Good People, a really major event took place in Nigeria last month. Data Science Nigeria opened Nigeria’s first AI dedicated hub. As I wrote in Harvard Business Review a few months ago, Africa’s industrialization, banked on outsourcing from America and West Europe, cannot happen by merely disintermediating China with cheaper labour, because most of the things China does today would be done by robots and AI. In other words, Americans and Europeans will not even outsource those activities because they would be done in their lands by robots/AI.
So, for Africa to industrialize, it has to compete on building the infrastructures of the future. Part of that is developing capabilities in AI and robotics. The AI Hub by DSN under the leadership of a man I have called Africa’s First Apostle of AI – Bayo (Olubayo) Adekanmbi – presents an ecosystem for our young people to participate in the creative level of this redesign.
This Hub located at 33 Queens Street, Yaba, Lagos, is a first-of-its-kind effort to support innovation development, supported by advanced AI working tools, daily academic classes, expert mentors, access to funds, and industry partnership. I will be expecting to write cheques to young people coming out of this Hub. My hobby these days is to write cheques to young innovators. Tekedia Capital makes friends with innovators.
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The centre will focus on cutting edge applications of Artificial Intelligence and Digital technologies in EdTech, FinTech, AgriTech and MedTech. The center is supported with research robots, donated by the University College, London, United Kingdom. It has a 100-seat class for free daily AI classes, a well-stocked library of recent AI books and a dedicated workspace for 50 professionals/researchers.
I want to wish Bayo, the DSN team and volunteers an amazing future on this mission. Africa appreciates the efforts by DSN to get this to the nation.
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