#TechFriday n°3️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ – Issue of 23/10/2026
Cliquez ici pour lire en français This week, Africa’s digital story plays out on every screen. In Cameroon, AI is entering breast cancer screening, Orange’s data bundles are back in...
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Cameroon bans AI homework help for nursery and primary pupils...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In a circular letter dated 14 October 2026 and addressed to regional delegates, Cameroon’s Minister of Basic Education, Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, has banned...
AI in breast cancer screening: Cameroonian women want a doctor...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Artificial intelligence is opening new possibilities in breast cancer screening. It can flag an anomaly before symptoms appear, scan medical images in moments and...
Central African Republic signs five-year deal with Moscow’s HSE University...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The Central African Republic is about to train its civil servants in digital governance, with Russian backing. On 9 October, the country’s Ministry of...
Guinea bets on AI to modernize how its government works...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Guinea has put artificial intelligence (AI) at the center of its thinking on modernizing public administration. The second International Forum of Secretaries-General of Government...
Your phone is the weakest link in document security 📱🔐
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In governments, companies and organizations of all kinds, the smartphone has become a pocket office. Emails, documents, virtual meetings, instant messaging: it all runs...
Googlebook’s real test isn’t the hardware, it’s whether Android apps...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français With Googlebooks, Google wants to bring phone and laptop closer together. The pitch is appealing: your everyday Android apps, on your PC. But that...
One notification, one misunderstanding: the hidden cost of lock-screen previews...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Have you ever received a compromising message, image or video at the worst possible moment, with colleagues, friends or family around? With smartphones now...
Cameroonian renters can now preview homes on TikTok before paying...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français TikTok appears to be becoming the go-to storefront for housing in Cameroon, thanks to the pull of short-form video. For years, property agents relied...
Senegal and Mali link their national fiber networks 🇸🇳 🇲🇱
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Senegal and Mali have taken a new step in their digital infrastructure: the two countries have interconnected their national fiber-optic backbones. Formally marked on...