AI Ethics in Africa: Issues, Principles, and Practice

In recent years, much of the literature on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics has focused mainly on Western ethical perspectives, making the discourse largely one-sided. This edited volume not only interrogates AI ethics, but also emphasizes the importance of African moral values in formulating novel principles for developing ethically permissible AI. This principle-oriented approach is complemented by a practical approach that considers the deployment, implementation, and governance dimensions as central to realizing ethically permissible AI and its application in Africa.