
MTN Backs African Language Datasets To Advance AI In Africa
MTN—African Telecom giant has thrown its weight behind the African datasets to boost AI inclusion and preserve linguistic diversity across the entire continent.
MTN Group has pledged to support the creation of African language datasets, aiming to strengthen the continent’s role in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and prevent the marginalization of its 1.5 billion people in the global digital economy.
The announcement came during “The Y’ello Chair Vodcast: Your Link to the African Continent,” held alongside the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, called on both public and …