The International Finance Corporation has invested in Ethiopian fintech Kifiya, whose AI assesses borrowers with no credit history — and the company is now looking to expand into Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
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.
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.
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.
A young engineer from Mwanza co-founded Rada 360, a company using satellite imagery to help farmers spot crop disease early.
