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Safaricom, NGO launch AI product for small-scale farmers

Safaricom chief executive Peter Ndegwa. [File, Standard]

Safaricom and a global NGO, Opportunity International, have launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot aimed at providing real-time, farming best practices to smallholders in underserved communities.

With an initial pilot running until August-aligned with the potato crop cycle-the project aims to enroll up to 1,000 farmers across key regions in Kenya by year's end.

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