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Over the past week, Africa’s AI landscape has seen major steps that highlight its wide range of applications and long-term vision. Nigeria unveiled a multilingual AI model supporting five local languages while also revamping its national curriculum to embed AI, coding, and robotics in schools. Ghana secured a $100 million investment to build Africa’s first AI farming hub, using technology to boost food security and farmer livelihoods. In Cape Town, the continent’s first AI in Tourism Hub was launched to drive responsible innovation in the visitor economy.

This edition highlights how AI is being integrated into agriculture, tourism, culture, and education, creating impact in everyday life while shaping a more inclusive digital future.

Let us get into it. In this edition:

• Ghana secures $100M investment to become Africa’s first AI farming hub

• Cape Town launches Africa’s first AI in Tourism Hub

• Nigeria developing multilingual AI model to support local languages

• Nigeria revamps curriculum to add AI, coding, and robotics in schools

Around Africa

Ghana secures $100M investment to become Africa’s first AI farming hub

Ghana is set to become Africa’s first AI-powered farming hub thanks to a $100 million, four-year investment by Degas Limited following a meeting between CEO Doga Makiura and President Mahama . The initiative builds on Degas’s existing model, which has supported over 86,000 smallholder farmers across 122,000 acres and doubled their incomes while maintaining an exceptionally high 95 percent repayment rate.

The new capital will scale up AI-driven satellite crop monitoring, precision agronomy services, and affordable farmer financing while strengthening linkages in input supply, logistics, markets, and processing. President Mahama hailed the move as a strong vote of confidence in Ghana’s push for integrated, tech-enabled agriculture that can enhance food security and offer dignified employment for youth.

Why This Matters
This initiative positions Ghana at the forefront of agri-tech innovation in Africa, demonstrating the tangible impact of AI in boosting smallholder productivity, resilience, and economic inclusion while signaling a scalable model for the continent’s agricultural transformation.

Cape Town launches Africa’s first AI in Tourism Hub

Cape Town Tourism has unveiled Africa’s first AI in Tourism Hub, announced on August 29, 2025, uniting tourism professionals, government, academics and tech companies to advance the ethical and innovative use of AI across marketing, visitor safety, sustainability and operational efficiency.

Founding participants include Cape Town Tourism, Google South Africa, the Western Cape Government and international AI experts, as part of a broader push toward digital transformation and responsible AI in tourism. The hub functions through working groups, regular knowledge-sharing sessions and development of practical toolkits and best practices to drive sustainable tourism innovation.

It aims to position Cape Town as a global leader in the responsible adoption of AI in the visitor economy, shaping smarter, safer and more sustainable tourism.

Why It Matters:

Cape Town is setting a regional precedent by integrating AI responsibly into tourism and showcasing how public-private-academic collaboration can elevate visitor experiences, operational effectiveness and sustainability while safeguarding ethical standards.

Nigeria developing multilingual AI model to support local languages

Nigeria is advancing its AI ambition by unveiling a multilingual large language model at GITEX Nigeria in Abuja that supports five indigenous languages and accented English to reflect cultural diversity and inclusion . The project is driven by the National Information Technology Development Agency via its AI and Robotics Centre in partnership with Lagos-based startup Awarri and global partner DataDotOrg.

This initiative is part of Nigeria’s National AI Strategy, which rests on pillars like infrastructure, ecosystem development, governance, responsible frameworks, and adoption. Through the AI Collective, the government is bringing together academia, civil society, and industry to nurture local AI capacity and collaboration.

Current seed funding of $3.5 million from the UNDP, UNESCO, Meta, Google, and Microsoft underwrites the model’s initial development .

Why This Matters

This initiative stands to radically enhance digital inclusion by aligning AI with Nigeria’s linguistic and cultural realities, potentially transforming essential services and setting a powerful precedent for responsible, locally attuned AI across Africa.

