Yas Tanzania has strengthened its engagement with the business community through a series of meetings with enterprise partners at the 50th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (Sabasaba), reaffirming its focus on supporting digital transformation across Tanzania. Led by Chief Business Officer Norman Kiondo, the Yas Business team met with representatives from organisations including the…
Tenable has announced a collaboration with OpenAI through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, aimed at strengthening AI-powered exposure management and helping organizations respond more effectively to evolving cyber threats. The collaboration combines OpenAI’s frontier AI capabilities with Tenable’s exposure management platform to improve how security teams identify, prioritize and respond to cyber risks. The…
AVELIN AI has raised $3.7 million in a pre-seed funding round to accelerate the growth of its sovereign AI platform for enterprises and governments operating in regulated industries. The funding will support the company’s commercial expansion across the *Middle East, Europe and North America, while also scaling its GPU infrastructure and advancing its proprietary *Cross-Model…
Telkom South Africa has committed $6.1 million (R100 million) to establish the Telkom AI Institute, a new initiative aimed at expanding artificial intelligence and digital skills development across the country. The commitment was announced at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 in Geneva through the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Partner2Connect Digital…
Togo has launched a national initiative to develop artificial intelligence models for all 50 of its national languages, marking a significant step toward making AI more inclusive and accessible. Announced at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, the initiative brings together Togo AI Lab, Zindi and Umbaji to build open-source datasets and AI…
Meta has introduced Muse Image, its first image generation model developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, marking the company’s latest step in advancing generative AI capabilities. The new model is being integrated directly into Meta AI and is rolling out across Instagram and WhatsApp, with support for Facebook and Messenger expected to follow. Rather than launching…
MTN South Africa has partnered with the RLabs Hackathon to support the development of young digital innovators by expanding access to digital skills, entrepreneurship support and employment opportunities. The collaboration combines MTN’s digital infrastructure with RLabs’ community-driven innovation model to help aspiring entrepreneurs and technology professionals gain the tools and experience needed to participate in…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zimbabwe has achieved Microsoft’s Copilot Specialisation, reinforcing its ability to help enterprises deploy, secure and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot across their organisations. The accreditation recognises the company’s capabilities in supporting businesses with AI readiness assessments, deployment, security planning, governance, user adoption and the ongoing management of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Copilot…
