We’re additionally engaged on making use of Google Translate to extra languages in Africa. Earlier this month, Google introduced it’s including 24 new languages to Google Translate, 10 of that are African languages. This may assist extra folks on the continent entry extra of the web and use it to its full potential.
Increasing our dedication
Final week, we made a number of thrilling bulletins geared toward increasing our commitments. We inaugurated our new workplace in Ghana, which is able to enable us to develop our in-country staff. We’re accelerating our progress in Accra and are increasing our Analysis AI residency program, which is designed to leap begin analysis careers. We additionally underlined our dedication to rising our presence within the ecosystem via making our web site a group hub for in-person engagements with the group. Final week we hosted our first group workshop within the subject of NLP and African languages and a panel with Ghanaian entrepreneurs engaged on sustainable growth targets.
Along with the brand new workplace, we’ve additionally made a number of investments geared toward rising analysis expertise in Africa. We introduced Technology Google Scholarships in 2022 for feminine pc science college students and college students in associated technical fields at universities in Africa and final week we hosted younger college students as a part of our international Thoughts the Hole program of encouraging college students in the direction of science and know-how.
Again in 2018, I visited Rwanda for the launch of the African Grasp’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) program on the African Institute for Maths and Sciences (AIMS), with assist from Google as one of many founding companions. AMMI is a one-year program which has efficiently been run in Rwanda, Senegal and Ghana, and with graduates taking over continued graduate research or taking positions within the business, together with at our Analysis Heart in Accra. We’re joyful to proceed our funding assist.
Final week we introduced signing the primary Grasp Sponsored Analysis Agreements in Africa, with Kwame Nkrumah College in Ghana (KNUST) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Ghana (AIMS) to allow analysis and management sponsored applications growing younger tech-talent in Africa. I additionally bought to go to the AIMS Ghana Campus in addition to College of Ghana, assembly school and college students, the place as soon as once more I used to be reminded of the nice expertise and potential that exists in Africa.
Within the decade-plus that Google has had a presence in Africa, we’ve witnessed first-hand the unimaginable potential for what folks can do with the web and know-how. AI is undoubtedly the following frontier of that relationship and we’re excited to play an ongoing position in its African progress journey.
Posted by Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering & Analysis
