Google takes on ‘Africa’s challenges’ with first AI centre in Ghana

Moustapha Cisse, head of Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre Ghana, speaks during the presentation of the first AI centre in Africa on April 10, 2019 at the Marriott hotel in Accra. (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP)

ACCRA: An artificial intelligence research laboratory opened by Google in Ghana, the first of its kind in Africa, will take on challenges across the continent, researchers say. 

The US technology giant said the lab in the capital Accra would address economic, political and environmental issues.