AI Startups Mapping in Africa

(ii) Geographical Distribution of Responses During the data collection only twenty-nine (29) countries participated in the primary data collection as detailed in Figure 5, however the finding from the remaining twenty-five 25 countries were found from the literature whose results have been included in the findings of this report.

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Responses from 29 Countries

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Tanzania Kenya South Africa

Sierra Leone Cameroun Namibia Sao Tome Principe

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Uganda Nigeria Zambia Rwanda Egypt Senegal

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Tunisia Malawi Togo Algeria South Sudan Democratic Republic of Congo Eswatini Mozambique

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Zimbabwe Botswana Central African Republic Guinea Morocco Ghana

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Ethiopia Gambia

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Figure 5: Description of Geographical Distribution of Responses

(iii) Sectoral Distribution of Responses According to the results, most startups utilize AI primarily in Healthcare, followed by Finance, Agriculture, and Education. Similarly, in Academia, many AI innovations focus on addressing is- sues in Healthcare, with Agriculture and Education also being significant areas of application as detailed in Figure 6.

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Healthcare Finance Agriculture Education Manufacturing Marketing

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Research Institutions

Startups

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Figure 6: Description of Sectoral Distribution of Responses.

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