‘A goldmine at our fingertips’: the promise and perils of AI in Africa

Experts say artificial intelligence can play an important role in exploiting the potential of countries' fast-growing populations

In South Africa, there are drones monitoring weeds; in Mauritius, there are computers crunching health data for better outcomes for patients; and in Nairobi, surveillance systems impose a modicum of order on the chaotic traffic.

The bright new future of artificial intelligence in Africa is part of the bright new future of the continent as a whole, advocates say.