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This Flower Farm Built The Groundwork Before Adding AI

The next step is HBMaster Kenya: a dedicated agent that helps prepare analysis, reporting, planning context and communication ...
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A Year On, Altron’s AI Factory Is Focused Inward – With 100+ Use Cases Across the Group

Altron’s AI factory has deployed more than 100 AI use cases across the group in its first year, with more than 100 developers ...
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Pick n Pay Rolls Out AI Store Platform to 720+ Stores After Pilot Cut Picking Times by 30%

Pick n Pay is rolling out an AI-powered store operations platform from Toronto-based OrderGrid across more than 720 stores, ...
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Discovery Insure Says AI Driving Coach Cut Risky Driving by Up to 10%

Discovery Insure says its AI-powered Advanced Driving Instructor has cut risky driving events by 3% to 10% among clients set ...
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AI Is Rewriting The Rules Of Tech Spend

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from boardroom discussion to business priority, with organisations across South ...
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South Africa One of Three African Countries Meeting Commonwealth Youth AI Readiness Benchmark

South Africa is one of only three African Commonwealth countries judged ready to help young people benefit from AI, according ...
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Adesina Proposes $10bn Fund to Put Africa at the Front of the AI Race

Former African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has proposed a $10 billion Africa AI Frontier Technology Fund to ...
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Senegal and Gates Foundation Launch AI Scaling Hub in Dakar

Senegal and the Gates Foundation have launched the Senegal AI Scaling Hub in Dakar to push AI from pilot projects into ...
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ZTE and Ethio telecom Trial AI Network Tool, Report 40% Faster Peak-Hour Speeds

ZTE and Ethio telecom have deployed Ethiopia’s first pre-commercial AIR RAN system, using AI to squeeze more capacity out of ...
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Southern Africa’s AI Skills Gap Is About Experience, Not Degrees, ICT Leaders Say

Southern Africa’s struggle to prepare workers for AI stems less from a shortage of graduates than from a lack of practical ...
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‘AI Is Not There to Replace a Physician’: Expert Urges Africa to Build Health AI on Local Data

AI could help African health systems cope with staff shortages and delayed diagnoses — but only if it is built around local problems, validated on African ...
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82% of South African Investment Managers Use AI – But Only 12% Use It Extensively, Survey Finds

Most South African investment managers now use AI, but few have built it deeply into their businesses, according to 27four’s Investment Management South ...