Google chooses Ghana as home for its first AI Research lab in Africa

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.

Google new office in Accra, Photo Credit: Flickart Studios

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.

Google new office in Accra, Photo Credit: Flickart Studios

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.

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