AfricaAINews.com went 7h30. MSFT puts $247m in DCs in SA. Great, but 0.3% MS DC spend for '25.
China drops DC build into Belt & Road Initiative.
MTN signs to train a bajillion Ghana techies.
Applications: flood prediction in UG, RW; harvesting SA's local security WhatsApp groups; better BW rail ops

AfricaAINews.com digest:
* Senegal launches "New Deal Technologique" w $1.7b investment
* Kenya's opposition parties call foul on AI attack images, videos
* Applications: bots for the visually impaired, drought prediction, translation models in refugee dialects
www.africaainews.com/p/senegal-pu...

AfricaAINews.com 31 Jan news digest is out. We look at the impact of DeepSeek on the Africa AI scene, and some very cool applications in Nigeria's Civil Service, in Kenyan forestry conservation and (not) using it to film Zambian football.

This week's AIAfricaNews.com weekly digest:
* Kenya drafts AI strat, calls for input
* Morocco legislation for AI before parliament
* Egypt signs w Boston to put AI into healthcare
* WhatsApp agri-chatbot for Malawian farmers; Botswana Diamonds finds 7 new sites
www.africaainews.com/p/kenya-rele...

First issue for 2025 of of AfricaAINews.com weekly digest!
* Analysis of AI use in smart cities
* Egypt: $100m into a BPO's skills dev centre, education ministry puts $200m into tech upgrades for its unis
* Applications for air quality monitoring in SA, Moroccan banking cuts processing time by 1/3

AfricaAINews.com weekly news digest is out.
- AI to add $2.4b to Kenyan economy
- Taking stock of Africa's national frameworks for AI
- Some cool R&D and applications (96% hit rate on Banana Bunchy Top Virus in Moz, soccer robot in Ethiopia, AI bot boom in short term insurance
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The November 22 news digest from Africa AI News is out: www.africaainews.com/p/zambia-new...
* Zambia launches national AI Strategy
* SA's National AI Policy Framework open for comments at last
* Wits University launches MIND Institute research hub
* AI threat or boon for African music?

You get bruising marches then you get that game. South Africa 29 England 22. Yoh! Hard played, England. Kolbe is still the most beautiful rugby player in generations. Pulse slowly returning to normal.

Oh! Oh! I'm shocked, shocked... this can't be!

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I am quite enjoying Bluesky. Interesting, funny, smart comments. Now if we can get some heavyweight (and not morally bankrupt) news organisations to start posting. The Guardian, looking at you (you're already being mirrored). And the Economist (being bridged). Some of your journos are already on.

The Nov 15 issue of Africa AI News - weekly digest has gone out.
Main stories:
AI for better weather forecasts
Only 5% of AI researchers have compute they need
So many challenges, so many possibilities - analysis of Deep Learning Indaba 2024
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