The continued spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has laid bare the apparent infrastructural frailties in most African...
Artificial Intelligence
The simulation of human intelligence in machines enabling them to perform tasks associated with intelligent beings like speech recognition, learning, planning, e.t.c. is artificial intelligence (AI). We can attest to the benefits and how interesting some of the most popular AI innovations are like Siri, Alexa, Tesla, e.t.c.
Alliance4ai wants to increase AI adoption levels in Africa to meet global standards
Globally, the rate of innovation is increasing rapidly, and every day new technologies such as artificial...
Nigeria may not be ready to include robotics and artificial intelligence in its secondary school curriculum
It was recently gathered that the federal ministry of education has plans to include robotics and artificial...
How a team of AI experts is trying to solve access to Nigeria’s legislative bills
Getting access to parliamentary bills in Nigeria is no easy task. It is usually the responsibility of the Nigerian...
3 ways to get that “AI Magic” in Africa, according to Google software engineers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the official buzzwords for technology in the 4th Industrial Revolution...
How Google is driving artificial intelligence for Africa by Africans
Over the years, artificial intelligence has gone way past the impression of robots in science fiction movies and...
Nigerian deep tech startup, RxAll is looking to squash the $30 billion global fake drug industry
Fifteen years ago, a young Nigerian boy, Adebayo Alonge slept and did not wake up the next day after taking drugs...
This African nonprofit may have cracked the code for effectively bringing world-class AI knowledge to Africans
On Wednesday 20th of February 2019, Data Science Nigeria(DSN) unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge...
With 700 already in one year, Curators University is training an army of Nigerian data scientists and AI experts
Africa largely missed out on the first 3 industrial revolutions. The 4th is sweeping the globe characterised by new...
Harnessing AI to foster knowledge societies: The case of access to information and knowledge
Broadly speaking, technology, and in particular the internet has greatly improved how we access information as well...
CTO of Kaduna-based CoLab is Google’s first certified Machine Learning Expert in Sub-Saharan Africa
On the 13th of August 2018, Robert John Thas was certified a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning. This makes...
Google announces its first AI research centre in Africa
Google announced yesterday that it will be launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) research centre in Africa, which...
This is Nigeria’s first ever Artificial Intelligence hub
On Friday, the academia alongside experts from different sectors in Nigeria, including the tech community gathered at...
Robots and Artificial Intelligence will take your job
Since the first industrial revolution, there has been a recurrent fear that technology advancements will displace...
Union Bank launches robotics technology to automate banking processes
At a media launch yesterday, Union Bank of Nigeria announced its Robotics Process Automation (RPA) technology. RPA is...
Experts answer 9 questions on the state of Artificial Intelligence in Nigeria
Growing up, I was fascinated by Michael Lee Baron’s I Robot (2004) and it informed my acquaintance with Artificial...
Why more Africans should care about Machine Learning
Photo Credit: brianjmatis Flickr via Compfight cc Machine learning sounds like the stuff sci-fi movies are made of,...
Kudi AI is putting a human feel to online payments in Nigeria
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Kudi AI is putting a human feel to online payments in Nigeria
Editor’s note: This article was repurposed from Consumer, our consumer-focused child platform. Visit...
How companies can shape the narrative for tech-enabled mobility in Africa
Team Chemotronix, 2 others win $2,500 cash prize at TABS Web3 Hackathon
SEC regulations: Nigeria Crypto exchange CEOs to retire after 10 years
Analysing 2 major allegations against Olugbenga Agboola
Investors on high alert as Y Combinator shows more interest in East and North Africa
Nigeria has a new data protection enforcing body; here’s why you should care
How no-code tools helped two UNILAG graduates build omni-channel messaging platform, Ozi
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