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Video: How Rwanda is driving Ai revolution in Africa

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8 months ago

April 28, 2024

In this video, the Managing Director of Rwanda’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Crystal Rugege, speaks on the country’s frontier role in technological revolution through Artificial Intelligence.

In an interview with IMF-Africa, Rugege revealed that the country chose digital infrastructure as one of its areas of national focus given its difficult past that now required deliberate nation-building.

“What we have seen now in terms of Rwanda’s readiness for the AI revolution is the result of those investments. Now we have 97% broadband coverage, they have invested in attracting world-class institutions like universities offering AI master degrees, and they have deployed thousands of digital ambassadors to meet people at the bottom of the pyramid to share the basic digital literacy to participate in the Ai economy,” she said.

When the Rwandan government released the National Artificial Intelligence Policy for the Republic of Rwanda in 2023, it was meant to help the East African country use AI to its full potential while also reducing its risks. Using the goals of Vision 2050, the Smart Rwanda Master Plan, and other important national plans and policies as a foundation, it gives Rwanda the tools it needs to use AI for growth that benefits everyone.

She, however, admitted that Rwanda was far from perfection in its digital journey as the exercise was a “process”. She added that other African countries needed to unlock access to public data in a structured and protected manner to encourage young innovators in the digital space.

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Video: Nigeria’s Vice-President Shettima questions Badenoch’s migration stance

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2 weeks ago

December 10, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, lends his voice to the trending issue of migration in the global arena. Shettima addressed the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, stressing that even if she changed her first name, that would not change Nigeria’s position as “the greatest black nation on earth.”

Migrants are the source of life in all societies, Shetimma argued.

Since becoming the leader of the UK Conservative Party, Badenoch, who is of Nigerian descent, has pledged to enforce stricter immigration policies, warning that the current pace of migration risks were overwhelming public services and undermining social cohesion.

Over the last few decades, migration numbers in the UK have generally been comparable to those in other high-income nations. Addressing issues around migration has become a strong political and policy topic in the UK, with the previous administration under Rishi Sunak pushing for an unconventional approach to the matter by sending migrants to Rwanda, East Africa.

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#GhanaDecides : Ghana’s former VP Bawumia concedes defeat (Video)

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2 weeks ago

December 9, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, concedes defeat in the recently concluded presidential election.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have conceded defeat like any consummate Democrat would do. But we have not abandoned the fight to transform Ghana and expand opportunities to all sections of our society. We will not be a disruptive opposition.”

In Ghana, members of Parliament are chosen by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, but the president is chosen through a two-round process.

Former President John Mahama, the candidate of the National Democratic Congress, secured a majority in the first round, enough to be declared the president-elect.

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