The Morning Call
Research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is exploding. The number of patents filed worldwide almost doubled between 2005 and 2015. According to a Cassini consultancy report on artificial intelligence submitted to the French government at the end of March 2018, the African continent is somehow a desert as far as AI is concerned but there are some oases.
Serge KOFFI takes a look at the challenges facing AI in Africa.
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