INSIGHT
THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICA T he world is engulfed by an AI revolution. From self-driving cars to automated customer service, artificial intelligence has become omnipresent around the world. But what about Africa? Africa has a knack for inventing and reinvigorating old technologies. To some degree, Africa has managed to sidestep this AI revolution and maintain its traditional way of life. That’s because in Africa, artificial intelligence isn’t really a thing yet - there are no driverless busses or pizza delivery robots that speak your local languages. Many discussions about the future of artificial intelligence in Africa, as well as why and how African countries have been slow to embrace this new technology trend have been had, so how do we move from these Conversations to implementation? The fact that Africa is so behind in artificial intelligence is a matter of concern - what are the effects of this new technology on African countries? The use of artificial intelligence has an impact on how the world functions, and this new technological introduction will also influence Africa. Innovation in AI is expected to significantly help Africa’s development. The rise of AI will change the way African country’s function and interact with each other. Let’s take a look at the future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa. First off, we need to identify what Artificial Intelligence actually is. What is AI? Artificial Intelligence is defined as the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence; such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. This definition makes it seem like artificial intelligence isn’t much different from natural intelligence. But what sets it apart from natural intelligence is its ability to perform tasks without any human supervision or intervention. AI systems are able to improve themselves over time, by learning from their mistakes. In essence -- they become better at whatever task they were designed to do - which makes them more useful in the long run, systems like Roboteur, an RPA and development environment/system that makes it simple and inexpensive to automate processes. As the world of work undergoes fundamental shifts, we are starting to realise that it’s not necessary for a worker to perform every process – at every step of the workflow process, not a human worker. The idea that computers are just as capable of performing
certain tasks is quickly being replaced by the notion that they may actually be more appropriate, efficient and adept at certain repetitive tasks. Robotic process automation (RPA) is all about letting technology take care of repetitive or automatable tasks, thus freeing up human workers to attend to things that require more creativity or non-linear thinking. AI has become popular in Africa despite not being implemented widely yet due to its ability to solve real-world African problems. In order to understand this, let’s take a look at how African countries function currently. The African economy is characterised by a lack of resources and technology. Industries are often not able to improve their production processes or increase productivity due to the use of outdated technologies and processes that have been in use for decades. For example, the food industry requires a lot of manual labour to produce goods that are distributed throughout Africa’s market. The manpower required for these industries is usually something that African countries lack. This causes food prices to be much higher than they would normally be if there were more people available - which can lead to hunger and famine if these products become too expensive for common Africans. In order to have the foresight needed to make decisions much faster, Amathuba AI
offers a solution that is adaptable to multiple sectors. With Brain Everywhere <<BOLD>> you’ll always have an expert on call for every decision, all day, every day. What’s more, Brain Everywhere won’t leave your business or take its set of expertise elsewhere. Let’s face it, there’s nothing more hard-working than a robot, especially one as easy to use and costeffective as Brain Everywhere.
Our Process: Introduction Understand – Current prospective customer challenges / Pain-Points Conceive – Assessment of prospective customer As-Is landscape (Processes/ Systems) Product Recommendation – aligned to prospective customer Current challenges / Pain-Points Pre-Sale Business Proposal highlighting: Product, Pricing, High level details, T&C’s Customer Requisition and registration process Customer license fee Payment Professional Services: Client Introduction, Vision for Client etc Post-Sale Product Scope Configuration – in Conjunction with the customer requirements Quality Control Signed off Scope Configuration
“When Amathuba AI was
founded in 2020 we set out to taking back humanity through technology in doing this at Amathuba AI we want to bridge this gap by being an aggregator of AI in Africa and this means collaboration and finding solutions that solve everyday problems for the African continent and the companies that operate in it
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Nomsa Nteleko, Chief Commercial Officer, Amathuba AI
Implementation Product Configuration deployment as per signed Product Scope Configuration User Training User Acceptance Testing Defects Resolution Official Go-Live Post Implementation Preventative Maintenance Customer Query Management Cross Selling Opportunities Continuous Improvement
Contact us Email: nomsa@amathuba-ai.com Tel: +27 76 790 2923 www.amathuba-ai.com
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