Tag: AI in Africa
Nigerian mental health technology startup Mytherapist is helping individuals and couples access professional therapy through online consultations, appointment bookings and digital wellbeing tools, as it seeks to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. Founded in 2021...
Nigerian healthcare technology startup Helium Health has secured a $2.5 million grant from Google.org to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions aimed at improving maternal healthcare delivery and reducing preventable deaths in Nigeria.
The funding will support the...
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Nigeria Launches ATLAS Network to Build AI That Understands Africa’s Languages, Culture, Knowledge
Nigeria has taken another significant step in advancing Africa’s digital future with the launch of the ATLAS Network, a continent-wide artificial intelligence (AI) initiative...
NVIDIA Deepens Egypt’s AI Ambitions with First SIGNALS Event, Connecting Startups to Global Innovation Network
Egypt's artificial intelligence (AI) startup ecosystem has taken a significant step toward greater global integration following the launch of the country's first NVIDIA SIGNALS...
Zimbabwean Startup ActivitIA Wants to Become Africa’s Go-To Platform for Discovering Real-Life Activities
Finding out about interesting events happening nearby often depends on chance. A concert flyer shared in a WhatsApp group, a poster pinned to a...
Tanzanian Startup eBeLI AI Bets on Multilingual Artificial Intelligence to Make Quality Education Accessible Worldwide
A 22-year-old Tanzanian entrepreneur is seeking to reshape how people around the world access education through artificial intelligence, unveiling a multilingual learning platform designed...
Zimbabwe’s Maminda Agri-Fintech Builds AI-Powered “All-in-One” Platform to Transform Farming in Africa
Zimbabwean agritech startup Maminda Agri-Fintech is positioning itself at the centre of Africa’s agricultural transformation with a bold ambition, to integrate finance, advisory services,...
Zambia’s Edtech Startup, ZeroAI Brings AI, Robotics Education to Schools Without Power/Internet Across Africa
Zambian edtech startup, ZeroAI Technologies, is proving that the future of education does not have to depend on constant electricity, fast internet, or expensive...
AmiViz and FrontierZero Wants to Tackle Rising SaaS and AI Security Blind Spots Across Africa and Middle East
AmiViz, a cybersecurity and AI-focused value-added distributor, has entered into a strategic distribution partnership with FrontierZero, a SaaS security platform designed to help organisations...
Nigeria’s NiteonHQ is Reimagining Commodity Trade with All-in-One Marketplace, Logistics and Finance Solutions
Nigeria's economy-focused startup, NiteonHQ is disrupting matkets as a unified digital infrastructure for trade across emerging economies. Founded in 2023 by Tony Nwose, the startup...
Nigeria’s Grant Master Launches ‘Grant Wizard’ to Simplify Funding Access for African Startups and Nonprofits
Nigerian startup Grant Master has unveiled Grant Wizard, an AI-powered grant intelligence platform designed to help nonprofits, startups, and social enterprises discover funding opportunities...
South Africa’s Refiant Secures $5M to Reinvent AI Efficiency, Slashing Energy Costs, Redefining Global Access
South Africa's energy startup, Refiant, has raised $5 million in seed funding to tackle one of the industry’s most urgent and underreported challenges, the...
Smart Africa and Certa Foundation Partner to Advance AI Governance and Digital Policy Across Africa
The Smart Africa Secretariat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Certa Foundation to advance digital governance, innovation policy and regulatory capacity...
Atlancis, EverseTech, and iXAfrica Launches Servernah Cloud to Power Local AI Innovation in Kenya
Atlancis Technologies, EverseTech, and iXAfrica Data Centres have unveiled Servernah Cloud, Kenya’s first sovereign-hosted cloud and AI platform designed to support regulated and mission-critical...
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