Cracking the interoperability code of the AfCFTA digital trade era

Somewhere in Africa, a truck waits at a border while a declaration already in the system is retyped. The customs system behind it knows the cargo, the consignee and the duty paid. The system 50 meters away, across the line, does not know of it. What one knows about a...

Africa’s AI opportunity depends on using trusted data

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fast moving from experimentation into everyday operations. Across industries, organisations are looking at how AI can automate processes, speed up decision-making and help teams manage increasingly complex digital environments, writes...

Microsoft aims to scale AI across African energy, mining operations

Microsoft is targeting wider artificial intelligence adoption across oil and gas, power and utilities, and mining, focusing on the integration of enterprise data and operational technology to improve industrial decision-making and asset performance. During a...

Pursuing the promise of AI for African nonprofits

Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating new possibilities for nonprofits across Africa to expand access to services, strengthen programme delivery, and address challenges in areas ranging from health and education to livelihoods and agriculture. A new report from The...

Sony launches Africa in Frame Photo Awards

The Africa in Frame Photo Awards, a new regional photography initiative presented by Sony Middle East and Africa has been announced to celebrate Africa’s emerging visual storytellers and give photographers across the continent a dedicated platform to showcase...
Why AI must be built for Africa, not imported into it

Why AI must be built for Africa, not imported into it

The narrative about Africa’s technological future is often framed through the narrow lens that the continent must “catch up” to global innovation. By Gillian Darko, vice-president of strategy at Yellow Card But this framing misses a critical point: Africa has never...