Africa
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Trends
November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife
Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments…
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Nigeria caught in WhatsApp fake news whirlwind ahead of elections
After numerous infamous cases of people in India and Brazil falling prey to fake news spread on WhatsApp, the problem…
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Five years and one pivot later, Trueface emerges with a promise for better facial recognition tech
Shaun Moore and Nezare Chafni didn’t initially intend to develop a new standalone facial recognition technology, when they first got…
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Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to visa issues
The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a major gathering of the community of researchers contributing to the advancement of…
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Finance
Africa’s agtech wave gets $10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital
Jake Bright Contributor More posts by this contributor Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense Africa…
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Finance
Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge, Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies
Jake Bright Contributor More posts by this contributor Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge, Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies…
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Tech
October in Africa: Egypt stifles tech innovation, Google gets busy
The Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and…
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