In Brief

South African Banks lead Africa in AI maturity, new index finds

Standard Bank, Nedbank rank among MEA’s top four as AI delivers measurable results

Jun 5 • Carrington Malin

Zimbabwe unpacks national strategy, launches AI Grand Challenge

Young innovators challenged to build AI solutions for real national problems

Jun 4 • Carrington Malin

Mozambique presents draft AI Strategy at ITU Africa workshop

Final AI strategy approval expected by end of 2026 after provincial consultations

May 28 • Carrington Malin

Namibia to train civil servants in AI, starting at the top

NIPAM launches AI courses in move to modernise Namibia’s Civil Service

May 28 • Carrington Malin

Cape Town sets sights on becoming Africa’s next AI hub

SAAIA and WC Government to create new AI cluster with AI factory

May 24 • Carrington Malin

New foundation launches to close Africa’s AI skills gap

AISCA Foundation targets one million youth and 35,000 compute grants

May 22 • Carrington Malin

Africa & Europe must co-govern AI say African lawyers

A $200 million fund could fix Africa’s AI governance capacity gap

May 14 • Carrington Malin

AI voice startup Intella just launched Swahili language services

Intella CEO Nour Taher announce new Swahili capabilities at the Africa Forward Summit

May 13 • Carrington Malin

LINGUA Africa targets one billion Africans with inclusive AI fund

Gates Foundation and Google.org back open call for African language AI

May 8 • Carrington Malin

Ghana launches AI strategy, with vision for AI-powered society

Accra launches AI strategy targeting 500 billion cedis GDP contribution by 2035

Apr 25 • Carrington Malin

Mauritius launches new National AI Strategy

Ethical AI framework and blueprint for public sector accompany strategy

Apr 15 • Carrington Malin

Nine African cities ranked in IMD Smart City Index 2026

No African city breaks into the global top 100, but the gap is narrowing

Apr 6 • Carrington Malin

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