4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (493+ words) Language is not everything in Africa's AI story, but without it, everything else struggles to arrive. By GIRMAW ABEBE TADESSE Across Africa, the most consequential uses of AI do not look like a chatbot. They look like a forecast that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (759+ words) With ATLAS, there are opportunities for harnessing nuclear technology for economic exploitation of the sea. Nuclear Power and Energy Agency As a panelist at a high-level forum in Washington, DC, and looking out at over 600 delegates representing at least 50 nations,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (575+ words) The past two weeks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, have brought climate, land and biodiversity issues close to the business agenda, as governments, investors and companies gathered for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17. The meeting, which ran from August 17 to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (246+ words) Africa’s AI ambitions will depend on partnerships capable of addressing interconnected constraints that limit diffusion. Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Report for the first quarter of 2026 found generative AI usage among working-age populations at 27.5 percent in the global north compared with…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (586+ words) The logo of DeepSeek is displayed alongside its AI assistant app on a mobile phone. The AI Bill, 2026 introduces requirements for AI deployers and providers to ensure transparency. A manager asks her junior to prepare an analysis of a new…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) The International Monetary Fund attributes slow AI adoption to gaps in infrastructure, particularly electricity, internet access and digital skills. Last week, I read a World Bank report on how artificial intelligence can help Africa’s economy. Its message is worth pondering:…...