Africa must leverage BigData to accelerate growth, says Premlin Pillay, group executive of strategy and analytics at Mettus ~
With humans, businesses and machines generating billions of data points every day, ‘big data’ is not a buzzword anymore but an immense opportunity for the continent.
“Kickstarting 4IR in Africa cannot and should not be implemented by a company sitting in Silicon Valley. We need African solutions and in-country expertise for African problems. Having automated machine learning applications built in tech hubs outside of the continent leaves little understanding of the realities and complexities of the contexts they will be applied in.”
However, there are challenges that stand in the way of Africa taking advantage of this immense opportunity. Key amongst these include infrastructure and skills. For instance, a recent research report has indicated that less than half of people in developing countries have internet access.
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