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'We Can Build AI to Be Community-Based' Without Relying on Foreign Companies: SA Expert

'We Can Build AI to Be Community-Based' Without Relying on Foreign Companies: SA Expert

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'We Can Build AI to Be Community-Based' Without Relying on Foreign Companies: SA Expert"When we build from an African perspective with African realities in... 09.07.2026, Sputnik Africa

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'We Can Build AI to Be Community-Based' Without Relying on Foreign Companies: SA Expert"When we build from an African perspective with African realities in mind, it feels less predatory. We can actually build AI models that can help us learn more about our ancestry," Botshelo Baloyi, founder & CEO of UmkhoAI, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the Social Media Summit for Government 2026*. AI designed from a Western perspective often overlooks Africa's community-focused realities, "because the people building [it] have had a predatory attitude towards Africa itself," she added. The role of business schools is "first and foremost to begin to decolonize education," Philasande Sokhela, senior manager at Johannesburg Business School's Centre for African Business, told Sputnik Africa."The day-to-day is really about how do we [...] ensure that AI works for us, not the other way around," he emphasized. *The annual Social Media Summit for Government 2026 kicked off in Johannesburg on July 8 and 9.Subscribe to @sputnik_africa Sputnik Africa | X

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