
Colleagues use AI in the workplace /AI ILLUSTRATION
The recent release of DeepSeek, an open-source large language model developed in China, has sparked global interest not just for its technological sophistication, but also for what it represents: the accelerating democratisation of Artificial Intelligence.
For Africa, a continent often seen as a late adopter in the tech space, DeepSeek and its peers offer a unique window to leapfrog into the AI era not as passive consumers, but as active developers and shapers of this transformative technology.