Vukosi Marivate is a Co-Founder of Lelapa AI. DSFSI is funded by the Gates Foundation, Meta, Google.org, ABSA (for the ABSA UP Chair of Data Science). Vukosi is a co-founder of the Deep Learning ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...

The African Union (AU) aims to boost cooperation with Turkish companies in the processing of Africa's minerals and the development of renewable energy projects, one of the bloc's top officials said.

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

A dearth of African-language content is delaying the uptake of artificial intelligence on the continent, compounding a lack of access to the technology, according to mobile industry body GSMA. The ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't ...

In a world where contracts move faster than people can interpret them, an African-born idea with global ambitions is helping the law catch up. Mei Liou’s SlataDoc, a legal translation tool built for ...

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two great-grandchildren practised the ancient N|uu language of South Africa's indigenous San ...

Africa is taking a bold step toward digital sovereignty with the launch of a groundbreaking initiative to develop large language models (LLMs) rooted in African data, culture, and languages. ・GSMA ...

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving 6,554 adolescents aged 9–13 found that those who spent more time on social ...

On 15 October 2025, Google South Africa, in collaboration with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), launched a groundbreaking initiative in Johannesburg: a glossary of 100 artificial ...