Artificial Intelligence Stories
Kenya’s tech-savvy population, fuelled by widespread internet access via mobile phones, has made the country an active participant in AI.
With this license, the UAE officially becomes the most secure and high-performance AI hub outside the United States, entering a new phase of the globa...
Artificial intelligence is already transforming healthcare but the World Health Organisation says that inequalities in access to care risk increasing.
American social entrepreneur Patricia Wilkins is among those investing in artificial intelligence (AI) education for underprivileged youth in Ghana. H...
Despite identifying a lack of technical expertise as the top challenge (48.8 per cent), the report notes that Kenyan firms have defied the odds throug...
So if you’re wondering whether being creative is “good for you”, the answer seems to be “yes”. Scientifically, measurably, and beautifully so. Your ne...
Announced on Wednesday by CEO Shishir Mehrotra, the rebrand signals Grammarly’s evolution from a niche writing tool into a full-scale AI productivity...
Amazon hired as its delivery demand peaked during the COVID pandemic, meaning analysts anticipated layoffs. The company is also in the process of boos...
The challenge now is integration: making these pieces work together so that African languages are not just represented in isolated demos, but in real-...
The AI-driven system is designed to promote equity and fairness by ensuring that all learners, regardless of their location, get equal chances of join...
According to the CA, ransomware operations have become more complex, with attackers now combining data encryption, theft, and blackmail to target crit...
This model can forecast where and at what prevalence level acute malnutrition among children is likely to occur in one month’s time with 89 per cent a...
The killing of the seven comes two days after Al-Shabaab attacked the Jilacow Investigation Centre in Mogadishu.
Used well, AI can help generate practice questions, provide feedback, and stimulate dialogue (if students are guided to critically engage with its out...
Kenya and Nigeria are long-time pioneers in health tech innovation, continually evolving their communication strategies with each wave of new technolo...
For Somalia, the recognition is not merely symbolic—it signals that the country can deliver competitive services despite a challenging environment, gi...
The scale of the AI gap is stark. Africa holds less than 1 per cent of global data centre capacity. Data centres are the engines that drive AI. This m...
The Secretary-General highlighted steps already underway, including the creation of an independent scientific panel on AI and a new global dialogue on...
Users can now access Gemini’s advanced features, voice-assisted searches, content recommendations, and interactive tools without needing a separate de...
Thirty-seven per cent of the survey respondents had never heard of AI, while 36 per cent indicated they’d heard of it but knew very little about it an...
In a statement after the meeting with Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of UNCTED, Mudavadi said Kenya continues to stand firm in the face of persis...
General Sahal praised the “heroic sacrifice” of his forces, adding that the success in El-deer was largely achieved thanks to the backing of the resid...
The growing power of artificial intelligence was a deciding factor in a court's decision not to break up Google and its Chrome search browser. It is a...
The death of the militant adds to the heavy casualties suffered by the terrorist group this year, following heightened operations that have weakened i...
Adobe says the app plans to also incorporate AI.
Reports point to four models: the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and an all-new iPhone 17 Air.
The operation comes days after a similar one mid this week killed three Al-Shabaab leaders in an airstrike conducted in the Hiran region.
The agency added that the operation that took place in the Shaw area of the Hiran region was done in collaboration with international partners.
Kenya Editors Guild Chief Executive Officer Rosalia Omungo said the training offered valuable insights into AI’s potential in African newsrooms.
Using the Russia-Ukraine conflict as an example, panellists showed how structured storytelling timelines, actors, data can “inoculate” audiences. Stil...
