Naspers to invest in machine learning as Prosus listing approved - TechCentral

Naspers is looking to invest in machine learning as Africa's largest company seeks to expand following an Amsterdam listing of assets including a stake in Tencent Holdings. The South African Internet and technology group spent about US$3-billion on its various ventures around the world last year, including Indian food-delivery service Swiggy and Russian classifieds site Avito. Machine learning -- a subset of artificial intelligence -- is another area of interest, as is online education, executives said on Friday. "We are interested in investing in machine learning," CEO Bob van Dijk told shareholders at the AGM in Cape Town. "The amount of data is exploding -- last year we collected more data in the world than ever before."