Kenya signs an AI partnership with Anthropic
The non-binding deal covers skills, public services and safety, with any use of Kenyan data governed by Kenyan law.
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Startups, artificial intelligence, energy, mobility and manufacturing: the technologies and builders changing how Africa works, moves and powers itself.
Kenyan drugmaker licensed to make a once-a-month HIV prevention pill
Universal Corporation is one of three African firms licensed by MSD to make alimatravir, which is still in trials.
A Kenyan startup's robotic hands sign for deaf pupils
ZeroBionic is also building a database of African sign languages, which AI models have largely ignored.
Meet the 10 finalists for Africa's Business Heroes 2026
Founders from eight countries, four of them women, will pitch in Kigali in December for $1.5 million in grants.
More than 1,000 new African genomes join global science
A Wits-led project sequenced people from communities almost absent from genetic databases, to make medicine work better for Africans.
Two fossil finds in Morocco and Ethiopia deepen the story of human origins
Jaws from Casablanca, 773,000 years old, sit near the root of our species; a jaw from Afar shows “Nutcracker Man” ranged far wider than thought.
South Africa’s giant SKA telescope “comes alive”
Two of the SKA-Mid dishes in the Northern Cape worked together for the first time, a key step for one of the world’s biggest science projects.
Cassava brings Nvidia-powered “AI factories” to Africa
The Masiyiwa-founded company is building GPU computing hubs in South Africa, with Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco next.
Malaria vaccines now reach children in 25 African countries
More than 52 million doses have been delivered since 2023, and early data show fewer children dying.
Kenya launches a national carbon registry
The digital platform will track every carbon credit project to prevent double counting and build trust with buyers.
Zimbabwe begins rolling out a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
Lenacapavir is offered free to more than 46,000 people at high risk, at 24 sites across the country.
Senegal builds its own satellite as Africa’s space race speeds up
More than 20 African countries now have space programmes, up from eight in 2018.
Mission 300 has connected 50 million Africans to electricity
The World Bank and AfDB drive is a sixth of the way to its 2030 goal, and speeding up.
Made in Africa: the push to produce the continent's own vaccines
Gavi's first payments to African manufacturers are due this year, and 11 African-made vaccines are on the way.
African startups pass $2 billion in funding for 2026
The milestone came months earlier than in 2024, and the year could approach $3 billion.
KenyaLIVE streams the country's national parks to the world
Live wildlife feeds from nine parks now run on 16 platforms, from YouTube to DStv.
Kenya wants to triple its power generation. What happens next?
A 5,500MW target could reshape the country's industrial future, if the grid can keep up.
The Nigerian drone company building Africa's next industrial hub
Local operators are turning difficult distances into solvable logistics problems.
Nigeria wants to build its own AI generation
The country's builders are starting with local problems in language, finance and public services.
Ethiopia is betting on electric cars while fuel prices soar
High fuel costs and renewable electricity are accelerating a transport shift.
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