Tech In Africa
- Why African Micro-retail Digitization Is Exploding: The Chari / SMB Payments Playbook February 25, 2026
- Top Fintech Startups in Rwanda to Watch (2026 Edition) February 25, 2026
- How Chisom Uma turned technical documentation into a growth engine at a UK identity Company February 25, 2026
- Modern Dental Clinic Design & Smart Construction February 25, 2026
- Rwanda Fintech Funding 2026: Key Deals, Investor List, and Why Kigali Is Winning February 24, 2026
- AI Regulation in Africa 2026: New Laws, Compliance Risks, and Startup Opportunities February 24, 2026
- Electric Mobility Company Spiro Raises $50 Million Debt Financing February 24, 2026
- The Logistics of Hosting African Data Abroad February 24, 2026
- Grey expands global business banking with new USD-based payment capabilities February 23, 2026
- Kenya’s Billion-Dollar Year: Megadeal Magic or Ecosystem Strength? February 23, 2026
TechCabal
- South Africa plans incentives as data centres gain “critical” status February 25, 2026
- In 2025, four in five smartphones sold in Africa cost under $200 February 25, 2026
- After TechCabal report, JAMB promises audio texts for blind candidates, registration fee refunds February 25, 2026
- Kenyan SME lender 4G Capital says 92% of borrowers repay on time as bad loans rise February 25, 2026
- He learned trade from his mother. Now he’s building a pan-African marketplace. February 25, 2026
- Yango taps Flutterwave for cashless taxi, food delivery payments in Zambia February 25, 2026
- Starlink restores access in Nigeria’s most congested cities for ₦159,000 monthly February 25, 2026
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – $50 million to go the extra mile February 25, 2026
- Only 20 Nigerian banks meet new capital requirements as March deadline nears February 24, 2026
- Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: What’s different from 2025 February 24, 2026
ICT Archives – How we made it in Africa
- Africa’s data centre boom August 2, 2023
- Elon Musk’s Starlink could fuel competition for internet customers in Africa January 20, 2023
- Influx of affordable devices in Africa fuels adoption of 5G smartphones September 13, 2022
- As internet speeds rise, Africans are spending more time streaming May 26, 2022
- Africa connects: High demand for internet services spurs investment in undersea cables April 3, 2022
- High-tech internet solution across the Congo River links Kinshasa, Brazzaville September 25, 2021
- Africa’s data centre market poised for massive growth July 2, 2021
- Why Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund invested in Africa June 24, 2021
- Reviewing the trends driving Africa’s allure: Leapfrogging through technology May 5, 2021
- Data centres are a growing investment opportunity in Africa April 26, 2021
TechCity
- Finding Tech Jobs in Lagos Without Experience: 7 Steps That Work February 25, 2026
- MarkHack 5.0 to Explore Culture at the Center of AI Conversation in Nigeria February 24, 2026
- Samsung Galaxy A Series Africa Review, Key Features Guide 2026 February 24, 2026
- Tech News Updates Nigeria Today: Top Stories & Analysis 2026 February 23, 2026
- Nissan introduces the all-new Gravite February 20, 2026
- Exabeam Expands Regional Leadership with Strategic Appointments Across India, the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa February 20, 2026
- ChatGPT for Small Business Africa: Practical Guide 2026, Growth Tips February 20, 2026
- Future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Opportunities Ahead February 19, 2026
- Affordable Laptops for University Students in Africa 2026 Guide February 18, 2026
- Lagos is About to Host Africa’s Biggest No-Code Gathering: Legacy 3.0 is Here February 17, 2026
AppsAfrica.com | African mobile and tech news – tech events in Africa
- How Bitnob is Reshaping Enterprise Payments in Africa: Insights from Africa Tech Summit Nairobi February 18, 2026
- Why Digital Identity is Becoming Africa’s Most Critical Tech Infrastructure February 16, 2026
- Delta40 Completes $20M Capital Raise to Build, Invest in & Support Innovative Ventures Across Africa February 12, 2026
- Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Announces 12 Ventures Selected for 2026 Investment Showcase January 27, 2026
