"How Google is using AI to solve African problems"

Google's artificial intelligence (AI) lab based in Accra, Ghana, is making inroads in using the technology to solve Afro-centric problems. This week, ITWeb toured the Accra-based AI centre to see the progress Google researchers have made since the opening of the lab last year. he researchers at the Google AI centre in Accra bring a fresh perspective and expertise to build new technologies in Africa that can contribute positively to life here, as well as around the globe.

Speaking during the tour of the Google AI centre in Accra, Moustapha Cisse, staff research scientist and lead of Google AI Centre, said the Internet search giant has witnessed an increasing interest in machine learning research across the African continent...."The AI centre in Accra is also making use of AI to improve healthcare - not just the health of human beings but also that of plants. This is sometimes a matter of food security because in certain regions, you have crop diseases that can cause food security problems. We have people that are working on improving the diagnosis of various crop diseases." The centre is also using AI to analyse advanced satellite images and this is allowing the researchers to estimate population growth...