J·Index / Countries / Lesotho

AI in Lesotho's news media

1 verified, source-linked AI implementation across 1 news organization, 2025.

Sub-Saharan Africa2025

Cases

Organizations

Active since

2025

Controversies

What AI is used for

Talent Development & Upskilling1

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access1

2 – Adoption0

3 – Proficiency0

4 – Ways of Working0

5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

The Mail Lesotho 1

Funding: Tech company (Google/GNI) (1)

Notable cases

2025The Mail Lesotho

JournalismAI Academy Sub-Saharan Africa 2025 — staff participation in 5-week LSE Polis programme for newsrooms across Sub-Saharan Africa; training in AI tools for journalism

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access

JournalismAI Academy curriculum (LSE Polis / Google News Initiative)Source →

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso 1 Cameroon 4 Ethiopia 3 Ghana 2 Guinea 1 Ivory Coast 1 Kenya 13 Liberia 3 Malawi 2 Namibia 2 Nigeria 29

Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.