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Analysis: Five Times AI Hallucinations Embarrassed Governments
From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
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- Technology
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- Global
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France’s Macron Unveils a $27 Billion Investment in Africa at a Partnership Summit in Kenya
New partnerships between the African nations and France “must not be built on dependency but on sovereign equality, not on aid or charity but on mutually beneficial investment, and not on extraction or exploitation but on win-win engagements,” Ruto said.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bfree Raises $3.1 Million to Tackle Africa’s Growing Digital Loan Crisis
Unlike traditional debt collection firms, Bfree uses artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to analyse borrower behaviour, estimate repayment capacity, and create personalised repayment arrangements.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bolt Hikes Kenya Fares by 6% as Drivers Struggle With Rising Fuel and Living Costs
Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt has increased ride fares in Kenya by 6 per cent, becoming one of the first major platforms in the country to formally shift part of the rising fuel burden to passengers as pressure mounts on drivers’ earnings.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Namibia-Based Firm to Back Early-Stage Southern African Startups With $10 Million Fund
The fund will focus on sectors including fintech, agritech, healthtech, education, clean energy, e-commerce, and enterprise software.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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dLocal and inDrive Launch Cashless Rides in South Africa
The partnership also aims to reduce driver exposure to fraud by lowering dependence on cash, though cash remains available for passengers who prefer it.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Thunes and Vodacom Tanzania Launch Cross-Border M-Pesa Payments for Uganda and China
Thanks to the collaboration, Vodacom customers in Tanzania can now seamlessly pay merchants in Uganda and China directly from their mobile phones.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Women Farmers Remain the Missing Link in India’s Digital Agriculture Push
Indian agriculture is intricately connected with gender, caste, patriarchy and entrenched power relations; without accounting for these, digital agriculture will be insufficient to transform rural livelihoods in real terms.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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