Browsing Category
Artificial Intelligence
91 posts
News and features on artificial intelligence in Ghana and Africa
Jumia To Lay Off 200 Workers and Employ AI To Reduce Costs
Jumia is replacing workers with AI across logistics, finance, and marketing. For a platform selling to customers earning $200 a month, the math may finally be starting to work.
Ghanaian Lawfirm Sam Okudzeto & Associates Partners With Eskwai To Integrate AI Into Their Legal Workflow
Eskwai's partnership with Sam Okudzeto & Associates signals that legal AI has crossed from novelty to necessity in Ghana's top-tier legal market
Pleias and the GSMA Release Open Source Language Platform That Works With Africa’s 2,000 Languages
A new open-source model from Pleias and GSMA is solving the most overlooked problem in African AI — identifying the language before you can even build with it
Ghana’s National AI Strategy Looks Great On Paper. But Execution Will Determine If Its AI Ambitions Will Succeed
The government's National AI Strategy 2025–2035 is ambitious, well-structured, and arrives at exactly the right moment. It also faces some serious headwinds
South Africa’s Draft AI Policy Allegedly Contains AI Hallucinations Which Cited Research Papers Which Don’t Exist
The country's draft AI policy is riddled with citations to research papers that don't exist
Ghana Officially Launches National AI Strategy, Betting $270 Million That It Can Become Africa’s AI Powerhouse
President John Mahama's 10-year National AI Strategy aims to move Ghana from passive tech consumer to active AI creator
London Startup Lua Raises $5.8 Million With Aim of Giving Every Business Its Own AI Workforce
Lua has raised $5.8 million to build what it calls an "operating system" for humans and AI agents working side by side — and it's growing at a pace that's hard to ignore
Controversy Brewing at Ghana’s Ports After Integration of a Controversial AI Platform
The government says Publican AI is sealing a historic revenue leak. Port traders say it's an opaque machine running roughshod over trade law.
South Africa Wants Seven New Agencies to Govern AI. It Sounds Like A Bureaucratic Nightmare
The government's sweeping draft AI policy reads more like an org chart than a roadmap — and raises big questions about whether the country can afford what it's proposing
Ghana Announced a $250 Million AI Compute Center. The Details Are Scarce
By all accounts, Ghana just made one of the boldest AI infrastructure bets on the African continent. But bold announcements and built infrastructure are very different things.