{"id":90250,"date":"2025-09-23T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/airtel-africas-ai-spam-alert-service-hits-200-million"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:43:48","slug":"airtel-africas-ai-spam-alert-service-hits-200-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/airtel-africas-ai-spam-alert-service-hits-200-million","title":{"rendered":"Airtel Africa&#8217;s AI Spam Alert Service Hits 200 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>More than 205 million spam SMS messages were detected by Airtel Africa\u2019s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert, in 13 of its markets over the last 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Spam Alert Service, which is available to all subscribers at no cost, identifies and prefixes SMS messages with \u201cSPAM Alert,\u201d providing real-time updates. The immediate impact is the elimination of the need to download additional applications to manage spam.<\/p>\n<p>Airtel Africa has so far rolled out the service in 13 of its 14 markets: Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Malawi, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania, Chad, and Niger. Seychelles will launch the service soon.<\/p>\n<p>During the period under review, Kenya recorded the highest spam volume with 68 million messages flagged. This was followed by Tanzania with 47 million and Zambia with 33 million messages. Overall, there has been a 12% reduction in spam messages since the launch of the Airtel Africa Spam Alert service, with Nigeria recording the highest drop in spam traffic at 84%.<\/p>\n<p>Airtel Africa CEO, Sunil Taldar, said, \u201cWe are proud to pioneer an advanced tech solution powered by AI in tackling spam messages that are a major concern in Africa as smartphone penetration increases. This free service is yet another demonstration of our commitment to consistently innovate to deliver an unmatched experience and safer network to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spam Alert service uses AI to analyse and classify SMS messages as \u201cSPAM ALERT\u201d based on various parameters, including the sender\u2019s usage patterns and SMS frequency in real time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. More than 205 million spam SMS messages were detected by Airtel Africa\u2019s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert, in 13 of its markets over the last 6 months. 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