Africa Tech Kin with Danny that Guy: AI Music in Zimbabwe, New $20m Solar Plant, Liquid MOU & AI Too Expensive
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In this week's episode of The Africa Tech Kin, Danny that Guy discusses the week's technology news stories from Zimbabwe, Africa, and the world. President Mnangagwa commissions the 10-megawatt New Glovers Solar Power Plant in Munyati, Kwekwe, funded 51% by the Public Service Commission's pension fund and forming Phase One of a 110-megawatt project. In the same speech he calls on Zimbabweans in the diaspora to invest in "energy and technology parks." The Ministry of Skills Audit and Development signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Liquid Intelligent Technologies focused on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital analytics skills training.
At a US Embassy panel in Harare held during Culture Month, Zimbabwean musicians, producers, and arts administrators discuss AI-generated music, copyright, and authenticity with Grammy-winning American artist Matt B. Danny discusses the landscape of AI music in Zimbabwe and the world, and the distinction between fully AI-generated music and AI used as a production tool.
Microsoft's AI Economy Institute releases its Global AI Diffusion Report for the first quarter of 2026, showing South Africa leading the continent at 23.1% adoption among working-age people, and the gap between the Global North and Global South widening to 12.1 percentage points. Zimbabwe sits at 8.5%. MTN Group sets out a plan to install GPU hardware at its African cell tower sites to create what it calls a distributed AI inference grid, an argument made by MTN Group CTIO Charles Molapisi. Google I/O 2026 introduces Gemini 3.5 Flash and a redesigned AI Search, with AI Overviews now reaching 2.5 billion monthly users and AI Mode crossing 1 billion. Microsoft orders engineers in its Experiences and Devices division to stop using Anthropic's Claude Code by 30 June 2026 and switch to GitHub Copilot, citing cost. Danny also covers Uber's reported $3.4 billion AI coding budget burn in four months, and Nvidia VP Bryan Catanzaro's remarks on the cost of AI compute now exceeding the cost of employees.
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At a US Embassy panel in Harare held during Culture Month, Zimbabwean musicians, producers, and arts administrators discuss AI-generated music, copyright, and authenticity with Grammy-winning American artist Matt B. Danny discusses the landscape of AI music in Zimbabwe and the world, and the distinction between fully AI-generated music and AI used as a production tool.
Microsoft's AI Economy Institute releases its Global AI Diffusion Report for the first quarter of 2026, showing South Africa leading the continent at 23.1% adoption among working-age people, and the gap between the Global North and Global South widening to 12.1 percentage points. Zimbabwe sits at 8.5%. MTN Group sets out a plan to install GPU hardware at its African cell tower sites to create what it calls a distributed AI inference grid, an argument made by MTN Group CTIO Charles Molapisi. Google I/O 2026 introduces Gemini 3.5 Flash and a redesigned AI Search, with AI Overviews now reaching 2.5 billion monthly users and AI Mode crossing 1 billion. Microsoft orders engineers in its Experiences and Devices division to stop using Anthropic's Claude Code by 30 June 2026 and switch to GitHub Copilot, citing cost. Danny also covers Uber's reported $3.4 billion AI coding budget burn in four months, and Nvidia VP Bryan Catanzaro's remarks on the cost of AI compute now exceeding the cost of employees.
Hosted by Danny that Guy on ZiFM Stereo.
Connect with the show:
WhatsApp: 0772 168 045
Hashtag: #AfricaTechKin
Subscribe to the ZiFM Stereo Current Affairs podcast for weekly episodes.
