MTN Zambia, Starlink first to Direct-to-Cell connectivity
MTN claims to be the first African operator to successfully complete a live field test of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell service in Africa.
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Africa’s languages are becoming the next AI battleground
With the major AI models being developed in far off lands, how will they meet the needs of Africans, especially when some African languages have very little digital data to train from?
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