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East Africa’s biggest company Safaricom uses artificial intelligence to prevent 94% of attempted fraud in real time, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the Kenyan government warned that the same technology was making cybercrime more sophisticated and exposing children to deepfakes, impersonation and online abuse. The remarks by Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa and Information
The African Development Bank and the UN Development Programme are moving their AI 10 Billion Initiative into implementation, aiming to mobilise $1 billion a year for ten years — $10 billion in total — following a UNDP delegation visit to the Bank. The programme launched at the Nairobi AI Forum in February 2026. Scope and
Microsoft set out its plan to speed AI adoption across Africa’s oil, gas, utilities and mining sectors at African Energy Week 2026 on Oct. 12. Predictive maintenance was at the centre of the pitch. The approach links companies’ enterprise data with their industrial operational technology systems. Microsoft’s examples were predictive maintenance and asset optimisation, such
Cyber risk is the top concern among Moroccan experts, ahead of AI and big data, according to AXA’s 13th Future Risks Report, produced with Ipsos. Globally, however, experts ranked AI and big data as the leading risk for the first time. The survey, relayed by Moroccan daily Le Matin, questioned 28,345 people between May 14
An elderly South African widow living in the United Kingdom tried to transfer accumulated pension payments from her South African bank account. Her bank told her she first needed an Approval for International Transfer from SARS. The bank had treated the transaction as a transfer of capital. The money was pension income already paid to
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has asked whether South Africa would build the university system it currently has, if it were designing one today with full knowledge of inequality, artificial intelligence, climate change and the future of work. “If not, what are we prepared to change, and what must we protect?” He put the question
Mozambique’s government plans to introduce AI into public finance management, according to its newly approved Public Finance Management Strategy for 2026–2035, as reported by Lusa. The plan sits within a digital transformation programme for public finances running from 2026 to 2030. The strategy provides for the use of AI, machine learning and data analytics in
A South African business had its new website hacked just six days after launch because the AI tool used to build it left the admin password exposed in the site’s code, according to Domains.co.za CEO Wayne Diamond. Diamond described the incident in a LinkedIn post. The client had chosen not to use Domains.co.za’s website builder
Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is reportedly closing its engineering operations. Employees were informed of the decision on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. CIO Africa first reported the closure, citing an employee source. Microsoft has acknowledged that its global restructuring has affected its engineering department in Kenya. It has not confirmed that the entire Nairobi
Zambia’s Ministry of Technology and Science is piloting Njila.ai, an AI-powered career guidance platform. It is designed to help young people identify their skills, explore career options and prepare for work. The platform was presented to World Bank Managing Director of Operations Anna Bjerde. Students from Evelyn Hone College demonstrated how it supports career planning
A regular microdrama costs between $150,000 and $300,000 to produce. An AI-generated one costs roughly ¥20,000 — about R49,660. That gap, between 91% and 99%, is why cheap AI-generated serials are now competing for South African viewers who once belonged exclusively to DStv, e.tv and the SABC. The economics CostConventional microdrama$150,000–$300,000 (R2.5m–R5m) — Media Partners
Kigali-based startup Entelon is building AI products and custom systems to replace the slow, manual processes many African organisations still rely on. These include paper forms, hand grading, data entry and phone calls that are never analysed. Alain Barsime Shema and Don Durkheim founded the company in August 2025. Entelon has since built products across
The Democratic Republic of Congo is exploring cooperation with France on internet connectivity, AI and online user protection. It is seeking to strengthen its digital infrastructure. DRC Posts and Telecommunications Minister José Mpanda Kabangu met France’s Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, Anne Le Hénanff, on Wednesday, Oct. 14. They discussed potential cooperation
