We are excited to announce that AI Saturdays Uyo and Port Harcourt, Tanzania AI lab and the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST AI Community) will be joining the Alliance4ai FutureMakers Academy
With our Alliance4ai founder series, we interview inspiring African founders using AI and disruptive technologies to expand their societies’ realm of possibilities. We are quickly finding that readers are seeing examples of people like them succeeding at a top field like AI and better visualizing how they can make it too. In this episode, we …
There has been a considerable amount of movement in the startup ecosystem in the African continent the past few years. More solutions are coming up with more creativity and disruptive edge. Just like the first world countries, African youths are also tapping into Artificial Intelligence to make their products more efficient in terms of time, …
Creative minds across Africa have displayed great ingenuity to develop tailored affordable and accessible solutions to support responses from their countries. We publish this eBook call out top solutions that fit into our 4-key framework.
On Friday March 13, 2020, we organized a clinic for startups in Lagos, bringing six global experts of African origin to answer startup questions and provide information on impactful resources.
2500 students from 70 universities in 17 African countries gathered to hack out solutions with AI in the UmojaHack organized by Zindi. This event was sponsored by Microsoft, African Bank, Google Research, Liquid Telecom, Instadeep, the Field Institute and our group, Alliance4ai.
Explore highlights of how together we drove Africa AI to greater levels in 2019 Hello esteemed reader, Thank you for being part of our Alliance4ai community in 2019. This year, we hit many key milestones and drove Africa AI to greater levels. Through our work with partners, thousands were trained, hundreds got local, remote and …
By Alexander Tsado “Africa’s young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed.” -Winnie Byanyima Today is un-arguably the best era in Africa’s recent history with her vibrant, youthful population. Africa has the youngest population in the world, home to 19% (about 231million) of its youth. This is set to reach …
Key takeaways – Regardless of power, broadband and talent challenges, Africa is taking more part in the fourth industrial revolution than the three revolutions before it – It is necessary for Africa to participate and have some control if it doesn’t want to lose its businesses, jobs, and access to the products of the future …
Stanford Panel: Africa and it’s part in the world’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Read More »
In the sixties, Philip Emeagwali grew up in a civil war-torn Nigeria but found the curiosity, resourcefulness and tenacity to obtain two master’s degrees in mathematics and civil engineering despite incredible odds. Inspired by a 1922 science fiction novel, Emeagwali disproved naysayers and accessed the Los Alamos National Laboratory to remotely program 65,536 processors to perform 3.1 …
AI Transformation in Africa: Are you paying attention? Read More »
