Tech In Africa
- Debt Financing Reaches All-Time High in African Tech: The $1.6B Milestone February 18, 2026
- African Tech Funding Hits $4.1B in 2025: What’s Really Driving the Growth February 18, 2026
- Egypt’s Breadfast Raises $50M Pre-Series C from Mubadala, IFC, and Olayan February 17, 2026
- Nigerian Defense Tech Startup Terra Industries Raises $22M Extension Round, Total Funding Reaches $34M February 17, 2026
- African Tech Funding Rebounds to $3.2B in 2025, Driven by Large Debt Facilities February 17, 2026
- Beltone Holding Completes €197.6M Acquisition of Baobab Group February 16, 2026
- Egyptian Customer Experience Platform Tactful AI Raises $1M Pre-Series A February 16, 2026
- Jumia Ceases Algeria Operations as Part of Profitability Strategy February 16, 2026
- Noah and Payd Partner to Provide Stablecoin-Based Salary Payments for African Digital Workers February 13, 2026
- Jesutomiwa Salam Was Shaped by Scarcity but Now Builds AI Systems That Solve the Same Challenges February 13, 2026
TechCabal
- Jennifer Adebisi on why the “SaaS or nothing” mindset is failing Africa’s food-tech sector February 18, 2026
- Nigeria’s crypto startups say SEC’s ₦2bn capital rule is a “disproportionate burden” February 18, 2026
- Gabon suspends social media indefinitely amid rising unrest February 18, 2026
- Africa’s airports are expanding. Phungela wants them smarter with technology February 18, 2026
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – $6.2 billion for towers February 18, 2026
- Nigeria to conduct “thorough assessment” of MTN’s $2.2 billion IHS deal February 17, 2026
- MTN moves to take full control of IHS Towers in $2.2 billion deal February 17, 2026
- Nigeria rules out new standalone crypto law for now February 17, 2026
- Cash, M-PESA, or cards? Kenyan banks test a new payments strategy in schools February 17, 2026
- Telecoms foreign investment rebounds to its highest level since 2019 February 17, 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
KachTech Media
- The Invisible Engine: How Daraja 3.0 is Scaling Kenyan Tech Through MPESA February 17, 2026
- Sports Betting in Kenya: Odds, Live Betting, and Platform Guide February 6, 2026
- Sun King HomePlus Max Brings USB-C Laptop Charging to Solar Homes January 21, 2026
- Creative Entrepreneurship: Why Filmmakers Must Start Thinking Like Founders January 21, 2026
- Legal Clarity and Tech Innovation: SportPesa Strategic Pivot for 2026 January 21, 2026
- Bridging the Digital Gap: How Wikipedia Next 25 Years Will Depend on the Global South January 16, 2026
- The BAKE Awards 2026: Digital Storytelling’s Trillion-Shilling Moment January 14, 2026
- A New Gas-Powered Commute: Proto and OLA Energy Bet on LPG in Kenya January 14, 2026
- OPPO’s Reno15 Series: The “Sponge” Strategy for Smartphone Longevity January 14, 2026
African Business Technology News
- Finpace Introduces Halcyon AI Layer to its Core Banking Stack February 18, 2026
- Google Cloud & Unilever Announce a 5-Year Strategic Partnership February 18, 2026
- ”Wearables & IoT Grow, but Phones Remain the hub of Connectivity.” February 18, 2026
- Luno Launches SA’s first Blue-Chip Crypto & Tokenised Stocks Bundle February 18, 2026
- HumanCoop Partners with Identy.io to Digitize Patient Identity in North Africa February 17, 2026
- Cloud On Demand & StorVault Announce Partnership to Strengthen Local Data Protection February 17, 2026
- Red Hat Introduces New Digital Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool February 17, 2026
- ‘No Shows’ and What It’s Costing Your Business February 17, 2026
- ”DON’T BECOME a SCAM VICTIM DURING the MONTH of LOVE” February 16, 2026
- Acer Africa Unveils New e10 ETBook Series February 16, 2026
TechCity
- 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
- Unwind: Off the Deck – Reflection • Connection • Growth February 17, 2026
- What Are The Challenges Facing African Startups, Explained February 17, 2026
- Why Ranking on Google Is Harder Than Ever (And What Smart Brands Do Differently February 16, 2026
- How Does Mobile Money Work in West Africa: A Practical Guide February 16, 2026