- Flutterwave Partners with Turnkey to Power Secure Stablecoin Wallets for Customers January 27, 2026
- Fincra Announced as Headline Supporter of Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 to Drive Dialogue on Building the Rails for an Integrated Africa January 12, 2026
- Levene Energy Secures $64M Facility from Afreximbank to Acquire Strategic Stake in Axxela Limited January 12, 2026
TechArena
- Emirates Introduces Split Payments in Kenya Through Cellulant’s Tingg Platform February 25, 2026
- Beyond Accumulation: Kenya’s Pension Industry Enters the Decumulation Era February 25, 2026
- How to Watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 February 25, 2026
- Bolt Rolls Out Driver-Led High-Risk Location Alerts in Kenya February 25, 2026
- Introducing Red Hat build of Podman Desktop: Enterprise-ready local container development environments February 25, 2026
- Kenya Prepares for Next Phase of Payments Infrastructure as Industry Leaders Call for Faster, Interoperable Systems February 25, 2026
- What LG InnoFest Revealed About the Future of Everyday Living February 25, 2026
- SanlamAllianz Launches Income Drawdown Fund Providing Retirees with Flexible Income Options February 24, 2026
WeeTracker
- Cash Is Dying In Nigeria’s Nightlife Where Moniepoint Processed Over USD 600 M February 25, 2026
- Charikaty Raises USD 150 K To Scale Digital Company Formation In Morocco February 25, 2026
- Spiro Secures USD 50 M Debt Facility To Scale E-Bikes Across Africa February 25, 2026
- PayPal Promised Nigerians A Fresh Start — Users Say It Feels Like The Past February 24, 2026
- Nigeria’s Banks Finally Clear Massive USSD Debt After Four-Year War With Telcos February 23, 2026
- WafR Raises USD 4 M Seed To Scale Embedded Retail Finance In Morocco February 20, 2026
- Kenya’s Card Payments Creep Higher, Encroaching On Mobile Money & Cash February 19, 2026
TechTrendsKE
- HumanCoop Selects Identy.io Deploys Offline Biometrics for Undocumented Patients in North Africa February 25, 2026
- Grey Scales Global Business With New USD Payments Solutions February 25, 2026
- How I&M FX DIRECT is Automating Corporate Treasury February 25, 2026
- Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Where to Watch and What to Expect February 25, 2026
- Bolt Rolls Out New High-Risk Location Flagging Feature for Drivers February 24, 2026
- PayPal’s 46% Decline Opens the Door to Takeover Interest at a $40.9 Billion Valuation February 24, 2026
- As Parliament Circles Back to TikTok, Kenya Confronts the Limits of Regulation February 24, 2026
Techloy
- Did Regulation Turbocharge Crypto Adoption in Latin America? February 25, 2026
- 8 ERP Tips to Simplify Small Business Management February 25, 2026
- What to Look for in Effective Decision-Making Software Platforms February 25, 2026
- Judge Dismisses Elon Musk's xAI Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against OpenAI February 25, 2026
- How AI Image Editors Help With Creative Design in 2026 February 25, 2026
- Wayve Lands $1.2B From Microsoft, Nvidia, and Uber to Expand Self-Driving Tech February 25, 2026
- U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal Opens Inquiry Into Binance Over Alleged Iran and Russia Sanctions Violations February 25, 2026
- Comprehensive Home Maintenance with Region Home Services: HVAC, Roofing, Siding, Windows, and Energy Efficiency February 25, 2026
Africa | Startup News and Analysis on TechCrunch
- Ventures Platform, one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors, has raised another $64M November 6, 2025
- Spiro raises $100M, the largest-ever investment in Africa’s e-mobility October 21, 2025
- Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI co-worker for fintech September 16, 2025
- Microsoft and Uber alum raises $3M for YC-backed Munify, a neobank for the Egyptian diaspora August 29, 2025
- Profitable Nigerian food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator August 11, 2025
- Moroccan founder raises $4.2M for her YC-backed startup building the next layer of AI search July 9, 2025
- Better Auth, an authentication tool by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC June 25, 2025
Ventureburn
- Profound Raises $96M at $1B Valuation, Redefines AI Marketing February 25, 2026
- Wayve Secures $1.2B to Scale Robotaxi Technology February 25, 2026
- Secfix Raises $12M to Slash SMB Compliance Work by 90% February 25, 2026