Nigeria revamps curriculum to add AI, coding, and robotics in schools

Nigeria’s revamped education framework mandates Junior Secondary students to study Mathematics & Measurement, English Language, Integrated Science, Digital Literacy & Coding, Social Studies, languages, creative arts, and physical and health education. At the Senior Secondary level, the curriculum expands to include Advanced Mathematics, English & Communication, Sciences, Technology & Innovation (including AI, robotics, programming), Social Sciences, languages, creative arts, and physical and health education.

Project-based learning is emphasized through Research & Project Work components involving data collection, analysis, presentation, and defense.

Why it matters?

This curriculum positions Nigeria’s youth for future success by embedding digital fluency, entrepreneurship, and project-based learning into the education system, nurturing adaptable, empowered learners ready for a rapidly evolving world.

Around the world

Amazon Brings Lens Live Visual Search to iOS App

Amazon’s Lens Live arrives on the iOS Amazon Shopping app enabling real-time visual search by pointing your camera at objects and instantly surfacing matching products in a swipeable carousel. It integrates with Rufus, Amazon’s AI assistant, to display product summaries and answer questions without leaving the camera view. Users can add items straight to their cart or wishlist from the live view. Currently available to tens of millions of U.S. iOS users, broader rollout is planned soon.

Microsoft Copilot AI Lands on Samsung’s 2025 TVs and Smart Monitors

Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is now integrated into Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors as a friendly, animated interface for users to ask for movie suggestions, episode recaps, and general queries. The assistant appears as a floating, expressive character that responds to voice commands or remote inputs and lives within Tizen OS features like Samsung Daily+, Homescreen, and Click to Search. Supported devices include Micro RGB, Neo QLED, OLED, The Frame and smart monitors M7, M8, and M9. Samsung will continue supporting Bixby alongside Copilot as part of enhancing its Vision AI ecosystem.

Google NotebookLM Adds Customizable Tones and Formats for AI Podcasts

Google’s NotebookLM now lets users tailor the tone of its AI-generated Audio Overviews with format options like Deep Dive, Brief, Critique, or Debate. Deep Dive delivers conversational dialogue between AI hosts, Brief offers quick overviews, Critique provides constructive feedback, and Debate presents opposing viewpoints. Users can also adjust the length of the AI podcasts and new voice options are being added.

Around the Web - Top Picks

• The Future of Vibe-coding

  The Verge explores “vibe-coding,” where AI generates code from intuitive prompts, helping with small tasks and acting more like an editor than an author. While not suited for complex system design, AI adds a new layer of abstraction in software engineering and could even enhance safety.
  Read the full article: The Future of Vibe-coding

• Google’s Ambient AI Ecosystem

  Google’s latest “Made by Google” event highlighted its ecosystem of AI-enabled devices including Pixel phones, smartwatches, and earbuds, all connected under its ambient computing vision. Powered by Gemini AI, these interoperable gadgets deliver personalized insights and seamless interactions through continuous, on-body presence.
  Read the full article: Google’s Ambient AI Ecosystem
  

• The Science of Water-only Fasting
  Dr. Alan Goldhammer explains how water-only fasting activates fat burning, ketone production, autophagy, and BDNF after 24 hours, supporting brain health and disease prevention. At his TrueNorth Health clinic, supervised fasts of up to 40 days have shown benefits from blood pressure normalization to tumor regression, with his book Can Fasting Save Your Life offering further insights.
  Watch the full video here: The Science of Water-only Fasting

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Upcoming African AI Events

GITEX NIgeria
Date: 1-4 September 2025
Location: Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria
Theme: Gitex is where tech leaders unite to explore opportunities and showcase innovations. It's the ideal platform to connect with key players, build meaningful connections.
Link: GITEX Nigeria

Pan African AI Summit
Dates: 23-24 September, 2025
Location: Accra, Ghana
Theme: This inaugural summit aims to bring together leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts to explore the transformative potential of AI, including Generative AI, Predictive AI, and Machine Learning.
Link: Pan African AI

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