Jumia to lay off 200 workers and employ AI to reduce costs
Jumia has never had the luxury of fat margins. The pan-African e-commerce platform — long tagged “the Amazon of Africa” — sells to customers who...
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Sam Okudzeto & Associates Partners with Eskwai to integrate AI into their legal workflow
Eskwai’s partnership with Sam Okudzeto & Associates signals that legal AI has crossed from novelty to necessity in Ghana’s top-tier legal market Sam Okudzeto &...
Pleias and the GSMA release open source language platform that works with Africa’s 2,000 languages
By the time an AI model learns to speak Yoruba or Wolof, someone has to have first figured out that the text is Yoruba or Wolof. For...
South Africa has withdrawn its AI policy because it was full of fake citations
There’s a bitter irony at the heart of South Africa’s latest policy embarrassment. The government agency responsible for steering the country into a responsible digital...
Mahama pledges worker protection as Ghana launches National AI Strategy
President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana will not allow technological disruption to sideline workers, pledging instead to equip citizens to play leading roles in...
Meta to train AI models using employees’ mouse movements and keystrokes
Meta is turning to an unusual new source of data to train its artificial intelligence systems using its own employees. The company plans to use...
Tech CEOs blame AI as mass layoffs hit Google, Meta, Amazon and others
Massive job cuts at major tech companies have become almost routine, but the reasons executives give for workforce reductions have shifted sharply in 2026. Instead...
How ALPR cameras are transforming traffic management, tolling, and law enforcement
Automatic License Plate Recognition cameras are often referred to as ANPR for short. They serve as a critical, high-tech interface between automated tolling systems, transportation...