AI in Africa: How are Africans using AI to accelerate development?

Chloe Teevan talks to Melody Musoni to explore how African innovators, researchers, and policymakers are shaping an AI ecosystem that responds to local realities. It highlights a shift from being consumers of technology to producers of homegrown solutions that are already transforming sectors like agriculture, health, and education. The discussion tackles the two sides of the AI debate in Africa: the pessimists, who worry about risks like data bias and the push from Big Tech for profit , and the optimists, who see a chance to tackle long-standing challenges. A central theme is that African countries are determined not to be left behind in the Fourth Industrial Revolution as they were in the past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can listen to AI in Africa: How are Africans using AI to accelerate development? online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

AI in Africa: How are Africans using AI to accelerate development? is an episode from ECDPM by ECDPM.

This episode is 35:53 long.

This episode was published on Oct 15, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from ECDPM when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.