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South African experts snubbed from helping with draft AI policy that included fake research
Byadmin April 29, 2026

A top academic researcher in a South African university alleges that the country’s top AI experts were not contacted to help with the now-withdrawn Draft National AI Policy.

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South Africa’s draft AI policy: bureaucratic and overly reliant on foreign firms
Byadmin April 17, 2026

South Africa’s Draft AI Policy is too reliant on foreign AI companies and doesn’t do enough to push local startups, says Chris Coetzee, founder of AfrAIca.

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