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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jason Burke

‘A goldmine at our fingertips’: the promise and perils of AI in Africa

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Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in AI. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

In South Africa, there are drones monitoring weeds; in Mauritius, there are computers crunching health data for better outcomes for patients; and in Nairobi, surveillance systems impose a modicum of order on the chaotic traffic.

The bright new future of artificial intelligence in Africa is part of the bright new future of the continent as a whole, advocates say.

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