In April 2019 , Group Chief Marketing Officer of the Cortex Group , Dr Nick Bradshaw , attend the initiatory Artificial Intelligence for Development ( AI4Dev ) workshop at Strathmore University in Nairobi , Kenya : Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development in Sub - Saharan Africa . This shop visit the pull together of 60 African and ball-shaped expert who discourse and shew the speedy step at which Artificial Intelligence is being uprise on the African celibate . A vivacious African AI Ecosystem is emerge from go-ahead such as the Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa ( MIIA ) , Deep Learning Indaba , African Institute for Mathematical Science ( AIMS ) , AI Expo Africa , Data Science Africa , Women+ in Machine Learning and Data Science ( WIMLDS ) , to figure a few – all of which draw a bead on to fortify Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Africa . Dr Nick Bradshaw say , “ This satisfy calculate to back and actuate the footstep at which Africa ’s AI Ecosystem is develop . This emerging ‘ meshwork of excellence ’ of Machine Learning and AI practician and research worker is establish a collaborative roadmap for AI Development in Africa . The three - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. shop focalize on three vital arena , being ( 1 ) insurance policy and regularisation , ( 2 ) acquirement and mental ability progress , and ( 3 ) the coating of AI in Africa . It attend as a in truth mix consequence where Africa ’s key retrieve leader and establishment , repel the AI Agenda in Africa , assemble and commute musical theme on local natural action for comprehend and employ AI for societal and economical welfare . ” From the various range of mentation verbalize during the shop , all nemine contradicente tally that , first , diversity via inclusivity of traditionally marginalize community must be prioritize within Africa ’s emergent AI ecosystem . secondly , there ’s also a need to lead the AI Network of Excellence conversation to Francophone and Portuguese - verbalize body politic on the African Continent . lastly , apprehension the contextual difference of opinion in Kenya , Nigeria and South Africa , More and so in identify where AI is allay a alien construct , will too give up for trim and place scheme and interlocking to be highly-developed and deploy . Dr Jacques Ludik , receiver of the AI Leader of the Year 2019 Award and Founder , Group CEO and Managing Director of Cortex Logic , pronounce , “ Africa can truly gain from leveraging clipping - butt Fourth Industrial Revolution engineering science and get in touch with care - beware someone and entity along the elbow room . We , as a community of interests , pauperism to describe break in the Ecosystem in regularize to create an AI pipeline for outgrowth – all of which set forth with create political program for sustainable kinship to be recrudesce between academia , investment , governance , entrepreneur , and former key fruit diligence actor . ” Dr Ludik bear on , “ The mission of MIIA is to facilitate give and nurture these human relationship , thereby produce a strong , advanced Machine Intelligence and Data Science community in Africa . We privation to aid transubstantiate Africa and form the ecosystem , by bring in together and network with the critical sight of resource , by promote and sponsor central determine bodily process , axerophthol easily as through the beef up of scientific and technological excellence , mentor and collaboration on the Continent . To this stop , MIIA has late launch AIAfrica.wiki , which function as a comprehensive res publica - level off limited review of AI and Machine Learning resourcefulness , stakeholder and externalize in Africa . ” The enrich and collaborative talks , presently hold rank , is construct a solidness understructure for the inquiry and instauration agendum in Africa . progression on this docket will count on the corporate soundness and fulfil of multiple stakeholder within the AI Network to perfect and patronize this vision . We will cover to prosecute with mate and key industry role player to serve material body the African AI ecosystem .
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Cortex Logic is an African Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) software system and root party that serve concern boom in the Smart Technology Era . We leave an AI Engine for Business that puzzle out strategic and operationally relevant trouble by leveraging Data Science , internet of affair ( IoT ) and Big Data & Analytics . We service program line and corporates operationalise very - existence AI by unlock the respect from all uncommitted integrated and amorphous data point – in analog , supporting business concern through the interchange computer program to render the ill-treat interchange and business organization reward AI - establish applied science extend . We turn in all Major commercialize section with node in banking , indemnity , healthcare , minelaying , fabricate , retail and telecommunication . link : Lauren@tishalacommunications.com / 067 283 6364
