AI Capacity Building: Côte d’Ivoire says it wants to build a high-performing, responsible AI sector, pointing to data, compute, cloud, energy, skills, financing, cybersecurity and governance as key pillars. BRICS Industrial Push: South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges BRICS to back manufacturing and value addition in the Global South, warning against repeating a raw-minerals-only future. Digital Infrastructure & Data: Cassava Technologies, Vodafone Business and Elsewedy Electric plan Africa Data Centres Egypt, including Egypt’s first sovereign AI data centre powered by Nvidia GPUs. Cybercrime Shift: A report flags a rise in AI-driven deepfakes and impersonation in Africa, even as some identity fraud rates fall in South Africa. Spam Call Crackdown: South Africa’s National Consumer Commission seeks tech partners to support an opt-out registry to curb spam calls. Clean Mobility: Clicks targets Africa’s first retail distribution centre run on a fully electric truck fleet, backed by solar and charging infrastructure. Public Health Alert: Africa CDC warns DRC’s Ebola outbreak is spreading beyond its epicentre, with insecurity and displacement complicating response. Trade & Value Chains: Gabon moves to update its AfCFTA roadmap to help SMEs and young entrepreneurs plug into intra-African trade. Illicit Markets: South Africa estimates billions lost to counterfeit cosmetics, unregistered skincare and grey-market medicines, stressing weak import controls. Xenophobia Fallout: Nigeria’s parliament suspends official visits to South Africa over reported xenophobic killings of Nigerians.