African Artificial Intelligence
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African Artificial Intelligence

Discovering Africa's AI Identity

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

African Artificial Intelligence

Discovering Africa's AI Identity

About this book

Artificial intelligence (AI) is upending life, work, and play as we know it, and it's only just getting started. The rise of AI is a milestone on par with the discovery of fire, the invention of the wheel, and the creation of the internet. In short, AI is going to change everything. For some, that's an exciting prospect. For others, it's terrifying. However you feel about AI, there's no escaping it, whether you're in a global metropolis or a farmer in rural KwaZulu-Natal.Dr Mark Nasila has been watching AI's ascent for over a decade, studying its effects on everything from agriculture and aviation to healthcare, education, entertainment, crime prevention, energy management, policy creation, finance, and anything in between, and applying them to his role at one of South Africa's most successful financial institutions, First National Bank, a division of FirstRand Group.African Artificial Intelligence is a comprehensive and fascinating journey, tracing the rise of AI and its evolution into the emerging technology underpinning all others – from connected devices and smart chatbots to the metaverse. Mark combines unexpected use cases and tales of cutting-edge innovation with a unique and potent argument: harnessing AI to solve Africa's problems requires embracing it from an African perspective.African nations can't afford to simply import AI solutions from afar. Instead, Mark contends, they need to rework, remix, and refine AI so it's able to meet uniquely African challenges in uniquely African ways, and to take advantage of the once-in-a-generation opportunity AI represents for every industry, sector, and person, everywhere.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Imprint page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. CHAPTER 1 – AFRICA MUST DISCOVER ITS AI IDENTITY TO ACCELERATE TECH MODERNISATION
  7. CHAPTER 2 – WHY EVERY ORGANISATION NEEDS AN AI STRATEGY
  8. CHAPTER 3 – TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY WITH AI, START WITH EDUCATION
  9. CHAPTER 4 – THE AFRICAN RETAIL SECTOR MUST EMBRACE AI
  10. CHAPTER 5 – WHY TRAVEL AND TOURISM MUST EMBRACE AI
  11. CHAPTER 6 – AFRICA’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR MUST LOOK TO AI
  12. CHAPTER 7 – AI’S ROLE IN POWERING SMART CITIES AND URBAN MOBILITY
  13. CHAPTER 8 – AI IS DEFINING WHERE JOURNALISM, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE HEADING
  14. CHAPTER 9 – AI IS TRANSFORMING FINANCIAL SERVICES
  15. CHAPTER 10 – AI WILL TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN AFRICA
  16. CHAPTER 11 – AI CAN HELP IN PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CRIME
  17. CHAPTER 12 – THE GREATEST EXISTENTIAL THREAT WE FACE IS CLIMATE CHANGE
  18. CHAPTER 13 – AN AI-ENABLED INTEGRATED CYBERSECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS KEY TO KEEP UP WITH TECHENABLED CYBERATTACKS
  19. CHAPTER 14 – REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF ENERGY WITH AI – A SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY
  20. CHAPTER 15 – INDUSTRIALISATION OF AI IS POISED TO BE AS TRANSFORMATIVE AS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
  21. CHAPTER 16 – HOW TO DISRUPT WITH DATA IN THE AI TECHNOLOGY ERA
  22. CHAPTER 17 – HOW AI CAN HARNESS DESIGN THINKING
  23. CHAPTER 18 – DECISION INTELLIGENCE IS ACCELERATING AI-POWERED DECISIONS AT SCALE
  24. CHAPTER 19 – AI IS POISED TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE AND HOPE TO HUMANITY
  25. CHAPTER 20 – HOW AI IS ENABLING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE METAVERSE
  26. CHAPTER 21 – AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD
  27. CHAPTER 22 – THE IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATIVE AI FOR AFRICA
  28. CHAPTER 23 – AI IN THE BOARDROOM: WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD BOARDS BE ASKING ABOUT AI?
  29. Conclusion
  30. About the author
  31. References