- How to use AI Noise Removal For Clearer Audio February 15, 2026
- OPT100 Neo Film: The Digital Camera Inside a 35mm Roll February 15, 2026
- Meta Plans “Name Tag”: Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses February 14, 2026
- No-Code Tech Summit 3.0 is coming to the mainland with $1000 up for grabs February 13, 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
- Sage Launches AI-Powered Financial Platform Sage Intacct in Kenya February 18, 2026
- Opinion | The Biggest Risk Businesses Are Taking on Stablecoins Is Doing Nothing February 18, 2026
- Nyayo Stadium Tops Bolt’s Valentine’s Day Ride Data as HSBC SVNS Drives Over 4,000 Trips February 18, 2026
- ODPC, Huawei and ICT Ministry Mark Safer Internet Day with Data Protection Training for 200 Youth in Wajir February 18, 2026
- Why Every Kenyan Home Deserves an LG QuadWash Dishwasher February 18, 2026
- LG Set to Showcase Expanded SKS Luxury Kitchen and Laundry Appliances at KBIS 2026 February 18, 2026
- Nithio Backs Spiro with $7 Million Debt Facility to Scale Electric Motorcycles Across Africa February 18, 2026
- AI Infrastructure is Racing Ahead – and Vertiv is Powering the Journey February 17, 2026
WeeTracker
- Employee Fraud & Workplace Corruption Are Bleeding Nigeria’s Small Businesses Dry February 18, 2026
- Rwanda Signs Landmark AI Deal With Anthropic, Betting Big On Tech Leapfrog February 18, 2026
- Africa’s Two Largest Economies Close In on Temu In Twin Regulatory Assault February 18, 2026
- Egypt’s Flextock Raises USD 12.6 M Series A To Fuel MENA E-commerce Infrastructure February 18, 2026
- Egypt’s Breadfast Raises USD 50 M Pre-Series C To Expand Online Grocery Platform February 17, 2026
- Canal+ Strips SuperSport’s Power, Delays Local Shows In DStv Cost Blitz February 16, 2026
- Fraudsters Exploit Temu, Shein Boom in South Africa With Worrying Scam February 16, 2026
TechTrendsKE
- Meliora Launches Tiara Connect as it Marks 10 Years of Software Innovation February 18, 2026
- Africa’s Creative Boom Is Real. Whether It Becomes Industry Is Another Story February 18, 2026
- How JustMarkets Is Empowering African Traders with Global Market Access February 18, 2026
- When Downdetector Climbs at Once, Panic Fills the Gaps Before Facts Arrive February 18, 2026
- Inside Google I/O 2026 Where Android Steps Back and AI Steps Forward February 18, 2026
- A New Monitoring System Puts Kenya’s Telcos Under Permanent Scrutiny February 18, 2026
- Microsoft-Powered AI App Auni Surpasses 3,500 Business Sign-ups in Three Months February 18, 2026
Techloy
- Tesla Drops “Autopilot” in California to Avoid Sales Ban February 18, 2026
- Building a Scalable System for Consistent Client Acquisition in the Trades February 18, 2026
- Gemini Announces Executive Exits and Regional Pullback as Cost Pressures Mount February 18, 2026
- Anthropic Opens Its First India Office in Bengaluru — India Was Already Its Biggest Market Outside the U.S. February 18, 2026
- What Happens When You Make Signal Your Main Messaging App? February 18, 2026
- MTN Moves to Reclaim Its Towers in $6.2 Billion IHS Buyout February 18, 2026
- Final Fantasy 9 Returns in May 2026 With New Vivi-Focused Release February 18, 2026
- BlackRock Plans to Stake Ethereum in Proposed ETF, Keeping 18% of Staking Rewards February 18, 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
- World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI February 18, 2026
- Kana Raises $15M to Power Flexible AI for Marketers February 18, 2026
- Circuit Raises $30 Million To Scale AI Manufacturing Platform February 18, 2026
- Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability Platform February 18, 2026
- Novig Raises $75 Million To Expand Peer-To-Peer Sports Prediction Platform February 18, 2026
- FYLD Raises £32m Series B To Scale AI Frontline Intelligence Platform February 18, 2026
- Thrive Raises $10B as LPs Eye Mega-IPO Windfall February 18, 2026
TechCentral
- The last generation of coders February 18, 2026
- The AI fraud crisis your bank is not ready for February 18, 2026
- Vibe coding is transforming development – but at what cost to open source? February 18, 2026
