Dar es Salaam, March 19 -- LAGOS: Airtel Africa has introduced a pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Spam Alert Service in Nigeria, aiming to protect mobile users from fraudulent and unsolicited messages.

The service, which is available at no cost to subscribers, was launched yesterday in Lagos and will soon be rolled out across other African countries where Airtel operates.

The innovative solution automatically alerts Airtel smartphone and feature phone customers about suspected spam SMS messages in real time, without requiring any additional application downloads.

It utilizes AI technology to analyze more than 250 parameters, including sender behavior and message patterns, to detect and classify suspicious SMS as “S...