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Sean Whitehead

203 articles in the last 12 months · 1 source · South Africa

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Kenya’s WayaWaya Partners With Choice Bank on AI-Personalised Banking App

Kenya’s Financial Centre Plans $500m Fund, With Half for Tech and AI Startups

Namibia’s Communications Regulator Drafts Sandbox to Test AI, Satellite and Other New Technologies

South African Online Sellers Use AI for Marketing, Not Operations — Amazon-Commissioned Survey

The Digital Backbone Of Egyptian Growth: How e-Portals And Fintech Are Redefining The National Economy

Vodacom Seeks Partners to Build AI Data Centres in South Africa and Kenya

Enza Capital Reaches $21m First Close for AI Africa Fund

Google-Backed AI Research Programme Reaches South African Universities

Nvidia Investigation Highlights How Much Africa’s AI Build-Out Depends on One Supplier

AI Is Making South African Call-Centre Work Harder, Not Just Fewer — BPO Leaders

Mauritius Telecom and AWS Launch Free AI and Digital Skills Portal

South African Author Says She Has Published 370 AI-Assisted Novels and Earned $1m This Year

AWS Commits $100m in Cloud and AI Credits to Health Projects, With Kenyan Providers Among Participants

AI And Blockchain Are Coming To African Farms

Meta Expands AI Age Detection on Instagram Globally, Placing Millions More Teens in Restricted Accounts

Pick n Pay Rolls Out AI Store Platform to 720+ Stores After Pilot Cut Picking Times by 30%

Discovery Insure Says AI Driving Coach Cut Risky Driving by Up to 10%

A Year On, Altron’s AI Factory Is Focused Inward – With 100+ Use Cases Across the Group

This Flower Farm Fuilt The Groundwork Before Adding AI

AI Is Rewriting The Rules Of Tech Spend

South Africa One of Three African Countries Meeting Commonwealth Youth AI Readiness Benchmark

ZTE and Ethio telecom Trial AI Network Tool, Report 40% Faster Peak-Hour Speeds

Senegal and Gates Foundation Launch AI Scaling Hub in Dakar

Enza Capital Launches Dedicated AI Africa Fund – But Won’t Back Frontier Models