The United Nations previewed its Economic Report on Africa 2026 this Monday. The report, headed by the U.N. Economic ...

A new academic analysis argues that Africa’s unique social realities demand a locally grounded framework for responsible AI ...

Emerging economies like Nigeria and India are leapfrogging into a tech-driven future, where mobile networks and AI could redefine development—and reshape the global digital divide.

Africa’s push toward artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating, but new research suggests the continent’s digital privacy foundations remain dangerously uneven. In a detailed policy and discourse ...

Carnegie Mellon University Africa announced today that the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) has signed its eighth university partner, Al Akhawayn University. The network, launched ...

The inaugural, UNFPA-led First Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence created a first-of-its-kind ...

The conference marked the 60th anniversary of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), a state-owned enterprise that has been at the forefront of developing advanced defense equipment ...

As Africa grapples with the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, it is launching a new frontier of defense, a satellite-based early warning system known as SEWA (Space for Early Warning in Africa ...

Carnegie Mellon University Africa announced today that the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) has signed its ninth university partner, Universidade Agostinho Neto. The network, ...