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Can digital technology transform West Africa?

A panel of experts discuss how digital technology and AI are transforming West Africa.

CrowdScience heads to Freetown, Sierra Leone for a panel debate in front of a live audience to answer listener questions about how artificial intelligence is helping tackle some of the world鈥檚 most pressing issues. Anand Jagatia is joined by regional science experts to explore how robots, drones and big data are transforming sectors such as agriculture, health and governance. Could clever machines help eradicate invasive species? Will block chain IDs eventually replace physical documents? And while this technology is heralded as a force for change we鈥檒l ask whether fears of an AI takeover are unfounded?

Presented by Anand Jagatia and Produced by Marijke Peters and Mel Brown

(Photo: The panel and Audience at Crowd Science live event in Sierra Leone. Credit: 麻豆社)

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Mon 3 Feb 2020 18:32GMT

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