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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation, OpenAI Foundation Announce $50 Million Partnership To Help Cities Improve Public Services Through AI
Global open call invites proposals from city partners to use frontier AI solutions to advance public services across public health, economic mobility, environmental resilience, and civic engagement.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzanian Innovator Wins UN Climate Change AI for Climate Action Award 2026
An AI-powered platform helping countries better understand climate risks, strengthen adaptation planning and respond to loss and damage has won the UN Climate Change Technology Mechanism AI for Climate Action Award 2026.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Governments, Funders and AI Leaders Advance Collective Action on AI for Learning at UNGA
Governments, AI firms, funders and education leaders across the Global AI for Learning Alliance advance a Collective Action Agenda focused on shared public goods for AI and learning.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Civil Society Calls on the Human Rights Commission to Investigate the Human Rights Impacts of South Africa’s Data Centre Boom
South Africa is experiencing the fastest data centre expansion on the continent.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Group Foundation and Gates Foundation Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Maternal Health Multiplier Platform to Expand Access to AI-Enabled Maternal Health Care in Nigeria
By 2030, the initiative aims to help 500,000 women access trusted health guidance, equip 5,000 frontline health workers with tools to identify complications from pregnancy and childbirth early, and enable 500 health facilities to deliver more consistent, higher-quality maternal health care.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Crypto Moves in Minutes; The Law Takes Months
"Chainalysis' 2026 Crypto Crime Report estimates that $17 billion was stolen through crypto scams and fraud in 2025."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Absolute Takes Its AI-Led Biological Agriculture Platform INERA to Africa, Begins Commercial Operations in Kenya
The move comes as Africa emerges as one of the world’s most consequential agricultural growth markets.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Agency to Invest $155 Million in African Digital Infrastructure Firm WIOCC
Washington has increasingly backed telecommunications and digital infrastructure projects in Africa as it seeks to provide alternatives to Chinese technology providers like Huawei, including through a $100 million loan to U.S.-owned telecoms operator Africell.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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