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• Google’s bold push to accelerate adoption of AI seeks prepare learners for a workforce where AI proficiency is increasingly essential.
• A 12-month Google AI Pro Plan is underway in universities across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
• Thousands of participants get access to the firm’s most advanced AI tools to enhance their learning, research, and creative work. This student offer builds on Google’s long-standing commitment to Africa’s digital transformation through programs like the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa and the Digital Skills for Africa initiative.

With a new era of innovation and tech unfolding with the use of AI tools, U.S.-based tech heavyweight Google has spiced the market with a bold push to equip university students in Africa with the necessary skills.

Under a bold plan announced on Wednesday, Google is set to support higher education across Africa by offering its premium AI subscription, Google AI Pro …

• Already ranking top 10 globally on AI usage, Egypt is inviting players in the emerging tech to explore best use cases even as it woos investments in deep tech as Cairo evolves into hub of innovation.
• Organised by GITEX GLOBAL, flagship Ai Everything MEA expo in February 2026 is poised to become the most empowering AI tech week across the Middle East and Africa.
• Tech heavyweights trailblazing AI adoption such as Atos, Cyshield, HPE, and IBM are expected to showcase at the event.

As the spirited push for the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across Africa gets underway, Egypt has stepped forward, announcing plans to host AI tech week, a global forum that is poised to attract stakeholders in the continent’s AI ecosystem next year.

Scheduled for 10 to 12 February 2026 in Cairo, organizers of AI Everything Middle East and Africa (MEA) showcase say the expo will …

• With Agentic AI, there will be significantly decreased need for travel to banking halls or to engage banking agents.
• Innovation signals that businesses must plan for Agentic AI to stay relevant. 
• Agentic AI will help you account for every cent that you otherwise forego.

A new innovation, Agentic AI or AI agents, looks set to make sophisticated money decisions for millions of customers, further reshaping banking industry and influencing how decisions are made on billions of dollars held in banks.

Sounds scary, if you are a banking agent, yes, the fact that AI technology my take over your job in the not so distant future is a real cause for concern. The fear of AI taking our jobs is a Ross all industries, from hospitality where you no longer need to talk to a travel agent but rather simply ask your 24/7 chat bot and it will do the job …

• Agriculture sector is one of the major greenhouse gas emitters.
• AI solutions like Catalyst Zero hep identify emissions in agricultural processes.
• Agriculture sector accounted for 11% of emissions in 2022 according to FAO.

AI technologies such as the new Catalyst Zero are accelerating the reduction of emissions across the farming supply chain. Agriculture equipment manufacturing and use are main pollutants of the sector but application of such AI solutions helps in reducing farming’s carbon footprint.

AGCO Corporation, a European based global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and agriculture technology is a pioneer of this AI solution together with other partners.

“The global company is on a mission to revolutionize farming and significantly cut down its environmental footprint, with ambitious goals to slash emissions 55 percent by 2033 and 90 percent by 2050,” says AGCO Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary Roger Batkin.

Sounds impossible? Maybe, …

• Availability of mobile phones, internet increasing agriculture digitization.
• Smallholder farmers still lag in adapting digital solutions in farming.
• Policymakers urged to prioritize digitalization  interventions for smallholder farmers.

Across Africa, a new era of agriculture is unfolding, driven by the rise of farming AI (artificial intelligence)—a powerful tool that promises to revolutionize food production and meet the demands of a growing population. Increasingly, farming Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ‘future present’ of agriculture development as rising number of smallholder farmers in Africa adopt various digital solutions to increase productivity.

In a recent research that looked into rural farmers’ experiences and attitudes toward digital tools and services in Africa, the findings show that the trend is less than promising, comparatively speaking.

“We like to look at how the adoption and application of digital services, and digital solutions directly and/or indirectly to agricultural processes and how farmers are fairing, if at all,” explains …

• AI security is a major concern for African policymakers who are equally grappling with tools to harness the power of the new technology better to drive economic growth.
• Currently, Tanzania and other African countries are formulating AI security measures.
• Countries may not have to look far for guidance as the UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has developed AI security guidelines that Africa can embrace.

AI security guidelines are increasingly becoming popular among developing countries as most African nations move to secure their cyber assets from the increasing threat of attacks. The need for Artificial Intelligence (AI) security comes even as governments and private sector leaders grapple with a myriad of options on how to tap the power of this new technology best to drive growth.

In East Africa, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has announced it is taking proactive steps to develop standards to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) …

• Gen AI can improve efficiency and effectiveness in various financial sector applications.
  
• In the next three to five years, gen AI has the potential to revolutionize banks.
• AI can even plan overall strategy and banks to adopt or be left behind.

Generative AI is the new frontier for scientific developments and the financial sector should not be left behind. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now used by financial institutions to model analytics, automate manual tasks, and synthesize unstructured content, sector experts say.

“In the next three to five years, Gen AI has the potential to revolutionize banks…changing entire risk and compliance functions,” notes Rahul Agarwal, Andreas Kremer, Ida Kristensen, and Angela Luge in an article published by advisory firm McKinsey and Company.

In their paper, How Generative AI Can Help Banks Manage Risk and Compliance, the researchers and financial experts describe how Gen AI can improve efficiency and effectiveness …

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a crucial role in Africa’s socio-economic and political development.
• Currently, tech giant Google is funding the deployment of AI in Africa.
• Google is exploring how AI can address poverty, hunger, and disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has resolved that education systems provide the basis for building a strong foundation for Africa’s future, with the powblack friday wig sale custom sublimated hockey jerseys durex intense vibrations ring custom nfl football jerseys custom nfl football jerseys johnny manziel jersey deuce vaughn jersey brock purdy jersey custom maple leafs jersey custom youth hockey jerseys brock purdy jersey fsu football jersey nike air max 90 futura brock bowers jersey blundstone uomo er of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking center stage.

The resolution was reached at the 44th Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa from Valentine’s Day through to February 15, 2024.

This meeting …

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers new job opportunities for tech-savvy African graduates.
• African policymakers must, however, protect current employees from job losses in the new AI era.
• Gen AI has the potential to offer solutions for Africa’s medical, nutrition, and financial difficulties.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new frontier, offering numerous possibilities for efficient productivity. However, what does it mean for Africa’s job sector?

AI means new job opportunities for tech experts. Yet, it also means lost jobs for less tech-savvy staff. For example, Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) can generate text, images, or other media using generative models. This implies that graphic designers, copywriters, artists, personal assistants, and others are no longer needed.

“Gen AI is being embedded in everyday tools like email, word processing applications, and meeting software, which means the technology is already positioned to radically transform how people work,” writes Sandra Durth, a researcher with consulting firm, …