MAKERERE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES SHS 5.5B GRANT FOR AI RESEARCH

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Makerere University receives shs 5.5Bn grant for AI research
Makerere University's Artificial Intelligence lab has received 1.5 million USD which is about 5.5 billion shillings in grant funding, and additional support from Google’s philanthropic arm to further research on automated disease microscopy using artificial intelligence. This aims to make diagnosis of health conditions easier and potentially reduce screening time by over 80 percent.

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