Africa's AI Moment - How the Continent Can Quantum Leap into the Future—Today [guest column]
allAfrica
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often described as the next industrial revolution. That description is already outdated. AI is rapidly becoming the infrastructure upon which future… Read more »
Grooming Africa's Next Set of Unicorns - Tinubu's Big Agenda for Health Tech [opinion]
Premium Times
Nigeria enters this transition with considerable advantages. It has Africa's largest population, one of the continent's largest healthcare markets, a rapidly expanding digital… Read more »
Over Half of Africa's Cybercrimes Are AI-Enabled - Interpol
Capital FM
More than half of all cybercrimes reported across Africa are now AI-enabled, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has revealed, warning that digital attacks… Read more »
All of Africa Today - August 4, 2026
allAfrica
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Africa's AI Gap Isn't Talent. It's the Door [opinion]
Ghanaian Times
In a teaching hospital in Kumasi, a young data analyst has already worked out how an AI triage tool could cut waiting times on the ward. In a market in Accra, a trader keeps… Read more »
Liberia Launches First Legal-Learning Artificial Intelligence 'Cj Lewis' to Expand Public Access to the Law
FrontPageAfrica
Liblaw, Liberia's largest digital law library, has officially launched CJ Lewis, the country's first legal-learning artificial intelligence (AI), marking a significant milestone in… Read more »
In Somalia, AI Is Helping Deliver Food to Hungry Families
UN News
Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most. Read more »
Constitutional Council Declares Regulations On Telecommunications Unconstitutional
AIM
The Constitutional Council (CC), Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has declared the government's regulations on telecommunications… Read more »
Ex-Airtel Money Kenya CEO Anne Kinuthia-Otieno Named Visa East Africa Head
Capital FM
Visa has appointed former Airtel Money Kenya Managing Director Anne Kinuthia Otieno as its new Vice President and Head of East Africa, effective August 4, 2026. Read more »
Unitel Cyberattack Exposes Angola's Strategic Vulnerabilities [analysis]
Maka
Angola's largest telecommunications operator has entered a second day of severe disruption following a cyberattack that affected voice calls, mobile data and internet access across… Read more »
End of the Road for Netone Boss Mushanawani As Issues of Poor Administration, Disregard for Corporate Practices Raised
New Zimbabwe
NETONE will not renew Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raphael Mushanawani's contract amid claims of maladministration and disregard for corporate practices, sources have said. Read more »
South Africa's Cue Raises $5m to Expand Ai Customer Service Platform
Daba Finance
South African customer service software startup Cue has raised $5 million in a funding round co-led by Knife Capital and FAM Investments as it expands its AI platform for… Read more »
Netone Urges Youth to Harness Ai As Driver of Jobs and Digital Transformation
263Chat
Mobile network operator NetOne has called on young Zimbabweans to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for innovation, industrialisation and job creation, while… Read more »
Digital Reform Doubles Gambia's Tax Revenue to D25b - Finance Minister
The Point
The Gambia's annual tax revenue has more than double in just three years without broad-based tax increases, according to Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Seedy Keita, who… Read more »
Unscrambling South African Ai Business Limitations
UCT
"We aim to build a South African artificial intelligence (AI) giant that can put the country and continent into the AI race and ensure we do not fall behind in this new world." Read more »
