Project Overview
On 24 February 2022, ECA and the Government of the Republic of Congo inaugurated the African Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (ARCAI) in Congo Brazzaville - a center devoted exclusively to advancing research through artificial intelligence (AI). Located within the Denis Sassou-Nguesso University in Kintélé, the center is a place of cutting-edge research on AI, focusing on a human-centered approach to maximize the benefits for socio-economic good while countering the challenges associated with utilizing the technology.
Host country: Congo Brazaville
Objective:
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Develop a coordinated plan to encourage AI education across the continent
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Incentivize entrepreneurship and facilitate collaboration between AI researchers and experts in different sectors (health care, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing and etc.)
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Setting out a road map to mobilize human and financial resources, including a pan-African AI fund to support coordinated efforts. Key result: Officially launched in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo. AU Artificial Intelligence Strategy (Harmonisation of Artificial Intelligence policy)