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African AI Year in Review: The Rise of Local LLMs, Enterprise Adoption, and Regulation Battles in 2025
The year 2025 was pivotal for African artificial intelligence (AI). From startups developing localised large language models (LLMs) to enterprises embedding AI into core...
Israeli AI Data Security Startup, Cyera, Set for $400m Raise in Blackstone-Led Deal
Israeli-founded data security startup, Cyera, is raising $400 million in a new funding round led by New York-based alternative asset manager Blackstone, a deal...
AI-Powered Lending Startup, Slope, Partners with Amazon to Offer Reusable Credit to U.S. Sellers
Slope, an AI-powered lending startup, is partnering with Amazon to provide a reusable line of credit to eligible U.S. sellers, backed by a JPMorgan...
HALA Capital Expands into Fintech, AI and Logistics as Saudi Arabia’s VC Grows – Here’s What It Means For Startups
Saudi Arabia’s HALA Capital is sharpening its focus on fintech, artificial intelligence and logistics, three of the Kingdom’s most strategic growth sectors. This is...
UrSafe Wants to Use AI-Driven Drone Surveillance to Fight Insecurity and Protect Nigerians
As Nigeria grapples with worsening insecurity and repeated attacks on schools, UrSafe, a U.S.-based technology company is proposing a rethink of how vulnerable communities...
“AI Agents Are Not Perfect,” Tech Leader Jemil Oyebisi Posits After AWS re:Invent 2025 Event in Las Vegas
A Nigerian software engineer and senior backend engineer at Ampersand, Jemil Oyebisi, has said that artificial intelligence (AI) agents remain imperfect, despite significant technological...
AI in Africa 2025: Top Local AI Startups, Major Breakthroughs & Big Industry Shifts
Artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa reached a pivotal moment in 2025. From Nairobi to Lagos, Cape Town to Accra, startups, governments, corporates, and universities...
Moroccan Startup, Vove ID, Introduces AI-Driven Verification to Help SMEs and Fintechs Scale Faster in Africa
As Africa and the Middle East continue their digital transformation, the demand for reliable identity verification infrastructure has never been greater. Yet across much...
Nairobi’s Phindor Unveils JuaFlow, an AI Workflow Reshaping How African Businesses Manage Daily Work
Nairobi-based automation startup, Phindor, has launched JuaFlow, a new AI workflow platform designed to help African businesses manage the high-volume daily tasks that take...
How Nigeria’s Kabirat Olajire is using AI advocacy to help organisations deliver and scale
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how businesses, governments, and institutions operate, yet many organisations continue to struggle with turning AI ambition into measurable impact. For...
How Alfred Ongere’s Ai Kenya is Helping SMEs and Corporates Understand and Adopt AI Across Africa
Ai Kenya, founded by Alfred Ongere, began in 2017 as a volunteer-led effort to demystify artificial intelligence for students and developers in Nairobi. What started...
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