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Young female African innovates facial recognition technology and bags Royal Academy prize

Young female African innovates facial recognition technology and bags Royal Academy prize

ZEENAT HANSROD with RFI A 26-year-old Ivorian tech entrepreneur won the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious 2020 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Charlette N’Guessan and her team developed a facial recognition software designed to identify black Africans.ADVERTISING Charlette N’Guessan - the CEO of her own company, BACE group, based in Ghana - is the first ever woman to win the Africa Prize. The 26-year-old N’Guessan and her “Pan African team” developed BACE API, a software that uses facial recognition and artificial intelligence to verify identities remotely and in real time. The software has been developed specifically to identify Africans.…
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