Google has opened a new AI research laboratory in Africa, located in Ghana’s capital city. Accra. The new office designed to support Google’s AI Research Team is the first in Africa and can be spotted inside Stanbic Heights, Airport City in Accra.
In 2018, Google declared intentions to open its first Artificial Intelligence(AI) lab in Ghana to support researchers with the relevant tools and opportunity to develop AI products to solve numerous problems across the continent.
In 2021, the Global Peace Index Report named Ghana the second most peaceful country in Africa. The West African country is headquarters to the AfCFTA Secretariat, Twitter in Africa and now boasts of being home for Google’s first AI research laboratory in Africa.
