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Mark Danckwerts (Left), Head of Insurance at KPMG One Africa and Pierre Fourie, KPMG One Africa Head of Financial Services. They believe AI provides an opportunity as well as a risk to financial service providers in Africa as elsewhere.

Financial Services CEOs Double Down on AI, Resilience and Strategic Growth in 2026 in KPMG Global Outlook

Financial services leaders across Africa are entering 2026 with renewed confidence, placing artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, regulatory resilience and disciplined growth at the centre of their transformation agendas. This is according to
February 17, 2026
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Peter Magona believes the future of advertising will be decided by how quickly agencies learn to work with AI, not fight it. With clients already using powerful tools, he argues that relevance now depends on integration, combining human insight, strategic judgment, and creative instinct with AI’s speed, scale, and analytical power before the gap becomes impossible to close.
Peter Magona believes the future of advertising will be decided by how quickly agencies learn to work with AI, not fight it. With clients already using powerful tools, he argues that relevance now depends on integration, combining human insight, strategic judgment, and creative instinct with AI’s speed, scale, and analytical power before the gap becomes impossible to close.

AI, Automation & the Future Adman: How Technology Will Rewrite the Advertising Industry

If the first four parts of this MadMen, Dreamers and Deal-Makers series were about the machine, how it was built from accidents, battered by economics, bruised by burnout, and handed to a
December 16, 2025
Jack Ngare, Google Cloud’s Technical Director in Nairobi, champions Africa as a cradle of innovation, where resilience, ingenuity, and constraint-driven creativity produce solutions that shape global technology and redefine progress.
Jack Ngare, Google Cloud’s Technical Director in Nairobi, champions Africa as a cradle of innovation, where resilience, ingenuity, and constraint-driven creativity produce solutions that shape global technology and redefine progress.

Africa Isn’t a Testing Ground – it’s a Teacher: Jack Ngare on How Data and Technology Have Become Global Breakthroughs

Jack Ngare, Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO in Nairobi, believes Africa’s innovations are not side projects for global companies but lessons that shape how the world builds technology.
November 5, 2025
Left to Right: Nyombi Thembo (Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission), Hon. Chris Baryomunsi (Minister for ICT and National Guidance) and Soumendra Sahu (Managing Director, Airtel Uganda) officially launch Africa’s first AI-powered SMS Spam Alert System—marking a major milestone in Uganda’s fight against digital fraud and mobile scams.

Airtel Uganda Introduces Africa’s First AI-Powered Spam Alert Service to Combat Digital Fraud

Airtel Uganda today unveiled its ground breaking AI-powered Spam Alert Service, becoming the first telecommunications provider in East Africa to offer network-level protection against fraudulent messages. This launch also makes Uganda the
April 16, 2025
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Rwanda's Minsiter of ICT, Paula Ingabire, whose ministry is behind the National AI Policy of Rwanda.

How Rwanda’s Pioneering Approach is Charting a Path for Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation in Africa.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, reshaping the very fabric of our society. Born from the pioneering work of computer scientists and visionaries, AI has evolved from its humble
July 6, 2024
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LEFT-RIGHT: Maren Hald Bjørgum, Emata Chief Communications Officer; Stephen Obeli Someday, the Co-founder and Chief Executive at Kweli.shop and Collins Mbulakyalo, co-founder and tech enthusiast at Waape

Customer service, credit scoring, content creation and talent matching: How three Ugandan businesses are harnessing the power of AI

A 2023 World Economic Forum Future of Jobs report shows this form of artificial intelligence is automating millions of jobs with the hope of eventually changing the future of work. Automating tasks
November 30, 2023
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