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AI & Africa

Unite and Conquer – How Africa Can Beat the Odds to Become an AI Hub

A few weeks ago, in his keynote to Kenyans, the president of Kenya admitted that building AI data centers in Kenya (as it is in many countries) is a pipe dream. This followed an agreement signed between Microsoft, The Government of Kenya and G42. He admitted that, to build an efficient data center requires about […]

· Linet Kwamboka · 4 min read

Digital Economy

Schrödinger’s AI Bubble: The Unobserved Economy of Data.

In quantum mechanics, the thought experiment of Schrödinger’s cat illustrates a system trapped in superposition: alive and dead until the box is opened and observed. The current AI investment craze may be exhibiting a similar paradox: is the bubble bursting, or is it still fully alive? Not too long ago, we started…

· Linet Kwamboka · 2 min read

AI & Africa

AI in Everyday Work & Life

A couple of weeks ago, I put out a survey on my socials titled ‘AI in Everyday Work & Life: Insights for Policy and Innovation.’ The idea behind this survey was to start to understand how different people are using AI and the new and emerging models in their day to day life, and if […]

· Linet Kwamboka · 3 min read

AI & Africa

Artificial Intelligence, The Elephant in the Africa Room.

In the timeless parable of the blind men and the elephant, each man touches a different part of the creature; a tusk, a tail, a leg and comes to a wildly different conclusion about what he’s experiencing and what an elephant is to them. One insists it is a spear, another a rope, another a […]

· Linet Kwamboka · 5 min read