Developed to address the shortage of digital data for African languages, the award-winning open-source TextAugment software has travelled far beyond the continent, supporting language-technology research from Swahili and Arabic to…
Gold, silver and bronze! Redhill’s young innovators swept the podium and locked in a place at nationals with an AI-powered, marimba-playing robot. Johannesburg, South Africa (04 August 2026) –…
After overcoming personal adversity, the young entrepreneur built a WhatsApp-based AI tutor that’s helping bridge South Africa’s education gap in learners’ home languages. Johannesburg, South Africa (21 July 2026)…
AI-generated images of a leopard roaming Pniel are spreading fast. Don’t share them, share this instead. Western Cape, South Africa (12 March 2026) – If you’ve seen images on…
After years of being told his son’s scans were ‘normal’, Matthew turned to an experimental initiative abroad, hoping for answers. The results changed everything. Now he’s building an AI supercomputer…
Are your socials filling up with caricatures of your friends? You’re not in a weird Zapiro dream. It’s the first AI trend of 2026! Here’s how to do it. …
At an age where many are still finding their footing, Mikhail Edwards has already completed a Master’s degree, presented research internationally and stepped into a leadership role within the tech…
A South African-born project tackling one of AI’s biggest blind spots (nature) has just taken home an international award! Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (28 January 2026) – Project ZOA (Zoological Open…
There’s a lot of noise around AI right now, but Carmen Murray cuts through it with one powerful idea on ‘Good Things with Brent Lindeque’… the future belongs to those…
The internet doesn’t need more noise. It needs more truth. And truth still starts with someone brave enough to tell a story that actually happened. South Africa (12 November…
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