Startups, artificial intelligence and the digital economy.
🇬🇭 Ghana · 12 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Communications minister Sam George says foreign-built models cannot grasp tonal Ghanaian languages and has tasked universities with building national alternatives.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · 12 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Launched on Independence Day, the free browser game that lets players chase rent in a simulated Lagos has raised funding and is selling virtual billboards to real brands.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 7 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
South African startup Vambo AI has released MORENA, an open-weight 1.5-billion-parameter language model built specifically for 12 African languages, marking a major milestone in sovereign AI.
🌍 Pan-African · 5 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
African startups raised $582.8 million in the third quarter of 2026, marking a powerful recovery and the strongest performance of the year following a prolonged capital drought.