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As companies invest heavily in artificial intelligence and cloud computing, the pressure on global internet infrastructure is growing. AI tools need large amounts of data and processing capacity, while cloud services depend on fast...
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The release of The DPI 50, a global initiative published by Apolitical in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure. Designed to spotlight fifty public-sector leaders delivering measurable, citizen-centered digital systems at scale.
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In September, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and publicly accused both Anthropic and OpenAI of moving too aggressively toward self-improving AI. Are AI capabilities advancing faster than humanity’s ability to understand and control them?
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From a 2018 school visit to four new kits deployed across seven African countries, STEMAIDE Africa turned an under-resourced training program into an offline-first STEM pipeline, proving Africa's talent gap closes with homegrown tools built for its own African realities.
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Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya each passed landmark digital asset legislation within about thirteen months of one another. With the Digital Assets Summit Africa returning to Accra, the coming months will test whether implementation can keep pace with adoption that's already outrun Law three times over.
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Raxio Group has secured more than US$380 million in committed capital to expand its network of data centers across multiple African markets.
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Africa is pushing to control its own data, through shared frameworks, local AI models, education programs, and tighter regulation, to stop feeding foreign AI and start building its own.
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A major shift is currently underway as women tech builders pivot away from elite software ecosystems to intentionally design products for this informal consumer base.
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Africa’s AI future is no longer being defined by who builds the best models alone, it is increasingly about who owns the data, infrastructure, and intellectual property behind them. As global competition over artificial intelligence intensifies, African policymakers and technology leaders are ...
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Across Africa’s tech ecosystem, capital is accelerating at a pace that is beginning to reshape how the continent’s digital economy is structured. The latest figures showing African startups raising $1.3bn signal not just recovery in venture funding, but a deeper repositioning of where global..
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Reports surfaced this week pointing to a significant transition across segments of Africa’s tech and digital outsourcing workforce. Emerging AI automation agents are increasingly handling tasks such as content moderation, remote data entry, basic customer support...
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Investment in data centers emerged as one of Africa’s most important technology stories this week, reflecting growing demand for the infrastructure powering the continent’s digital economy.