- SA film industry to get funding boost and digital overhaul after outcry February 18, 2026
- Prominent Southern African journalist targeted with Predator spyware February 18, 2026
- The quiet infrastructure powering AI: why long-life IoT networks matter more than ever February 18, 2026
- MTN to buy back its own cellular towers in R35-billion deal February 17, 2026
- Icasa gears up for South Africa’s next big spectrum auction February 17, 2026
- Not enough: Eskom unions spurn above-inflation wage offer February 17, 2026
- More drama in Warner Bros tug of war February 17, 2026
Technext
- A chat with Akin Adegoke and Ayokunle Ilesanmi about trust in the age of Autonomous Finance February 18, 2026
- Unity Bank says merger with Providus Bank a done deal, now at integration stage February 18, 2026
- Nigeria moves to link electricity and internet access in new digital inclusion push February 18, 2026
- GigaLayer acquires Registeram.com, strengthens domain and hosting services market dominance February 18, 2026
- NIGCOMSAT: What is Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over and why should tech builders care? February 18, 2026
- Gabon shuts down social media nationwide over protest and social unrest February 18, 2026
- Optasia believes ‘Privacy by Design’ is Nigeria’s only path to sustainable AI-driven finance February 18, 2026
GLOBAL AI/ML NEWS
MIT News – Artificial intelligence
- 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
- AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways February 10, 2026
- 3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint February 10, 2026
- Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable February 9, 2026
- “This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio February 6, 2026
- Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models February 5, 2026
DEV Community
- The Ghost in the CLI: Why Claude Code Kills Local Inference February 18, 2026
- Finding my Frontier: Cloud free coding on GLM-5 February 18, 2026
- Your Team's Icebreakers Shouldn't Make People Cringe 😬 February 18, 2026
- Why AI Gives You a Headache: Managing Cognitive Fatigue for Developers February 18, 2026
- How to Deploy Your iOS App to TestFlight with GitHub Actions (Step-by-Step) February 18, 2026
- Behind the Scenes of AceHack 5.0 February 18, 2026
- Generative UI: Building a Real-Time Weather & Stock Assistant with Streaming RSCs February 18, 2026
- Provide private storage for internal company documents February 18, 2026
- I Got Tired of Re-Explaining My Codebase to AI Every Single Session February 18, 2026
OpenAI News
- 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
- Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world February 11, 2026
- Bringing ChatGPT to GenAI.mil February 9, 2026
- Testing ads in ChatGPT February 9, 2026
- Making AI work for everyone, everywhere: our approach to localization February 6, 2026
- GPT-5 lowers the cost of cell-free protein synthesis February 5, 2026
- Introducing Trusted Access for Cyber February 5, 2026
- Introducing OpenAI Frontier February 5, 2026
- GPT-5.3-Codex System Card February 5, 2026
Google Deep Blog
- 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
- Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control January 13, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
- Evaluating AI agents: Real-world lessons from building agentic systems at Amazon February 18, 2026
- Customize AI agent browsing with proxies, profiles, and extensions in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser February 13, 2026
- AI meets HR: Transforming talent acquisition with Amazon Bedrock February 12, 2026
- Build long-running MCP servers on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore with Strands Agents integration February 12, 2026
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B MoE model is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart February 11, 2026
- Swann provides Generative AI to millions of IoT Devices using Amazon Bedrock February 11, 2026
Databricks
- 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
