AI models lacking African dialects curb uptake, mobile body says


Governments on the African continent should be investing in artificial intelligence, according to Ingabire. — Pixabay

A dearth of African-language content is delaying the uptake of artificial intelligence on the continent, compounding a lack of access to the technology, according to mobile industry body GSMA.

The biggest challenge in growing the sector has been the usage gap – about 790 million people on the continent live in areas with Internet coverage but don’t have the smartphones to get online, according to Vivek Badrinath, director general at the GSMA.

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