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Techbytes: South Africa tops Africa in AI readiness
South Africa has been ranked Africa’s most AI-ready country and the eighth-best outsourcing destination globally, according to a new study that highlights the ...
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Techbytes: Marichi Labs raises seed round, opens Gurugram Centre to scale AI conversation infrastructure
Marichi Labs, an AI-first start-up building deep-technology infrastructure for Intelligent Conversation and Commerce, has raised a seed round to accelerate development of its ...
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Techbytes: Google, Idris Elba’s Akuna group launch US$1 million AI programme for African creators
Google has partnered with Idris Elba’s Akuna Group to launch a US$1 million programme aimed at expanding access to artificial intelligence tools and ...
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Techbytes: Nigerian fintech Stabyl raises $2.7m to solve Africa’s FX liquidity gap
Nigerian startup Stabyl has closed a $2.7 million pre-seed round to build institutional-grade foreign exchange infrastructure for banks and payment companies operating across ...
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Africa’s digital transformation must leave no one behind —COMESA
Africa’s digital transformation must leave no one behind if it is to drive economic growth, expand trade and accelerate regional integration, COMESA Secretary-General, ...
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Techbytes: Africa launches biotech database to ease access to biosafety data, boost crop trade
Africa has taken a major step toward strengthening access to credible biotechnology and biosafety information following the launch of a continental digital portal ...
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Techbytes: Chinese fund backs African e-mobility firm with $55m investment
A Chinese investment fund has injected US$55 million into one of Africa’s largest electric mobility companies, boosting its latest fundraising round to US$270 ...
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Techbytes: AethexAI closes $3 million pre-seed round to build voice AI for Africa, Middle East
Voice AI startup AethexAI has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to develop localised customer support automation for Africa and the Middle East. ...
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Techbytes: Women in Tech Zambia names top 10 for Cohort 6 accelerator
Ten Women-led startups have been selected for the Accelerator Phase of the Women in Tech Zambia Cohort 6 Programme, organisers announced, advancing Zambia’s ...
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Zambia unveils spatial data infrastructure to drive investment, transparency, e-government
Zambia has unveiled its National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) as a digital platform designed to provide reliable data for private sector investment and ...















