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174 stories on the Technology & AI desk in the last 30 days (174 this week). Latest: REDMI Note 17 Nigeria: Xiaomi Launches New Series. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: Satlyt Raises USD 8 Million Seed to Turn Satellites into Virtual AI Data Centers →

• REDMI Note 17 Nigeria: Xiaomi Launches New Series ↗

  1 October 2026

• Satlyt Raises USD 8 Million Seed to Turn Satellites into Virtual AI Data Centers ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Tencent Leases 100,000 AI Chips From Oracle in $7 Billion Deal ↗

  1 October 2026

• Whispers to the machine: The secrets 1,200 Kenyans only tell their screen ↗

  1 October 2026

• The plan to build virtual data centres in space just got $8 million backing ↗

  1 October 2026

• 5 Types of Deepfakes You Should Know About ↗

  14 May 2026

• Fasthire leads AI adoption conversation at NSE PH technical evening ↗

  1 October 2026

• MTN Rwanda integrates AI and accelerates targeted 5G expansion ↗

  30 September 2026

• FTC opens AI safety probe of OpenAI and Anthropic ↗

  1 October 2026

• XFounders Bootcamp Opens Applications for AI, Fintech and Web3 Startups ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Defensible AI: Boards must connect value, exposure and readiness ↗

  2 October 2026

• Gemini 4 Argon Unpacked: What Google’s New AI Model Actually Does ↗

  1 October 2026

• CScale Raises $145 Million To Fix Gigawatt-Scale AI Networking And Exit Stealth ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Armadin Raises $255.5 Million To Fight Growing AI Threats With Agentic AI ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Broadcom To Lend Anthropic $42 Billion To Manage Surging Cost and Fund Next-Gen AI Chips ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Satlyt Secures $8M Seed to Run AI on Satellites Without Building Hardware ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Volantis Raises $88M to Build New AI Inference Architecture ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Satlyt Raises $8 Million to Expand AI Computing in Space ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• South African startup Exten AI helps non-technical founders build full-stack apps in plain language ↗

  1 October 2026

• AWS Signs $1 Billion-Plus Chip Design Deal With Synopsys ↗

  30 September 2026

• AI Africa Intelligence (September 24–30, 2026) VOL. 25: A lighter week ↗

  30 September 2026

• Econet InfraCo accelerates AI and renewable energy deployment to drive operational efficiency ↗

  2 October 2026

• Business leaders urge responsible adoption of agentic AI ↗

  2 October 2026

• Anthropic targets November IPO at $1.8 trillion to $2 trillion valuation ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Prembly Launches MCP Server To Bring Identity And Fraud Checks To AI Agents ↗

  1 October 2026

• Africa Cannot Secure Agentic AI With Yesterday’s Security Model ↗

  1 October 2026

• Margin Trade ties its public identity to Pearl as the network maps a hard fork ↗

  1 October 2026

• Making journalism pay in AI era: Experts point to new roles ↗

  30 September 2026

• NETSCOUT Launches AI-Powered nGenius Copilot ↗

  30 September 2026

• Instagram Rolls Out AI Assistant for Creators ↗

  30 September 2026

• AI revolution: Equipping students, others for the future of work ↗

  3 October 2026

• Satlyt raises $8m to put more AI and data processing into orbit ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Relay Raises $36M to Expand AI-Powered Frontline Operations ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenyan-Founded Satlyt Raises USD 8 M To Build AI Computing Software For Satellites ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Africa Tech Festival 2026 puts the conversations shaping Africa’s digital economy in focus ↗

  30 September 2026

• Qhala Wins Innovation Award In New York For AI Governance Work ↗

  2 October 2026

• Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Series Launches With Major Hardware Upgrades ↗

  30 September 2026

• Apple Smart Home Hub Reportedly Launches October 13 ↗

  30 September 2026

• All Is Set for the 2026 Nigeria Innovation Summit ↗

  2 October 2026

• OpenAI alerts over 100 organisations after rogue AI agent incidents ↗

  2 October 2026

• How to Make an AI Essay Sound More Human ↗

  2 October 2026

• UK’s Extend Robotics Secures £2.6M to Sell Factory Work Instead of Machines ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Supabase Raises $150 Million And Acquires Turso As AI Agents Drive 600% Database Growth ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• African AI Startups Grow as Early-Stage Funding Pipeline Shrinks ↗

  2 October 2026

• NITDA warns Nigerians over rising sextortion threats, AI-generated explicit images ↗