- Allica Raises $155M at $1.2B Valuation to Fuel Growth February 25, 2026
- 6 Ways Crypto Betting Aligns With Fintech’s Rapid Innovation Culture February 25, 2026
- Astelia Raises $35 Million To Strengthen AI-Powered Cybersecurity February 24, 2026
- MatX Raises $500 Million To Develop AI Chips Competing With Nvidia February 24, 2026
TechCentral
- Dennis Venter resigns as iOCO co-CEO February 25, 2026
- Treasury moves to bring crypto under exchange-control rules February 25, 2026
- Treasury grants Sentech R700-million special allocation February 25, 2026
- South Africa puts data centres on par with energy, ports in big policy shift February 25, 2026
- US orders diplomats to fight foreign data sovereignty rules February 25, 2026
- Mustek sees dramatic profit surge despite 2% revenue decline February 25, 2026
- Blu Label bets big on energy as it pivots beyond prepaid distribution February 25, 2026
- Blu Label resumes dividends as it draws line under Cell C saga February 25, 2026
- Mustek warns chip-supply crisis far from over February 25, 2026
- South Africa’s draft AI policy headed to cabinet February 25, 2026
Technext
- Emirates now allows Kenyans split their flight payments with Cellulant partnership February 25, 2026
- M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya roll out Dala AI Bundle, bringing AI tools to mobile money users February 25, 2026
- Starlink resumes taking new orders in Lagos and Abuja, but only for its “Business” package February 25, 2026
- Yango integrates Flutterwave card payment for rides and delivery services in Zambia February 25, 2026
- GTBank appeals $257k fine in breach of agreement case in Kenya February 25, 2026
- Africa’s AI moment February 25, 2026
- Meta is testing stablecoin payments for its 3 billion users years after Libra crashed February 25, 2026
GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS
MIT News – Artificial intelligence
- AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology February 25, 2026
- Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy February 25, 2026
- Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users February 19, 2026
- Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language models February 19, 2026
- Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions February 19, 2026
- Personalization features can make LLMs more agreeable February 18, 2026
- New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty February 12, 2026
- Accelerating science with AI and simulations February 12, 2026
- Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threat February 11, 2026
DEV Community
- ⚡ React Native Tip #47 Don't use console.log in production. Use react-native-logs instead: - Filter by level - Write to file - Send to crashlytics Your future debugging self will thank you. Save this February 25, 2026
- Day 6: Trust as a Structure February 25, 2026
- LLM API 비용을 88% 줄인 방법 February 25, 2026
- How I Added 6 Languages to a Next.js App in One Day February 25, 2026
- What is Subnet mask? And its Usage with examples in general & on cloud implications. February 25, 2026
- Supabase Dashboards That Don't Suck: Production-Ready Analytics Without the Setup Hell February 25, 2026
- LedgerMind: Zero-Touch Memory That Survives Real Agent Work February 25, 2026
- I Spent 4 Years Running HashiCorp Vault in Banks. Here's What It Can't Do. February 25, 2026
- Exploring OpenClaw: From Multi-Bot Concept to Actionable AI Agent February 25, 2026
OpenAI News
- Disrupting malicious uses of AI | February 2026 February 25, 2026
- Arvind KC appointed Chief People Officer February 24, 2026
- Why we no longer evaluate SWE-bench Verified February 23, 2026
- OpenAI announces Frontier Alliance Partners February 23, 2026
- Our First Proof submissions February 20, 2026
- Advancing independent research on AI alignment February 19, 2026
- Introducing OpenAI for India February 18, 2026
- Introducing EVMbench February 18, 2026
- GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics February 13, 2026
- Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT February 13, 2026
- Scaling social science research February 13, 2026
- Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora February 13, 2026
- Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark February 12, 2026
