Artificial Intelligence (AI) Deployments in Africa: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Dimensions

Simple item page
dataset.nrf.grant
dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/30361
dc.contributor.authorGwagwa, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorKraemer-Mbula, Erika
dc.contributor.authorRizk, Nagla
dc.contributor.authorRutenberg, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Jeremy
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-13T04:33:49Z
dc.date.available2020-12-13T04:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-15
dc.description.abstractThe deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is proliferating on the African continent, but policy responses are still at their early stages. This article provides an overview of the main elements of AI deployment in Africa, AI’s core benefits and challenges in African settings, and AI’s core policy dimensions for the continent. It is argued that for AI to build, rather than undermine, socio-economic inclusion in African settings, policymakers need to be cognisant of the following key dimensions: gender equity, cultural and linguistic diversity, and labour market shifts.
dc.description.librarianCA2020en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGwagwa, A., Kraemer-Mbula, E., Rizk, N., Rutenberg, I., & De Beer, J. (2020). Artificial intelligence (AI) deployments in Africa: Benefits, challenges and policy dimensions. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 26, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/30361
dc.identifier.issn2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issn2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/30361
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/30361
dc.journal.issue26en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://www.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/ajic
dc.journal.titleThe African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.rightsThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.subjectartificial intelligence (AI), Africa, automated decision-making (ADM), natural language processing (NLP), inclusion, gender, linguistic diversity, labour, policy, policymaking
dc.titleArtificial Intelligence (AI) Deployments in Africa: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Dimensionsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
AJIC-Issue-26-2020-Gwagwa-et-al.pdf
Size:
358.48 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
AJIC Issue 26, 2020