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World Bank Boosts Africa AI Digitization with Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava

The World Bank partners with Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava Technologies and Nvidia to expand affordable AI computing across Africa. Here is what it means. The World Bank has named Cassava Technologies, the group founded by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, as a knowledge partner in a new drive to boost Africa AI digitization. The announcement came at […]
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Kytabu Secures €750,000 to Power Three More Years of the CHAI Hackathon

Kytabu founder Tonee Ndungu announces €750,000 to extend the CHAI Hackathon for three years, backing young African AI builders. Join CHAI 2027 at chai.africa. Kenyan edtech company Kytabu has secured €750,000 to extend the CHAI Hackathon across 2027, 2028 and 2029. The funding gives Africa’s young AI builders three more years of support, mentorship and […]
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Elon Musk Flying Car Top 10 Facts About the Tesla Roadster

Elon Musk flying car explained 10 top facts on the Tesla Roadster’s SpaceX thruster stunt, 0.81-second acceleration, 2028 production and more. The phrase elon musk launches car into space now describes two remarkable stories. On October 15, 2026, Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of the next-generation Tesla Roadster in McGregor, Texas. The demonstration showed the […]

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Meet Ellen Kawila, Gen Z Tracking Kenya’s Debt in Real Time

Meet Ellen Kawila, The alleged 25-Year-Old Gen Z Turning Kenya’s National Debt Into a Living, Breathing Number Every second, Kenya’s national debt grows. Most citizens never see it happen. Ellen Kawila is changing that. For years, billions of shillings in public funds have vanished into procurement scandals, stalled infrastructure projects, and unresolved audit queries. One […]

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Tonee Ndungu on AI & Future of Education at NAFSA

Kenyan tech founder Tonee Ndungu keynoted NAFSA Orlando 2026, calling for inclusive, AI-powered education systems that put Africa at the centre of global learning. The Nairobi-born founder of Kytabu and Tribbe Nation told the world’s largest gathering of international educators, that the future of learning must be designed with everyone or it will fail everyone. […]

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Kenyan Professor George Njoroge Wins Sh446M Cancer Research Award

Kenyan Researcher Professor George Njoroge Wins Sh446 Million Award for Advancing Early Detection of Oesophageal Cancer In a landmark recognition of scientific excellence bridging Africa and the United Kingdom. Kenyan researcher Professor George Njoroge has won a Sh446 million global award alongside UK scientist Professor Robert Bristow, for advancing early detection of oesophageal cancer. A […]

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Kenyan Scientist Redefining Battery Research in Germany

Dr. Charles Ogolla from Kenya is using atomic-level microscopy at the University of Siegen to develop longer-lasting, more efficient batteries for a greener future. In a high-tech laboratory in Siegen, Germany, where temperatures drop to near-absolute zero and microscopes peer into the atomic architecture of matter, Dr. Charles Ogolla is conducting research that could reshape […]

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Al Jazeera Exposes Kenya Surveillance Tools Turned on Ordinary Kenyans

A new Al Jazeera documentary exposes how Kenya’s surveillance tools, from Safaricom data sharing to mass CCTV networks are being turned on ordinary Kenyans A damning new documentary from Al Jazeera has placed Kenya’s surveillance state under international scrutiny. Laying bare how tools originally commissioned for national security have been quietly repurposed to track, profile, […]

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Aliko Dangote Targets Tanzania With Refinery and Major Investments

Dangote Eyes Tanzania for $20 Billion Refinery, Fertiliser Plant and Port Development in Major Investment Push Africa’s richest man signals deep commitment to Tanzania’s economic future as he pledges a wave of transformative projects spanning energy, agriculture, and infrastructure. Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian billionaire and founder of Dangote Group, has unveiled an ambitious multi-sector investment […]