AI News – Africa

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria opening a probe into Meta, X, and AI firms, Zeepay’s response to $11.6 million refund reports, Kenya’s creation of new licences for Uber, Bolt, and Glovo, and Angola’s decision to take Unitel public following a state takeover.

The findings come as election authorities across Africa grapple with the growing use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns, including the use of deepfake audio and edited images.

Novastar Ventures will work with other VC firms in identifying and supporting African startups building AI-powered solutions for Google’s Africa Applied AI Lab.

Novastar Ventures has partnered with Google to launch a new Applied AI Lab aimed at helping African startups and researchers build artificial intelligence solutions for some of the continent’s biggest challenges. The Nairobi-based venture capital firm announced that applications for the programme opened on July 1,…

Google has partnered with British-Sierra Leonean actor Idris Elba to launch a $1 million initiative that will provide 100,000 African content creators with free access to artificial intelligence tools, helping them create higher-quality content and compete in the global digital economy. The programme, funded jointly…

Google Cloud today hosted its inaugural Cloud Summit in Africa at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa, gathering 3,000 business leaders, developers, public sector leaders, and partners. Anchored by the central theme, “Building for Africa with Google Cloud,” the summit builds upon Google’s 2025 launch of its…

Africa is becoming a market where AI infrastructure, computing power, local talent, and homegrown companies will determine future competitiveness.

A bank teller in another country once watched an elderly woman withdraw a large sum of cash, hands trembling, voice… The post Dark AI Explained: How Cybercriminals Are Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence appeared first on TechTrends Africa.

Fake or altered photos depict evidence, from crash scenes to receipts, to support fraudulent claims. Insurance fraud, unfortunately, is inevitable. A… The post Insurers Face Growing Fraud Risk from AI-Generated Images appeared first on TechTrends Africa.

Egyptian startup BrainsMingle has raised $400,000 in seed funding from BasharSoft Group as it prepares to scale its AI-powered professional networking platform beyond Egypt. The company is building a video-first platform that combines networking, mentorship, appointment scheduling, and community management into a…