East Africa’s biggest company Safaricom uses artificial intelligence to prevent 94% of attempted fraud in real time, its chief executive said today, as the Kenyan government warned that the same ...

When mobile networks first started rolling out at scale, the African market was considered unviable by many of the companies assessing the continent through the assumptions of more developed markets.

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ordered an investigation into an airstrike that killed 72 people at a gold mining site near the Egyptian border, as the attack threatens to strain ...

More than 200 artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers have called for stricter safeguards around advanced AI systems, warning that future hacking incidents could cause significantly ...

JPMorgan Chase reported higher third-quarter profit on Tuesday, but its shares fell as investors assessed signs of slowing momentum in investment banking and uncertainty over the outlook for corporate ...

Hackers have remotely raised temperatures in refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, causing fires and food losses, in a cyberattack that also coincided with a security incident at ...

Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that the United Kingdom is best positioned to lead efforts to establish safety standards as ...

Artificial intelligence could eventually affect about 40% of jobs worldwide, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned today, as policymakers urged governments to expand employment support ...

Microsoft's plan to close its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is threatening to end a six-year effort to build a major AI engineering hub in Kenya, raising questions about the country's ability ...

Artificial intelligence needs urgent global safety rules, including independent evaluations of new systems and requirements for companies to report incidents, Microsoft President Brad Smith said, ...

Tanzania’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.25% for the fourth quarter, maintaining a tighter monetary policy stance after raising the rate earlier this year to contain ...

Solar energy company Sun King has expanded its inverter range in Kenya to systems of up to 30 kilowatts, targeting larger homes, schools, hospitals and businesses seeking alternatives to unreliable ...