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Africa AI Monitor follows how artificial intelligence is being built, regulated and used across the continent: country strategies, start-ups, research, skills and the people behind them.
KrosAI, a Nigerian startup launched in 2026, has put AI agents on ordinary phone numbers and reports more than 70 paying enterprise clients; carriers and regulators should standardise numbering and routing so voice AI can scale.
Scopeg AI and Ghana's Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment will roll out the SMS-based Funza AI nationally by the end of November 2026; the rollout should also build local AI capacity.
Rwanda's 2023 AI policy gave roughly 70% of its substance to skills, and Cabinet approved a National AI Agency in June 2026; a standalone AI Act would make risk duties enforceable.
Two University of Johannesburg researchers published a study on 12 August proposing that gut microbiome data from African livestock be used to detect heat stress, with Africa building and owning the datasets and models.
Kenya’s Equity Group is building predictive analytics to spot attrition risk as it seeks to retain specialist staff and manage cross‑border staffing needs reported in its 2025 sustainability report.
At an AIFOD summit, Lesotho's UN representative argued that smaller states can secure AI sovereignty through governance, skills, and partnerships without owning every tech layer.
An AIFOD weekly review examined how AI value is shifting toward systems, workflows and local data following AMD's acquisition of World Labs.
The African Space Agency has launched applications for a specialised AI and Earth observation training workshop for researchers and entrepreneurs in Rabat.
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