TL;DR for this Update

• Google Adds Computer Use to Gemini 3.5 Flash

• Nigeria’s Omeife Robot AI Moves Into Healthcare

• Africa Holds First-Ever Conference on AI and Cybersecurity.

• Paystack Index Goes Live in Nigeria.

• NITDA Tells Nigeria It Is Time to Move From AI Policy to Execution.

• Payaza Launches AI-Powered Shopaza

• Top 10 AI Video Generators Right Now

Google Adds Computer Use to Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google just announced that Gemini 3.5 Flash — their fast, efficient, widely-used AI model — now has computer use built in as a native capability. No separate tool or extra setup. The same Gemini you already use can now see a screen, understand what is on it, and take actions across browsers, mobile apps, and desktop software.

This is what the phrase AI agents actually means in practice, and for developers and businesses, it just got significantly more accessible. (Read More)

Kini Big Deal? (Why Does It Matter?)

‘Computer use’ sounds technical but the idea is actually very simple. You know how you might tell someone “go online, find the cheapest flight to Accra next Friday, and book it with my card”? An AI with computer use can do that. It can open a browser, go to flight booking sites, compare options, navigate the pages, enter your details, and complete the booking, without you clicking a single button.

That is the capability Google just made standard in Gemini 3.5 Flash. And because Flash is their fast, cost-efficient model — the one you would use for large-scale deployment, not just one-off experiments — this matters more than a feature announcement typically does.

For African businesses and developers, this is worth paying attention to. A lot of the work that fills African back offices — data entry, form-filling, cross-platform reconciliation, customer service workflows — is exactly the kind of repetitive, multi-step computer work that agents like this are built for. You do not need to build a custom robot to automate these tasks anymore. You need Gemini 3.5 Flash and a developer who knows how to use the API.

The safety angle matters too. The most obvious risk with an AI that can use your computer is that a malicious website could slip in hidden instructions and hijack what the agent is doing. Google has built countermeasures for this. They are not foolproof, and the company is transparent about that. But the fact that they are thinking about it from launch rather than patching it after something goes wrong is the right posture.

AI in Africa

Nigeria’s Omeife Robot AI Moves Into Healthcare

You may have seen Omeife before. Nigeria’s first humanoid robot, built in Abuja by the Uniccon Group under Professor Chuks Ekwueme, made waves when it was unveiled. A robot that speaks, understands African languages and cultural context, and was built entirely on the continent.

Now, Omeife’s AI brain has a new job. It is powering MySmartMedic; a Nigerian telemedicine platform that is bringing specialist-level healthcare to people who have never had access to it.

The announcement came this week, and it is significant not just as a tech story, but as a healthcare one (Read More).

🔗 Also in AI This Week 

• Google Just Graduated 15 African AI Startups.

• Africa Holds First-Ever Conference on AI and Cybersecurity.

• Paystack Index Goes Live in Nigeria.

• NITDA Tells Nigeria It Is Time to Move From AI Policy to Execution.

• Payaza Launches AI-Powered Shopaza

^{Author’s note: This is not a sponsored post, as it expresses my own opinions.}

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