The recent surge of ML research in various parts of Africa is awesome. But from what I've seen (including this article), it is not much of an A.I. industry yet

The recent surge of ML research in various parts of Africa is awesome. But from what I've seen (including this article), it is not much of an A.I. industry yet -- most activity is in research with an academic focus. (So, no wonder it looks different from Silicon valley.) Hopefully this helps solve the chicken-and-egg problem needed to get industry going.