AI in Africa: Ministers confront AI anxiety and the data divide driving it

Before the exhibition halls opened at the Africa Tech Festival and before the big-name tech sponsors took the stage, the conversation about AI in Africa had already turned philosophical at the 2025 Ministerial Forum. Hover Gao, Huawei’s President for Sub-Saharan Africa, had just closed his keynote with a rallying cry for “national computing power” and […]
Africa’s AI leap won’t come from copy-pasting global trends

Africa’s AI leap needs power and vision
Solly Malatsi: ‘Wise choices’ will define the AI era, not machines

When South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, took the stage at the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town on Monday, the message was clear: Africa’s AI future must be built, not borrowed. Each year, a day before the Africa Tech Festival begins, Huawei and the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) team up […]
Meet Tarryn Tomlinson, the woman who built an AI Assistant for inclusion

“Because apparently, a woman of colour in a wheelchair can’t build an AI, right?”
Google AI in Action event shows just how fast the future is moving

From isiZulu chatbots to AI filmmaking, here’s what went down in Johannesburg this week.
Axel Springer’s CEO set the new global standard for AI in newsrooms

If Axel Springer can mandate AI, why can’t SA newsrooms follow suit?
AI Agents are coming for your workflow (in a good way)

A quarter of companies using Gen AI will launch agentic AI pilots this year.
Stanford study: When AI therapy chatbots go wrong

More people than ever are turning to AI chatbots for help with mental health.
Beyond LLMs: Why RAG is the next big thing in GenAI

RAG connects GenAI to real data, making it smarter, safer, and more useful for South African enterprises.
New Slack research: Daily AI use drives 81% job satisfaction

The latest Slack Workforce Index revealed a significant increase in AI adoption.