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Africa is on track to see tremendous growth in its AI economy. According to a whitepaper released by Mastercard titled “Harnessing the Transformative Power of AI in Africa,” the continent’s AI market is expected to grow from about US$4.5 billion…
Africa’s AI landscape is blooming with linguistic diversity, as fresh datasets propel multilingual models into the spotlight. With over 2,000 languages—many underrepresented in global tech—the continent is reclaiming its narrative through homegrown innovations. In 2025, releases like the African Next…
Every Thursday, Delve Into AI brings you fresh perspectives on Africa’s evolving AI journey. The column explores how artificial intelligence is shaping — and being shaped by — culture, policy, and business across the continent. It’s your weekly guide to the people,…
Africa’s artificial intelligence ecosystem is seeing strong momentum in 2025, with multiple startups surpassing the $1 million mark in early funding rounds. These investments reflect growing confidence in home-grown innovation and set the stage for more scalable AI solutions across…
Microsoft has announced a significant boost to South Africa’s AI and cloud infrastructure with a new investment of ZAR 5.4 billion (roughly US$297-300 million) to be deployed by the end of 2027. This comes atop the earlier ZAR 20.4 billion…
As part of Africa AI Literacy Week 2025, Konza Technopolis, Qhala, Huawei and other partners hosted a 24-hour hackathon and a range of training programs aimed at building AI awareness and skills among young Africans and teachers. These events are…
Since yesterday, some Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) customers have been experiencing difficulty using the bank’s USSD codes, mobile app, ATM and POS to make any transactions. Some of the customers affected have taken to Twitter to lodge complaints to the bank’s…
Join Techpoint in hosting the President of Yale University, Peter Salovey, and other senior Yale University officials at a town hall meeting this Thursday, 16th of January 2020. The interactive discussion with key leaders in the Lagos technology entrepreneurship ecosystem…
In the last five years, Techpoint has chronicled startups in Nigeria and Africa. Also within this period, the African continent has welcomed big names from Silicon Valley with Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and CEO, the most recent to pay the continent a visit.…
Alexa’s December 18, 2019 ranking revealed the popularity of betting websites in Nigeria with bet9ja.com, in 3rd position, leading other betting and odds-related sites in the list of top 50 sites. A quick look at Alexa’s top sites ranking for…
