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.
East African ministers approve regional AI strategy and university AI module
Ministers of the East African Community have approved a shared AI strategy and a university AI module at the Kampala meeting that ended on October 31 — but implementation still has no deadline or new funding.
ChatGPT can now read your Chrome tabs and do tasks for you: OpenAI rolls out new extension update
OpenAI's updated ChatGPT extension for Chrome lets the AI read across your open tabs, compare product prices, and even fill in forms — and it's available on every ChatGPT plan.
Eight US states sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harmed children
Iowa, Kansas, Arizona and five more states have sued the maker of ChatGPT, accusing it of deceiving consumers and leaving children exposed — the most coordinated state action against an AI company yet.
World Bank: AI speaks English fluently — but African languages poorly
A new World Bank report (October 2026) warns that African languages are barely represented in AI training data — and small models like Lelapa AI's InkubaLM, trained on five African languages including Kiswahili, show the solution may come from Africa itself.
Oria: the AI voice assistant that speaks Swahili — with no monthly fee
Executable Technologies has launched Oria, an AI assistant for voice, text and camera that speaks Swahili and 11 other African languages — and you can pay for it with mobile money.
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.
Could AI Really Kill Us All? A Live Discussion from MIT
MIT Technology Review is hosting a live discussion this Tuesday about fears, raised by employees at leading AI labs, that the technology could pose a serious risk to humanity. Registration is required, and the event will be in English.
AlphaGenome Atlas: An AI Map of Every Possible DNA Change
Google DeepMind has released a free, massive AI prediction database covering every possible single-letter DNA change in humans — built for researchers, not everyday users.
How does AI actually work? An explanation without jargon
An AI system does not think like a person. It guesses the next word. Understanding that changes how you use it.
Start using AI today: five steps on your phone
You do not need a computer or money. You need a phone with internet, ten minutes, and one real question.