- The Marketing Cloud and Adstra deliver identity resolution through Databricks Clean Rooms for secure, privacy-first marketing data collaboration February 17, 2026
- Best Practices for High QPS Model Serving on Databricks February 17, 2026
- How Databricks System Tables Help Data Engineers Achieve Advanced Observability February 17, 2026
- Ship Enterprise Apps Faster with Databricks AppKit and Replit February 17, 2026
- Getting the Full Picture: Unifying Databricks and Cloud Infrastructure Costs February 12, 2026
- Domain Intelligence Wins: What “High-Quality” Actually Means in Production AI February 12, 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
- OpenAI and Paradigm announce EVMbench, a benchmark that measures how well AI agents can detect, exploit, and patch high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities (OpenAI) February 18, 2026
- Apple adds support for third-party voice-based conversational apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, letting CarPlay users access apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors) February 18, 2026
- Efficient Computer, which is developing AI chips with a "spatial dataflow" architecture to minimize energy consumption, raised a $60M Series A (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) February 18, 2026
Stories by ODSC – Open Data Science on Medium
- 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
- When to Use Agentic AI Workflows — and When Simpler Is Better February 11, 2026
Towards AI – Medium
- Don’t Use AI to Do a Tool’s Job February 18, 2026
- I Built an AI App That Trains SQL Like a Personal Trainer February 18, 2026
- Building WebMCP-Enabled Websites: A Complete Implementation with Local AI Testing February 18, 2026
- The Great Bifurcation: How Hardware Root-of-Trust Determines Whether AI Leads to Reality or… February 18, 2026
- Pencil.dev: The Missing Bridge Between Design and Code That Developers Have Always Needed February 18, 2026
aibusiness
- Nvidia and Meta Agree to Wide-Ranging new AI Chip Deal February 18, 2026
- Cohere Launches Tiny Multilingual Open Weight Model February 17, 2026
- Major Funding Deals Kick off India AI Impact Summit February 17, 2026
- Supporting the new Types of AI Shoppers February 17, 2026
- OpenAI GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark Shows What's Possible With Cerebras February 13, 2026
- New Waymo Robotaxi now Running Fully Autonomously on US Roads February 13, 2026
- Anthropic Raises $30B, Bringing its Valuation to $380B February 13, 2026
- Meet Latam-GPT, the New Open Source AI Model for Latin America February 12, 2026
- ElevenLabs Insures Agents, Targeting Enterprises' Fears February 12, 2026
- Mistral Cites Euro Vision With $1.4B for Swedish AI Data Center February 11, 2026
- Alibaba unveils RynnBrain AI model to power robots February 11, 2026
- AI Startup Runway Raises $315M, Pivots to World Models February 10, 2026
- EU Warns Meta not to Block Rival AI Bots From WhatsApp February 10, 2026
AI News Weekly
- 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
- AI News Weekly - Issue #461: - Jan 21st 2026 January 21, 2026
Ahead of AI
- 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 State of Reinforcement Learning for LLM Reasoning April 19, 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
- 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
- Weekly Review 30 January 2026 January 30, 2026
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2026 January 29, 2026
MarkTechPost
- Google DeepMind Releases Lyria 3: An Advanced Music Generation AI Model that Turns Photos and Text into Custom Tracks with Included Lyrics and Vocals February 18, 2026
- Google Introduces Jetpack Compose Glimmer: A New Spatial UI Framework Designed Specifically for the Next Generation of AI Glasses February 18, 2026
- Cohere Releases Tiny Aya: A 3B-Parameter Small Language Model that Supports 70 Languages and Runs Locally Even on a Phone February 18, 2026
- Anthropic Releases Claude 4.6 Sonnet with 1 Million Token Context to Solve Complex Coding and Search for Developers February 17, 2026
