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Egypt signed a $1 billion sovereign AI data center deal and MTN announced a 150MW build out across two countries. Both commitments are real. Neither closes the gap between Africa's compute ambitions ...

As a young boy, Nando de Freitas was always captivated by the way machines behaved, while growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe. From studying electrical engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand in ...

This one windy Friday evening in Dublin saw me cycling to meet with one of the trio founders of MyMusic. After ordering a cup of Cafè Americano, single shot espresso, and hot chocolate with treats, we ...

Allegations leveled against Afrika’s most valuable fintech, Flutterwave, appear to be gaining traction by the day. The three billion-dollar corporation has been accused of further fraud, sexual ...

Four months ahead of Deep Learning Indaba Senegal's launch, Dr Shakir Mohamed, a founder and NeurIPS board member, shares insights on the Indaba's growth and its impact on AI research globally. Four ...

Prof Mpho Primus on African language datasets, ethical AI, and recreating Sophiatown in the metaverse. A bold vision for Africa’s tech future In this episode of iAfrikan BYTES, we’re joined by Prof ...

The story, according to Paul Makin, former M-PESA architect and professional in the UK banking sector, started before 2007. Makin says that the “original team was Nick Hughes and me. I came up with ...

Who doesn’t love a story of winning against the odds? It is at the cornerstone of our storytelling and is universal across culture . The hero who braves the odds; relentless, fearless, star gazer.

Long before cell phones (mobile phones) were popular in Afrika, and even in Western countries such as the USA, Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo) already had a reported 3,000 mobile ...

How Professor Oliver Udemmadu Ogbonna Mobisson was among the first to lay the foundations for Nigeria’s digital technology ecosystem as we know it today. When reading, listening to, or watching ...

Uncomfortable Conversations, a riveting podcast series by iAfrikan BYTES dives deep into the heart of the African tech ecosystem. In this installment, we have the privilege of hosting Xolani Qubeka, a ...