  3 October 2026

• NITDA deploys AI to turn Nigerian youths’ ideas into policy proposals ↗

  3 October 2026

• FCCPC moves to regulate AI marketing, businesses face N100 million penalty ↗

  3 October 2026

• Africa’s AI policy cannot be separated from its industrial policy ↗

  3 October 2026

• MTN Rwanda Turns to AI as It Expands 5G Network ↗

  2 October 2026

• OuterSignal Raises $22 Million To Revolutionize Customer Personalization With AI Agents ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Pestra Tech Day 2026 Highlights Fire Safety, AI and Intelligent Security ↗

  30 September 2026

• Fireflies Wants You to Stop Typing Your Notes ↗

  30 September 2026

• Why Agentic AI Is Becoming the Next Standard Operating Model for Enterprises ↗

  30 September 2026

• Samsung Group injects $1B into KKR-backed AI venture Helix Digital Infrastructure ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Office Suite to Rival Microsoft ↗

  29 September 2026

• OpenAI cancels release of AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, citing safety concerns ↗

  29 September 2026

• Rajesh Iyengar’s Manufacturing AI Guide Reaches Amazon Bestseller Status and Times Square ↗

  29 September 2026

• Claude AI Goes Down, Disrupting API and Developer Workflows ↗

  29 September 2026

• Meta Expands Muse AI Agent to Small Businesses ↗

  29 September 2026

• Africa’s digital economy is Accelerating — and TeXcellence 5.0 is putting scale at the centre ↗

  29 September 2026

• Anthropic IPO Leak Shows Sweeping AI Vision and $518 Billion in Surging Running Costs ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Mark Zuckerberg loses $12.2 billion as Meta shares slide on AI spending concerns ↗

  29 September 2026

• Top Nigerian higher institutions leading the AI revolution ↗

  29 September 2026

• Nigerian startup Adaptive Atelier building accessibility infrastructure for digital products ↗

  29 September 2026

• Outmarket AI Raises $34.5M to Expand Insurance AI Platform ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Instinct Raises $1 Billion to Expand Personal AI Agent ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Trump’s AI Meeting With Tech CEOs Puts Innovation and Oversight in Focus ↗

  28 September 2026

• Anthropic Releases Sonnet 5.5 With Faster AI Performance ↗

  28 September 2026

• Nvidia Launches Open Agent Safety Platform ↗

  28 September 2026

• Google Photos Turns Your Closet Into An AI Wardrobe ↗

  28 September 2026

• Egypt, Mali Discuss Cooperation On Digital Infrastructure And AI ↗

  28 September 2026

• AI Jobs in Nigeria: NITDA Pushes Beyond Traditional Outsourcing ↗

  27 September 2026

• PC Gaming Gifts Worth Buying Before the Holidays (and What to Skip) ↗

  30 September 2026

• Women must move from AI users to AI leaders, TeKnowledge Executive Forum says ↗

  30 September 2026

• Trump, AI Leaders Sign Voluntary Super Intelligence Pact ↗

  30 September 2026

• Nigerian Abel Aboh nominated among 100 UK AI leaders ↗

  26 September 2026

• OpenAI seeks $30 billion funding at $1.4 trillion valuation ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Meet America.gov, the US Government’s AI chatbot ↗

  30 September 2026

• DeepSeek Partners With Huawei to Reduce Reliance on Nvidia AI Chips ↗

  30 September 2026

• OpenAI Unveils “Dots”: Autonomous, Always-On AI Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra ↗

  30 September 2026

• Africa’s AI problem isn’t talent ↗

  29 September 2026

• Zeepay, AI and Legislative Controversies: Examining Ghana’s Tech Ecosystem in 2026 ↗

  29 September 2026

• Meet the African founder building an AI agent that could move your money, but only with your approval ↗

  29 September 2026

• SiMa.ai Raises $150 Million To Bring Low-Power AI Chips to Cars and Robotics ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• ZVOX Strengthens U.S. Leadership Team with Appointment of Insurance Sales Veteran Al Garcia ↗

  28 July 2026 · raise card

• What Ex-Goldman Sachs Executives Say About AI & Where to Put Money ↗

  29 July 2026

• OpenAI rogue agent breached customer at second tech firm during hacking spree – Report ↗

  29 July 2026

• Inlaks CEO on how AI has created a new infrastructure economy in Africa ↗

  30 July 2026

• The Rise of AI Computing: How LONG DeFi Is Moving Beyond Traditional Mining ↗

  30 July 2026

• Anthropic reveals its AI models hacked three organisations during cybersecurity testing ↗

