Artificial Intelligence
Insights into artificial intelligence developments, applications, and ethical considerations in tech shaping the content and the world
- Startups
Qualcomm Make in Africa 2025: Why AI farming and ‘Hard Tech’ are taking over
Qualcomm’s 2025 Africa cohort signals a major shift to hardware innovation, crowning Kenya’s Farmer Lifeline for its solar-powered AI crop…
- News
TECNO’s MEGAPAD SE arrives in Kenya: An AI-first tablet for KES 18,999
TECNO launches the MEGAPAD SE in Kenya for KES 18,999, featuring the Ella AI assistant, 90Hz display, and 8000mAh battery.
- Opinion
Beyond the Hype: Why Agentic AI is Kenya’s Next Big Digital Leap
Zoho Kenya’s Country Head explains why moving from Generative to Agentic AI requires clean data and practical automation strategies.
- Business
How Students in Kenya and Uganda Are Building Apps with Zero Coding Knowledge
Zoho’s Young Creators Program trains 150 East Africans in low-code, empowering athletes and students to build apps without complex coding.
- Interesting Reads
Microsoft beat its massive connectivity goal in Africa. Now comes the hard part: AI.
The tech giant has brought 117 million people online across the continent, surpassing its 2025 target early. But as Microsoft…
- News
Why AI could break education and why coding isn’t the answer
70% of Kenyans fear AI in schools, but a new report says human mentorship, not coding, is the real future.
- News
Samsung’s new JKUAT partnership aims to fix Kenya’s glaring AI skills gap, 80 students at a time
Samsung and JKUAT launch the Innovation Campus to train 80 students annually in AI and IoT, targeting Kenya’s skills gap.
- Startups
The race to cool AI is going underground: Strataphy raises $6M to bury the heat Why it works:
Strataphy secures $6M to cool AI infrastructure using proprietary subsurface technology, cutting energy costs by 49% in hot climates
- News
You Can Now Check for Malware Directly Inside Microsoft Teams via Sophos
Sophos integrates real-time threat intelligence into Microsoft Copilot, allowing instant malware checks directly within Teams and security workflows.
- News
Microsoft leads push to train 100,000 Kenyan public servants in AI and digital skills
Following its high-profile Nairobi AI Tour earlier this year and ongoing development efforts including work on local context-aware models like…
- How To/ Explained
Google Gemini 3 Guide: Antigravity, Deep Think, and the New Agentic Stack
Google's Gemini 3 shifts AI from chatbots to autonomous agents. Explore Antigravity, Deep Think, and the new developer ecosystem
- Business
Google and the AfCFTA are training 7,500 African businesses to use AI
Google and AfCFTA partner to train 7,500 African SMEs on AI, Gemini, and cross-border digital trade skills
- Interesting Reads
Microsoft is teaching AI to speak Dholuo and Kikuyu, Starting with Kenyan Farmers
Microsoft's Project Gecko uses Small Language Models to bring vernacular, video-based AI tools to Kenyan farmers, bridging the digital divide
- News
M-PESA is finally getting Tap-to-Pay, wallet sharing & AI fraud detection with major ‘Fintech 2.0’ upgrade
Safaricom is revamping its cornerstone mobile money platform, M-PESA, to meet the escalating demands of the modern digital economy. Group…
- Business
AI Ambition vs. Data Reality: Why Most Companies Aren’t Ready for the Revolution
Companies are racing to adopt AI, but an IBM study finds messy data and a huge skills gap are stopping…