Google Deep Blog
- Gemini 3.1 Pro: A smarter model for your most complex tasks February 19, 2026
- A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music February 18, 2026
- Accelerating discovery in India through AI-powered science and education February 17, 2026
- Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering February 12, 2026
- Accelerating Mathematical and Scientific Discovery with Gemini Deep Think February 9, 2026
- Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds January 29, 2026
- D4RT: Teaching AI to see the world in four dimensions January 16, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
- Build an intelligent photo search using Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon Bedrock February 24, 2026
- Train CodeFu-7B with veRL and Ray on Amazon SageMaker Training jobs February 24, 2026
- Generate structured output from LLMs with Dottxt Outlines in AWS February 24, 2026
- Global cross-Region inference for latest Anthropic Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models on Amazon Bedrock in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan February 24, 2026
- Introducing Amazon Bedrock global cross-Region inference for Anthropic’s Claude models in the Middle East Regions (UAE and Bahrain) February 24, 2026
- Scaling data annotation using vision-language models to power physical AI systems February 23, 2026
Databricks
- Adaptive Data Governance for EU Regulatory Change February 25, 2026
- Spark Declarative Pipelines: Why Data Engineering Needs to Become End-to-End Declarative February 23, 2026
- Announcing General Availability of Zerobus Ingest February 23, 2026
- From AI projects to an operational capability February 19, 2026
- Use Genie Everywhere with Enterprise OAuth February 19, 2026
- Flexible Node Types Are Now Generally Available February 18, 2026
- Predictive Optimization at Scale: A Year of Innovation and What’s Next February 18, 2026
- Custom Agents now available on Databricks February 18, 2026
- Business Analytics: Essential Tools, Techniques and Skills for Data-Driven Success February 17, 2026
AIModels.fyi
- Can AI *really* research like us? This new framework puts it to the test. January 16, 2026
- Can an AI *finally* react like a real person during a video call? January 11, 2026
- Model of the Month: chatterbox-turbo January 7, 2026
- Can text *finally* make robots dance exactly how we want them to? January 3, 2026
- Can Large Language Models Develop Gambling Addiction? December 27, 2025
Techmeme
- Israel-based Gambit Security, which offers an AI-native cyber resilience platform that autonomously maps infrastructure, raised $61M across seed and Series A (Globes) February 25, 2026
- Sensor Tower: EA led all publishers in 2025 with 200M+ PC and console downloads, ahead of its $55B deal to go private; Fortnite had the top console player base (Payton Turkeltaub/Variety) February 25, 2026
- Gambit Security: an unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150GB of Mexican government data, including 195M taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 (Bloomberg) February 25, 2026
Stories by ODSC – Open Data Science on Medium
- Decision Boundaries, Advanced Planning for Evaluation, AI in Museums, and Building a Secure AI… February 19, 2026
- Data Scientist or AI Engineer? The Hiring Mistake That Slows AI Teams February 13, 2026
- Why We’re Evolving the ODSC AI Bootcamp into the ODSC AI Engineering Accelerator February 13, 2026
- Why AI is Becoming a Coworker, Not a Tool February 12, 2026
- Things AI Engineers Need to Keep in Mind with HIPAA and Healthcare Compliance February 12, 2026
Towards AI – Medium
- Reality Is Low-Dimensional: The Secret Hidden in Your Data February 25, 2026
- The 5 Tokenization Methods: How AI Breaks Down “Tokenization” February 25, 2026
- Agents Aren’t Magic: The Real Architecture Behind Tool-Calling AI Systems February 25, 2026
- Your Cloud AI Bill Is a Confession: You Don’t Understand What You’re Running February 25, 2026
- NVIDIA Taught LLMs to Forget — And They Got Smarter February 25, 2026
aibusiness
- Google Labs adds Agentic AI Capabilities to Opal February 25, 2026
- AI Accounting Startup now Valued at $1.15 Billion February 25, 2026
- Anthropic Targets More Industries With Claude Cowork Plugins February 24, 2026