  31 July 2026

• US restrictions failed to stop China from using American AI to strengthen its military, as Beijing expands arms sales across Africa ↗

  1 August 2026

• Nigeria’s AI boom depends on one thing government hasn’t fixed ↗

  1 August 2026

• Nigeria is adopting AI fast, but foreign firms are winning, Report warns ↗

  2 August 2026

• US apologises after AI-generated map wrongly labels all African countries at global conference ↗

  2 August 2026

• Huawei And Partners Chart A Smarter, AI-Native Future For South Africa’s Public Sector ↗

  31 July 2026

• Radisson Hotel Group and Accenture Redefine Travel Discovery on ChatGPT ↗

  30 July 2026

• Dwelly Raises $170M to Accelerate AI-Led Property Management ↗

  28 July 2026 · raise card

• Onyx Security Raises $113 Million Series B To Scale Next-Gen AI Agent Governance Models ↗

  30 July 2026 · raise card

• Google Africa Applied AI Lab Opens Applications ↗

  29 July 2026

• Cisco-Backed Startup Eliyan Raises $145M at $1B Valuation to Fix AI’s Data Bottleneck ↗

  30 July 2026 · raise card

• Xsight Labs Raises Over $300M At $2.8 Billion Valuation To Expand AI Networking Platform ↗

  31 July 2026 · raise card

• The Rise of AI-Powered Agriculture in Africa ↗

  30 July 2026

• Ghana Opens Continental AI Hackathon as Accra Positions Itself at the Centre of Africa’s Push from AI Ambition to Execution ↗

  30 July 2026

• Cybersecurity Threats Students Need to Know About in 2026 ↗

  29 July 2026

• Bill Gates warns AI can drive events that could cause a billion deaths ↗

  26 September 2026

• Google Expands AI Max for Search in Nigeria ↗

  25 September 2026

• Africa Can’t Secure Agentic AI with Yesterday’s Security Model ↗

  25 September 2026

• PayWithPlay Launches CallGPT AI Voice Platform for Businesses ↗

  25 September 2026

• Samsung Launches Galaxy A08 With Advance AI ↗

  25 September 2026

• Google Unveils AI Max to Track Search Ad Performance for Nigerian Businesses ↗

  25 September 2026

• Akamai Signs $11.6B Seven-Year Deal With Anthropic to Power CPU Workloads on Akamai Cloud ↗

  25 September 2026

• Larry Yon: Why Africa’s tech ecosystem should be building the next NVIDIA ↗

  25 September 2026

• Data Governance Is the Precondition for Trustworthy AI — Not a Compliance Afterthought ↗

  25 September 2026

• Akamai Lands $11.6 Billion Anthropic Cloud Deal With Up to 5% Stake Warrant ↗

  25 September 2026

• AI Africa Intelligence (September 17 – 23, 2026) VOL. 24 ↗

  24 September 2026

• SCGN Conference to Examine How AI Is Changing Boardroom Decisions, Corporate Accountability ↗

  24 September 2026

• Rightway Raises $155M to Expand AI-Powered Pharmacy Platform ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• Basalt Health Raises $20M to Expand AI Post-Acute Care Platform ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• Moxing Raises $150 Million At $1.5B Valuation To Build Low-Cost 4D AI Infrastructure ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• How Africa’s AI boom is leaving 100 million disabled citizens behind ↗

  24 September 2026

• Could AI threaten humanity? 8 Africans weigh the risks ↗

  24 September 2026

• Ema Raises $77 Million To Replace Enterprise Software With AI Agent Employees ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• Metro Digital Group and YMCA Ghana Plan Gaming-Led AI Learning Centers ↗

  24 September 2026

• Africa’s Place In Global AI Governance ↗

  24 September 2026

• Meta Unveils Charm as AI Hardware Race Moves Beyond the Smartphone ↗

  24 September 2026

• Amazon Launches AI Agent for Sellers ↗

  24 September 2026

• Meta Launches Camera-Free Ray-Ban AI Glasses ↗

  24 September 2026

• Is Nigeria’s higher education sector ready for a true digital leap? ↗

  24 September 2026

• 22 On Sloane Launches AI Platform As It Raises $63 Million For African Startups ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• Everything Meta revealed at Connect 2026 ↗

  24 September 2026

• Africa’s Frontier Firms: The Race to Turn AI Ambition into Business Advantage ↗

