UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – Artificial intelligence (AI) is ripe to help resolve certain major problems in Africa, from farming to the health sector, but Senegalese expert Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is warning of a new “colonization” of the continent by this new technology if foreign companies continue to feed on African data without involving local actors.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – Artificial intelligence (AI) is ripe to help resolve certain major problems in Africa, from farming to the health sector, but Senegalese expert Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is warning of a new “colonization” of the continent by this new technology if foreign companies continue to feed on African data without involving local actors.Read the full story, “INTERVIEW: AI Expert Warns of ‘Digital Colonization’ in Africa”, on globalissues.org →