4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (479+ words) The conversation about AI in Africa has changed. The question is no longer whether the continent will adopt AI, but whether it can create the conditions to use it responsibly, confidently and at scale. That question is becoming more important…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (226+ words) The organization transitioned to a paperless administrative system to eliminate manual file tracking and accelerate approval workflows Zambia Airports Corporation Limited, a state-owned enterprise in Zambia, deployed the SMART Office Management System, a digital administrative platform. The deployment marks the…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (175+ words) The partnership with Spark Science Center covers admission costs for 5th-grade classes across 42 public school districts With Oracle’s support, The Grace is extending this opportunity to reach local and rural districts, ensuring that every student has the chance to experience…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (764+ words) When patients move, their healthcare data should move with them A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic, be referred to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) The funding goes to Trade Lenda and AirSmat, bringing the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility’s portfolio to seven companies across Ghana and Nigeria The Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a $4 million pilot investment facility managed by Village Capital with funding from FMO…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (142+ words) The startup secured capital from three early-stage investment firms: Kaleo Ventures, Microtraction, and Openseed. The company also received funding from Alliance, a global cryptocurrency accelerator. The founders identified Kenya as their initial expansion target outside of Nigeria after tracking user…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (234+ words) The mobile application consolidates guest verification and payment processing into a single interface funded by transaction fees SecVite, a Nigerian mobile application that processes event ticketing and guest verification, has reached 600 users since its launch last October. As first reported…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) The update adds code-switching speech recognition across 12 languages and expands Sahara’s speech and voice-agent capabilities to 31 African languages Intron, a Nigerian voice technology company, has launched Sahara v2.5, an update to its voice AI model focused on speech patterns that combine…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) The investment vehicle provides revenue-based financing and term loans to technology scale-ups generating at least R20 million in annual revenue Edge Growth, an investment firm managing venture debt and enterprise development portfolios, has launched the Edge Impact Fund with an initial…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) During the program's closing ceremony in Abuja, Michael Freeman, the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, confirmed that the government had secured funding to sustain the initiative later this year. “The linkage between science, engineering, technology, innovation and the productive sector is…...