Tech Giant, Google has made public its decision to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Centre in Africa,  precisely Ghana.

According to Google, the research centre,  will be opened at Accra, hopefully this year.

The company said, it will bring together top machine learning researchers and engineers in the new centre dedicated to AI research.

It stated that they will collaborate with local universities, research centres and policy makers on the potential usage of AI in Africa.

Google has AI software products like Google Photos, Google Assistant, Google Camera inside the Pixel and so many more.

Google AI deals with artificial intelligence research that can advance the status quo and be applied to products.

They have research centres around the world and and the next in the pipeline will be in Ghana.

The new centre now joins the other AI research locations such as Beijing, Paris, Zurich, Seatle, Boston, and New York.

Google however mentioned that, it is  offering positions up on their site as either a Research Scientist or a Software Engineer.

Report by: Stephanie Horsu