The simulation of human intelligence in machines enabling them to perform tasks associated with intelligent beings like speech recognition, learning, planning, e.t.c. is artificial intelligence (AI). We can attest to the benefits and how interesting some of the most popular AI innovations are like Siri, Alexa, Tesla, e.t.c.
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OpenClaw AI is a fast-rising open-source agent that connects AI models to your apps, enabling automation, deep customisation, and local control.

Modulaw AI embedded about 10,000 Nigerian appellate and Supreme Court judgments into its system, letting lawyers research, manage cases, automate workflows, and handle billing from one interface.

Discover 5 AI tools helping African founders automate growth, sales, support, and strategy while scaling with lean, high-impact teams.

A global chip shortage driven by AI data centres is pushing up manufacturing costs — and in Nigeria, import bottlenecks and illegal fees could turn a 20% global increase into a 60% price surge.

In this edition of After Hours, Ofure Fortunate Agaga shares how failing an exam reshaped her career path and how she found her way from medicine into AI.

Anthropic has signed a three-year deal with Rwanda to deploy AI against malaria and cervical cancer. The partnership could signal a new wave of AI collaborations between African governments and global tech firms.

At 85,000 users, Gebeya is a fast growing African AI startup built out of Ethiopia. The company has ambitions to build a small language model in partnership with Cassava Technologies.

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Who owns an AI remix? Who gets paid? And can African artistes protect their work from AI? This deep dive examines the business, copyright tensions, and economic realities shaping music’s AI era.

Despite WAXAL providing a critical foundation for 21 Sub-Saharan languages, Google is already expanding its reach to other African languages.

Nigerian AI startup Decide is now ranked fourth globally as one of the most accurate AI agents for spreadsheet tasks.

Google has opened applications for the 10th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, a 12-week AI-focused program supporting Series A startups building Africa-centric solutions.

Nigerian fintechs are using AI mainly for fraud detection, customer service automation, and credit scoring, according to the CBN. It also identified some key constraints to scaling AI systems.

Google has partnered with universities in Africa to launch a large dataset of African languages, to ensure representation of the continent’s languages in AI systems.

The result revealed that 88% of Nigerian adults use AI chatbots for various reasons, including education, business, and entrepreneurship.

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Bukar Mamadu and how he turns his poetic lyrics into AI-generated songs while also juggling a full-time job at a university.

After exiting Goldman Sachs in 2021, Moore Dagogo-Hart built Cognito Systems out of Six Labs after scaling Zap Africa to Now, the startup is betting on AI and blockchain infrastructure to ensure Africa isn’t left behind in the global intelligence race.

Nigeria moves to pass its first AI law, seeking to balance innovation with safeguards and position itself as a continental leader in regulating artificial intelligence.

African AI startups are solving local problems in creative ways, from multilingual dubbing to smart study tools. Here are ten AI products from 2025 that impressed with innovation, practicality, and impact across the continent.

Discover 11 top AI business plan generators to create clear, fundable startup plans fast and boost your chances of investor success.