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AI Weekly Reports
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2026 Coverage
§ Latest — AI Weekly Intelligence
§ Recurring Macro Themes — Q1–Q2 2026

African AI Policy & Regulation

24+ editions · SA Gazetted · Nigeria Hearings · Kenya Register

Language AI & African NLP

14+ editions · DeepSeek Hausa · Masakhane · Google

AI Fraud & Biometric Security

12+ editions · Smile ID · M-Pesa · NDPC

Sovereign AI Infrastructure

12+ editions · Egypt $800M · Cassava · Equinix R7.5B

US–China–Korea AI Competition

10+ editions · Microsoft · DeepSeek · Nvidia · Korea-DRC

Deep Tech Ecosystem Building

8+ editions · BAFAI · ADTF · Indaba · Senegal
§ Full Archive — Daily Editions
EditionDateLead StoryTags
DAL-026-088 01 Apr 2026 Equinix R7.5B + Nigeria Bill Post-Deadline + GITEX 6 Days InfrastructurePolicy
DAL-026-087 31 Mar 2026 Nigeria AI Bill Deadline Day + AfDB MEO 2026 + NKENNEAi Talks LegislationLanguage AI
DAL-026-081 24 Mar 2026 TECNO EllaClaw + Africa FinTech Forum SA + Nigeria Surveillance TechSecurity
DAL-026-080 23 Mar 2026 Africa Is Not Missing the AI Wave + SA Gazette + $2B Surveillance EcosystemSecurity
DAL-026-079 21 Mar 2026 Rest of World: $2B Chinese AI Surveillance + World Bank WDR 2026 GeopoliticsResearch
DAL-026-078 20 Mar 2026 Kenya AI Bill + Data Protection as Backdoor AI Regulation LegislationKenya
DAL-026-077 19 Mar 2026 Cassava AI Factory Deploys in South Africa + Google Accelerator Closes InfrastructureEcosystem
DAL-026-076 18 Mar 2026 Rwanda FinTech Centre + NDPC Deepfake Consultation + Standard Bank Kukura FintechAI Fraud
DAL-026-075 17 Mar 2026 NVIDIA GTC 2026 + MTN AI Data Centre + Mark Nasila Sovereign AI InfrastructureResearch
DAL-026-074 16 Mar 2026 Microsoft Elevate 3M + Nigeria AI Bill + Ghana Court Challenge [48-Hr] GeopoliticsPolicy
DAL-026-073 14 Mar 2026 Servernah Cloud — East Africa's First Sovereign AI Platform Goes Live InfrastructureKenya
DAL-026-072 13 Mar 2026 Microsoft vs DeepSeek for Africa's AI Market — Bloomberg Exclusive GeopoliticsTech
DAL-026-071 12 Mar 2026 Microsoft-MTN Copilot Deal + IFF 2026 Closes + Veta Origin LLM TechFintech
DAL-026-070 11 Mar 2026 Inclusive FinTech Forum Kigali + TikTok $200K AI Literacy + FraudLens AI FraudRwanda
DAL-026-069 10 Mar 2026 UN ECA ERA 2026 Preview + Nigeria AI Election Threat + Vodacom CEO ContinentalSecurity
DAL-026-068 09 Mar 2026 Nigeria 2027 Election AI Attack + Cassava Autonomous Network + Roam Explorer AI FraudInfrastructure
DAL-026-067 08 Mar 2026 Google 13 African Languages + Smile ID 69% AI Fraud + US-China Competition Language AISecurity
§ AI Weekly Intelligence — Archive
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AIW-026-11 12 → 18 May 2026 Before the Hearings · Nigeria Hearings · Egypt $800M Compute · Cassava Accra · DRC–Korea · SA Civil Society Read →
AIW-026-10 05 → 11 May 2026 The Consultation Week · DRC Minerals Leverage · SA Comment Gap · Ethiopia $40M · DeepSeek Hausa · M-Pesa 32M Read →
AIW-026-09 28 Apr → 04 May 2026 The Deployment Quarter · M-Pesa AI Trial · Ethiopia GERD · Cassava SA Metrics · Rwanda Sandbox Read →
AIW-026-08 21 → 27 Apr 2026 The Post-GITEX Reckoning · SA Comment Opens · Morocco Nexus · Nigeria Senate Review · Abidjan IXP · Korea-UCT Read →
AIW-026-07 14 → 21 Apr 2026 The Policy Moment Arrives · SA Gazette Published · AU PSC AI Security · GITEX Delivers · Language AI Gap · IMF Warning Read →
AIW-026-06 08 → 14 Apr 2026 South Africa's AI Policy Lands · SA AI Policy Gazetted · Morocco Nexus $1.28B · GITEX $5B Pipeline · Mauritius FAIR Read →
AIW-026-05 31 Mar → 07 Apr 2026 Infrastructure Ahead of Governance · Equinix R7.5B · Nigeria Bill Misses Deadline · GITEX Africa Opens · ERA 2026 Read →
AIW-026-04 24 → 31 Mar 2026 The Week Everything Converged · Nigeria Bill Deadline · SA Gazette · $2B Surveillance · TECNO EllaClaw · GITEX Preview Coming Soon
AIW-026-03 17 → 24 Mar 2026 The Sovereignty Inflection · Cassava AI Factory · NVIDIA GTC Vera Rubin · Kenya AI Bill · $2.1B Surveillance · BAFAI Read →
AIW-026-02 10 → 17 Mar 2026 Governance Week · Microsoft vs DeepSeek · SA AI Policy · IFF 2026 Kigali · Nigeria Surveillance Bill Coming Soon
AIW-026-01 03 → 10 Mar 2026 Launch Week · Google 13 African Languages · Smile ID 69% AI Fraud · US-China AI Competition Coming Soon