AI in Africa

The first time you meet John Kamara, he passes off more like a storyteller than a tech executive. He doesn’t speak of algorithms or coding.  Instead, his words come off with urgency, stitched together by the conviction that Africa’s destiny can be rewritten, not by oil or minerals, but by artificial intelligence.     “Our biggest problem is not money or infrastructure,” Kamara insists.  “It’s our mentality as human beings. What are we willing to do with the little we have, when no one is watching, when there’s no crowd to clap?” This, perhaps, is the paradox that defines him.  For over…