African Languages Lab’s Mansa is the latest attempt to address a problem that has followed artificial intelligence into Africa: the world’s most capable models still struggle with many of the languages spoken on the continent.
The South African technology group is developing its AI business around automation, data and business processes, as companies begin to look beyond chatbots and copilots for practical uses of artificial intelligence.
The new satellites are intended to expand broadband capacity and replace NIGCOMSAT-1R, but the bigger test will be whether Nigeria can turn that capacity into affordable connectivity.