This article has been supplied and will be available for a limited time only on this website. By: Karl Fischer - CTO at Obsidian Systems
Africa’s AI journey has changed sharply over the past two years. The clearest sign is financial. Organisations are now setting aside real budgets for AI rather than treating it as a side experiment.
Early adoption often started with inexpensive tools or small proofs of concept. As usage spread into daily work, the costs became harder to ignore. Licences, cloud consumption, integration work, governance, and internal support all require funding.
Leaders are now asking where AI can deliver useful results and how to keep spending predictable as adoption expands. That is a healthier discussion than chasing every new model because it brings AI into the same commercial discipline as any other enterprise technology.
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