Top African Mathematician Pushes for Homegrown AI
22:16 13.08.2025 (Updated: 22:24 13.08.2025)
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Top African Mathematician Pushes for Homegrown AI
We must be architect of our own solution not mere importer of foreign algorithm [...]. We must make Africa attractive for African talent [...]. We need African-led venture capital innovation fund seeded by government, and artificial intelligence-specific accelerator that focuses on societal impact, not just profit.
#AfricanCurrents spoke to Abdon Atangana, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa, on why Africa must build homegrown AI rooted in its cultures, languages, and mathematical traditions to secure digital sovereignty and power sustainable development.
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