of the cybercrime cases observed by African law-enforcement agencies in 2025 involved artificial intelligence in some capacity. That finding from INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 captures how quickly AI-powered cybercrime in Africa is evolving. The figure does not mean AI caused 55%…

Kynox AI, an existing participant in FasterCapital’s EquityPilot program, is reporting new execution milestones as it accelerates product refinement and prepares for clinical pilots at hospitals across Nigeria. With continued support from FasterCapital in this stage, the company has expanded its team, finalized a…

Financial leaders are now being asked to fund artificial intelligence (AI), govern it, and explain the value it creates. That… The post Banks do not need faster AI; they need more accountable decisions appeared first on TechTrends Africa.

When Emmanuel Quartey temporarily lost hearing in one ear in February 2024, the impact was immediate. Everyday conversations became frustrating, and even simple interactions required more effort than he was used to. It was the first time he had experienced, even briefly, how losing one sense could reshape everyday…

Artificial intelligence now enables 55 percent of all reported cybercrimes across Africa, driving a sharp escalation in automated, high-speed attacks that are pushing local law enforcement agencies to their limits. According to INTERPOL’s African Cyber threat Assessment Report 2026, published, the rapid integration of…