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Something interesting is quietly happening in East Africa… and it might change how governments use AI across the continent. This week, the Government of Rwanda signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its education system, healthcare services, and public sector operations.
For the longest time, if you said “venture capital in Africa", one word would immediately follow: fintech. Payments. Lending. Digital banks. Mobile money. That’s where most of the money has gone, and honestly, for good reason.
In 2016, Selar wasn’t a startup with a grand master plan to dominate Africa’s creator economy. It was just an idea. No pitch deck. No market thesis. No “this is how we’ll win” roadmap. Just one simple belief from founder Douglas Kendyson: People don’t just want to consume content sometimes; they want to support the people who create it.
In startup land, raising funding once is impressive. Doing it again? That’s when people start paying very close attention. Nigerian drone startup TerraHaptix has secured yet another $22 million in funding, in a round led by deep-tech-focused venture capital firm Lux Capital.
A new report by the African Development Bank is now placing Africa at the centre of the global AI growth conversation, not as a consumer of technology, but as a future builder of it. And the numbers? They’re massive. According to the Bank’s latest study developed under the G20 Digital Transformation Working Group, Africa could unlock up to $1 trillion in additional GDP by 2035 through inclusive AI adoption.
Okechukwu Nwaozor built an AI system. He was 17, just out of secondary school, and entirely self-taught. When he shared his plans on Facebook, the comments ranged from disbelief to outright mockery. Yet here he is today, leading a project that has captured the attention of developers across Africa and beyond.
For decades, Nollywood has been known as one of the world’s most prolific film industries, churning out thousands of films a year with creative energy and limited budgets. But now, a new force is pushing its boundaries: artificial intelligence (AI). AI has silently crept into Nigerian cinema, reshaping how films are made, who gets to make them, and who owns the stories that emerge. And while some filmmakers are wary, others are already using AI to push Nollywood into its next act.
A new chapter in the Africa’s AI story quietly began when Google unveiled WAXAL, an open-source speech dataset built to help computers understand and speak African languages. But this isn’t just another tech project. It’s a bridge between cutting-edge AI and the cultural and linguistic diversity of Africa, where more than 2,000 languages are spoken yet fewer than 5% have enough digital data to train modern language technologies.
In a moment that felt bigger than fintech, Nigerian payments powerhouse Flutterwave lit up the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the reaction back home was electric. For many Nigerians watching online, seeing their own company’s name on the trading floor screens wasn’t just news… it was proof that Africa’s tech dreams can play on the world’s biggest financial stages.
A quiet race is happening around the world, and it’s not about oil, gold, or even crypto. It’s about who adopts AI fastest and the latest numbers are eye-opening. According to recent global AI adoption data circulating online, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Norway, and Ireland are leading the charge, with over 40–60% of their working population already using generative AI tools monthly. These aren’t future plans. This is happening now.
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