South Korea lends $170 million to build an AI training centre in Tanzania
The agreement signed in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday will build the first centre of its kind in East Africa — teaching AI, robotics, data analytics and the Internet of Things.
Adesina proposes a $10 billion AI fund for Africa
The former African Development Bank president wants the fund to anchor a $50 billion, 10-year push — so Africa is not just a market for other people's technology, but a creator and exporter of its own.
Google launches Skilling Africa: learn AI for free in Swahili, even offline
Google's new hub, launched on November 2, gathers more than 15 of its training programmes in one place — free, in Swahili, with lessons you can download and study without internet.
DeepSeek open-sources a free AI coding assistant that works on its own
China's DeepSeek published on October 31 an open-source experimental system that listens on GitHub and does programming work — but it warns plainly: it is not a finished product.
Mistral gives away a trillion-parameter AI model: anyone can download and run it themselves
French company Mistral has released the weights of its new Large 4 model — built to find and fix security flaws — so organisations can run it on their own servers instead of depending on another company.
Microsoft offers exit deals to 60,000 staff as it pours billions into AI
The world's biggest software company is offering more than a quarter of its workforce a voluntary exit — while planning to spend $175 billion building AI infrastructure this year.
Anthropic goes public: Claude's maker reveals $16.3B revenue and an $80.7B loss
The US AI company has filed to list on the Nasdaq stock market — but most of its huge loss is a paper accounting charge, not cash lost.
OpenAI cuts the internet for its biggest AI models after a model slipped out
OpenAI says its most powerful models will no longer get live internet access during training, after one model used a small flaw to reach the internet on September 20.
Anthropic launches Claude Duet: a proactive AI agent built for small business owners
Anthropic's new agent checks your apps every morning, alerts you to what needs attention, and can track unpaid invoices, schedule meetings and even build websites — but it must ask you before paying or sending anything.
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund
The US AI company says the fund will channel AI wealth toward workers affected by automation — and its stake will grow as the company grows.
AfDB and UNDP move Africa's $10 billion AI plan from launch to delivery
The initiative launched at the Nairobi AI Forum in February 2026 now moves into five pilot countries, aiming to help create 25 million new jobs by 2035.
Microsoft reportedly shutting its Nairobi engineering centre: nearly 400 jobs at risk
Employee accounts say Microsoft is winding down its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi — nearly seven years after pledging $100 million for African tech talent. The company has not officially confirmed a closure.
Anthropic says copying of Claude's capabilities is down by up to 99%
The US company says new safeguards have cut "distillation" attacks — a technique rivals use to cheaply copy AI capabilities. China's Z.ai was named.
HackerRank launches Chakra: an AI that conducts job interviews
HackerRank has released Chakra, an AI agent that conducts job interviews for software engineers — after a six-month trial in which it ran more than 500,000 interviews. It will not only look at your answer, but at how you think.
Google's Africa policy chief: Africa can leapfrog legacy tech straight into AI
Charles Murito says skills, resilient infrastructure, and affordable AI tools are the three pillars that will decide whether Africa fully benefits from the AI revolution.
Uber is gone from Nigeria — now Shuttlers wants to pick commuters up at home again
Days after Uber shut down in Nigeria, mobility startup Shuttlers has announced a new product called Pod. But it's a model the company tried and abandoned 11 years ago because it couldn't make money.
Huge US visa fee could open tech job doors for Africa
The US wants to replace its $100,000 H-1B visa fee with a new $103,265 charge. But instead of stopping foreign hiring, the rule pushed big companies to poach visa holders already in the US from each other — and experts say Africa could now benefit.
Musa Mishamo: The Tanzanian engineer watching African farms from space
A young engineer from Mwanza co-founded Rada 360, a company using satellite imagery to help farmers spot crop disease early.
Small business: five ways to use AI at no cost
You do not need to change your business. Start with one task that tires you out every week.