AFD Launches AI Investment Index for Global South as Africa Seeks Bigger Role in AI
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Updated · afd.fr · Jul 21
AFD Launches AI Investment Index for Global South as Africa Seeks Bigger Role in AI
2 articles · Updated · afd.fr · Jul 21
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AFD has created the AI Investment Potential Index to help public and private investors gauge which Global South countries can attract AI capital.
The index is meant to narrow technology-readiness gaps by giving investors a tool to direct the substantial funding needed for AI ecosystems.
AFD tied the launch to broader work on AI governance, citing two supported studies ahead of the AI for Good Summit on models that more fully include Africa and other Global South countries.
Across Africa, the agency says AI is already being applied in health, education and agriculture, framing the continent as an active participant in the next phase of AI development.