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How Artificial Intelligence Affects The Financial Sector In Africa

inance is a crucial change agent in society, government, and technology. The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering the financial world. AI is a form of technology that confers intelligence on machines. In my 2013 book, , I demonstrated how AI could forecast economic indicators, predict stock prices in stock exchanges, perform credit scoring in banks, and model complex financial instruments such as options, futures, and derivatives. In our 2017 book, , Evan

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