Sama has announced plans to hire and train 2000 youth and women to work on progressive AI projects outsourced to them by Fortune 500 companies, in an effort to bridge the digital divide and position Kenya as an ideal investment destination for global AI value chain players. The 2,000 new Sama employees will be trained in computer vision and data labelling services, a field in high demand by AI developers and Machine Learning (ML) engineers globally. This initiative is part of Sama’s mission to expand opportunities for the underserved through the digital economy in Kenya and Uganda. Recent research by the McKinsey Global Institute on generative AI and productivity suggests that the AI value chain has the potential to generate value equivalent to $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion in global corporate profits annually.
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