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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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