  23 September 2026

• YouTube Adds New AI Tools for Creators ↗

  23 September 2026

• Best Smart Speakers: Top Picks for Every Home, Budget and Voice Assistant ↗

  23 September 2026

• Tekever Raises $580 Million To Build More AI Drones For Defense ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• YouTube Expands Ask YouTube Into AI Shopping ↗

  23 September 2026

• YouTube Lets Users Build Custom AI Video Feeds ↗

  23 September 2026

• Nosike Nwigene: From flunking medicine to shaping Africa’s AI policy ↗

  23 September 2026

• Palma.ai Secures $1.8M Pre-Seed Funding to Govern Enterprise AI Agents ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Snorkel AI Raises $350 Million To Build Data Factory for Frontier AI Labs ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• When Implementation And Infrastructure Meet Africa’s AI Moment ↗

  23 September 2026

• Bluwhale Delivers Always-On AI Agents for Tokenized Stock Trading ↗

  23 September 2026

• Spott Raises $21 Million To Build AI Operating System for Recruiters ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Alibaba Unveils Powerful AI Chip To Challenge NVIDIA In Global Data Centers ↗

  22 September 2026

• Googlebook Is Here, But Nigerians May Have to Pay More ↗

  22 September 2026

• Google Unveils $899 Googlebook as Android Enters a New Laptop Era ↗

  22 September 2026

• AMD Reaches $1 Trillion as AI Expansion Pushes Chipmaker Into New Territory ↗

  22 September 2026

• Monzo EU CEO Michael Carney steps down to launch AI and robotics startup ↗

  22 September 2026

• US, China and UK stay out as South Africa, Canada and Germany join 20 nations uniting to tackle AI dangers ↗

  22 September 2026

• The Push To Close The Gap As Africa’s SMEs Embrace AI But Fail To Reap The Rewards ↗

  22 September 2026

• SA Calls For Global Rules On Artificial Intelligence At UNGA81 ↗

  22 September 2026

• Zipline’s deal with Côte d’Ivoire will scale AI health logistics to 10 hubs, 12 million people ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Prosus Appoints Euro Beinat Chief AI Officer, Paul van der Boor CTO, WeTransfer Founder Nalden Chief Product Officer ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya, Stanford Partner On AI for Strategic Foresight ↗

  22 September 2026

• AMD crosses $1 trillion market cap as AI rally lifts shares ↗

  21 September 2026

• How to Create Social Media Marketing Videos for Small Businesses with an AI Marketing Video Maker ↗

  21 September 2026

• Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments ↗

  21 September 2026

• What Happens When Celebrity Styling Becomes Accessible to Everyone? ↗

  21 September 2026

• Meet the 12 Nigerians shaping AI development at OpenAI ↗

  21 September 2026

• GENISOM AI Secures Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Series B for Task-Capable Robots ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• What to Expect at Meta Connect 2026: ‘Phoenix’ Headset, AI, and Smart Glasses ↗

  21 September 2026

• Fast AI, Slow Governance: The Gap That Could Cost South African Enterprises ↗

  21 September 2026

• Kenyans Ready For AI-Powered Public Services ↗

  21 September 2026

• Why AI Leaders Are Asking For Rules While Their Lobbyists Push Back ↗

  21 September 2026

• WSO2 Agent Manager Brings Sovereign AI Governance to Enterprise Agent Sprawl ↗

  20 September 2026

• The AI boom is making smartphones less affordable for Africans ↗

  20 September 2026

• Jumia To Lay Off 200 Workers and Employ AI To Reduce Costs ↗

  14 May 2026

• Jumia is cutting 200 jobs as AI takes over more of its business ↗

  15 May 2026

• A Guide to AI for Agriculture and Food Security in Africa ↗

  14 May 2026

• Unpacking the Best Channel Use Cases for Business Messaging ↗

  14 May 2026

• Deloitte Africa Launches the Nerve Operational Intelligence Centre in Collaboration with AWS ↗

  14 May 2026

• Infobip Unveils AgentOS, an AI-Powered Platform for Customer Experience Automation ↗

  14 May 2026

• WhatsApp’s New Incognito AI Mode Shows Meta Wants to Lean into Privacy ↗

  14 May 2026

• Ordway Secures $20M To Expand AI Billing And Revenue Platform ↗

  5 August 2026 · raise card

• Faye Raises $50M In Series C To Expand AI Travel Protection Platform ↗

  5 August 2026 · raise card