LAGOS: IBM began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as diverse as medical diagnoses, economic data collection and e-commerce research.
The world's biggest technology service provider said "Project Lucy" would take 10 years and cost US$100mil (RM332.3mil). The undertaking was named after the earliest known human ancestor fossil, which was found in east Africa.
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