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Tanzanian Information and Communication Technologies Commission (ICTC) announced that the country is ready to deploy Artificial intelligence (IA) while allaying fear among Tanzanians that the technology would not replace human labour but increase productivity.
ICTC Director-General, Dr Nkundwe Mwasaga announced this recently at the Tanzania Employers Association (ATE)’s Annual General Meeting held in Dar es Salaam when making his presentation on ‘Tanzania’s readiness to adopt the IA and the future of jobs’. AI has not come to kill jobs, but it will change the way of working and thus increase productivity, he asserted. AI technology will change the way that people work, so Tanzanians should develop their skills and learn new areas that come with this technology.
Dr Mwasaga said Tanzania is gearing up to honour Africa’s brightest young minds in artificial intelligence and robotics competition for the first time in October this year. The competition, which is supported by the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AU-NEPAD) in collaboration with the ElevateAI Institute, has been instrumental in shaping a strategy to promote the responsible use of AI across the continent. With a prize pool of 100,000 US dollars (more than 250m/-) the competition aims to cultivate emerging talent and create a platform for young African minds passionate about AI and robotics.
Emphasizing the significance of AI, Dr Mwasaga applauded public institutions that have embarked on the use of emerging technologies, citing an example of the High Court of Tanzania which has begun using AI to conduct and coordinate proceedings in various courts in the country, a move that will expedite the delivery of justice. Chief Court Administrator, Professor Elisante Ole Gabriel reaffirmed the court’s commitment to integrating technology into its operations. According to Prof. Gabriel by 2025, all of the court’s work will be done online.
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High Court of Tanzania has become the first institution to use the AI technology, thus proceedings that judges used to write 200 pages now they will only talk and once they finish to speak they press a button and it starts translating into different languages, so the work of Magistrates and Judges will be only small in making decisions. AI technology has commenced in several courts in the country as a pilot project, including the High Court of Tanzania, one stop center for probate and family matters- Temeke among others.