- Meta Signs $100B AI Chip Deal With AMD February 24, 2026
- Amazon to Invest in Louisiana Data Centers February 24, 2026
- Anthropic vs. Chinese Vendors: The Problem With Distillation February 24, 2026
- OpenAI Partners With Consulting Giants in Enterprise AI Push February 24, 2026
- Navigating the Shift in Professional Services with AI February 24, 2026
- U.S. Launches ‘Tech Corps’ to Bolster AI Abroad February 24, 2026
- Opinion: From Islands to Ecosystems: Why Interoperability Unlocks Scale for Agentic AI February 23, 2026
- OpenAI Aims for Stablecoin Market With New EVMbench February 23, 2026
- $1B Funding for Spatial Intelligence Startup February 20, 2026
- OpenAI Seals Data Center Deal as it Targets India February 20, 2026
AI News Weekly
- AI News Weekly - Issue #466: Everything Elon & AI special edition - Feb 19th 2026 February 19, 2026
- AI News Weekly - Issue #465: the DOOM edition : 5 ways AI could destroy everything - Feb 12th 2026 February 12, 2026
- AI News Weekly - Issue #464: 5 reasons will will not get AGI soon - Feb 5th 2026 February 5, 2026
- AI News Weekly - Issue #463: All about The "Moltbook" Phenomenon - Feb 2nd 2026 February 2, 2026
- AI News Weekly - Issue #462: Is AI spending crashing ? Where is the ROI? - Jan 29th 2026 January 29, 2026
Ahead of AI
- A Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026 February 25, 2026
- Categories of Inference-Time Scaling for Improved LLM Reasoning January 24, 2026
- The State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Problems, and Predictions December 30, 2025
- LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (July to December) December 30, 2025
- From DeepSeek V3 to V3.2: Architecture, Sparse Attention, and RL Updates December 3, 2025
- Beyond Standard LLMs November 4, 2025
- Understanding the 4 Main Approaches to LLM Evaluation (From Scratch) October 5, 2025
- Understanding and Implementing Qwen3 From Scratch September 6, 2025
- From GPT-2 to gpt-oss: Analyzing the Architectural Advances August 9, 2025
- The Big LLM Architecture Comparison July 19, 2025
- LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (January to June) July 1, 2025
- Understanding and Coding the KV Cache in LLMs from Scratch June 17, 2025
- Coding LLMs from the Ground Up: A Complete Course May 10, 2025
The Stanford AI Lab Blog
- LinkBERT: Improving Language Model Training with Document Link May 31, 2022
- Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at ACL 2022 May 25, 2022
- Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at ICLR 2022 April 25, 2022
- Discovering the systematic errors made by machine learning models April 7, 2022
- Grading Complex Interactive Coding Programs with Reinforcement Learning March 28, 2022
- Understanding Deep Learning Algorithms that Leverage Unlabeled Data, Part 1: Self-training February 24, 2022
- Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at AAAI 2022 February 22, 2022
Computational Intelligence
- Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2026 February 25, 2026
- Weekly Review 20 February 2026 February 20, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2026 February 17, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Volume 34, Issue 2, February 2026 February 16, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Volume 37, Issue 2, February 2026 February 15, 2026
- Weekly Review 13 February 2026 February 13, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026 February 12, 2026
- Soft Computing, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2026 February 5, 2026
- Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2026 February 5, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2025 February 4, 2026
MarkTechPost
- Liquid AI’s New LFM2-24B-A2B Hybrid Architecture Blends Attention with Convolutions to Solve the Scaling Bottlenecks of Modern LLMs February 25, 2026
- Meta AI Open Sources GCM for Better GPU Cluster Monitoring to Ensure High Performance AI Training and Hardware Reliability February 25, 2026
- A Coding Implementation to Simulate Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance with Asyncio, Malicious Nodes, and Latency Analysis February 24, 2026
- Alibaba Qwen Team Releases Qwen 3.5 Medium Model Series: A Production Powerhouse Proving that Smaller AI Models are Smarter February 24, 2026
