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This is masterclass lecture on Artificial Intelligence, Africa, and the Global South’s place in AI, revealing mind-blowing insights, including how the generative AI economy is already bigger than the entire African continent’s GDP. It was delivered with intellectual authority by Prof Arthur Mutambara at the launch of his new...

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