As advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are being used globally in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, we look at some lessons that could put African countries at the forefront of t…
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Alliance4ai wants to increase AI adoption levels in Africa to meet global standards
From governments, companies, and NGOs, to innovators and places of learning, Alliance4ai, a community for African innovators, wants to tackle the continent’s problems by boosting AI adoption levels on…
Nigeria may not be ready to include robotics and artificial intelligence in its secondary school curriculum
The Nigerian federal government plans to introduce robotics and artificial intelligence into the secondary education curriculum, but some factors are clearly lacking. What’s your take on this ambition…
How a team of AI experts is trying to solve access to Nigeria’s legislative bills
Accessing reliable and complete government documents like parliamentary bills in Nigeria comes with major challenges. Thankfully, some proactive AI experts are taking on this challenge on the local an…
3 ways to get that “AI Magic” in Africa, according to Google software engineers
We talked to a team of Google software engineers from California about the potential of Artificial Intelligence in Africa. Here are 3 valuable insights we gained…
How Google is driving artificial intelligence for Africa by Africans
The Google AI Accra Centre has launched and it is run by Africans for Africa…
Nigerian deep tech startup, RxAll is looking to squash the $30 billion global fake drug industry
This Nigerian deep tech solution is looking to eliminate the global fake drugs scourge…
This African nonprofit may have cracked the code for effectively bringing world-class AI knowledge to Africans
Data Science Nigeria wants to democratise artificial intelligence knowledge for Africans…
With 700 already in one year, Curators University is training an army of Nigerian data scientists and AI experts
Akure in Ondo State, Nigeria is home to Curators University; an organisation working to plug Africa’s skills gap in new technologies of the 4th industrial revolution.…
Harnessing AI to foster knowledge societies: The case of access to information and knowledge
Guest Contributor, Victor Akinwande, helps us take a step back to highlight the current state of the digital divide and how we can use Artificial Intelligence to influence the future of access to info…
CTO of Kaduna-based CoLab is Google’s first certified Machine Learning Expert in Sub-Saharan Africa
Meet Google’s first machine learning expert from Sub-Saharan Africa. And learn why machine learning is important for Africa.…
Google announces its first AI research centre in Africa
Google announced yesterday that it will be launching an AI research centre in Africa, which will open later this year in Accra, Ghana.…
This is Nigeria’s first ever Artificial Intelligence hub
Mr Bayo Adekanmbi explains that the focus of the hub is to impact on the student, bringing the best of the industry knowledge that is available to support them.…
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 a robotics system that uses software to automate consistently routine financial a…
Robots and Artificial Intelligence will take your job
As technology evolves rapidly, many jobs will be automated, leading to the loss of millions of jobs around the world. This ignites fear among many people and has them worrying whether or not robots wi…
Experts answer 9 questions on the state of Artificial Intelligence in Nigeria
If you’ve ever wondered why Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn’t popular in Nigeria, here are 9 questions that can help you clarify things on AI…
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, but it is much closer to home than you think. In fact, you interact with it everyday…
Kudi AI is putting a human feel to online payments in Nigeria
Kudi is changing the status quo by utilising machine learning to change the way people make payments online…