Over the past few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gradually become a part of everyday life in Kenya, as a means for research and even for economic opportunities.
As the country continues embracing AI, two young innovators have come together to leave their mark by developing an AI platform that can be accessed without internet connectivity.
The duo, Morgan Gicheha and Paul Theceri, has developed the AI platform known as Rurallink AI, which is an AI-driven solution to the lack of or poor internet connectivity, which can be accessed on all phones, whether they are smartphones or feature phones locally known as Kabambe, through the Short Messaging Services (SMS).
Speaking to KNA, Rurallink AI Founder, Gicheha said the platform enables users to access the power of AI through SMS as it runs without any internet connection. "This service runs on all devices that can send an SMS message regardless of the type of device; it can run on both the latest smartphone and the oldest feature phone," he said.
