Archive - Africa AI News

Study: How AI can meet urban challenges; Egypt, Morocco consider AI laws

Weekly news digest

Jan 10 •

December 2024

November 2024

Orange adds African LLMs; Law firms raise AI regs alarm

Africa AI News weekly digest...

Nov 29, 2024 •

Orange to fine-tune LLMs for African colloquial languages

#Africa #LLMs - Global telecommunications operator Orange has partnered with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Meta to incorporate African regional languages…

Nov 28, 2024 •

Carrington Malin

AI Doesn’t Kill People, People Kill People (if they've got an AI)

When global tech giants advocate for reduced regulation, it’s time for African policymakers to put on their re-scepticals*

Nov 27, 2024 •

AI governance report urges legislation in East and Southern Africa

Study highlights gaps in ethical AI policies across seven African nations

Nov 26, 2024 •

Carrington Malin

Zambia launches AI strategy; new Wits Uni tech R&D centre

Africa AI News weekly digest...

Nov 22, 2024 •

Zambia launches AI Strategy to boost jobs & economy

Zambia now joins elite club of African nations with an AI strategy

Nov 22, 2024 •

Carrington Malin

5% of African AI Researchers Have Proper Compute Tools

You can take a horse to water... but what if it's dried up?

Nov 20, 2024 •

AI for better weather forecasts; only 5% of AI researchers have compute

Africa AI News weekly digest...

Nov 15, 2024 •

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