In this video, an inspiring Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, who is of Nigerian descent, speaks at the university’s College of Engineering convocation as she becomes the First Black Woman to bag a PhD in Robotics at the University of Michigan in the United States

Dosumu-Ogunbi, who is a daughter of Nigerian immigrants, expressed her desire to be recognized as the inaugural African American female recipient of a Robotics PhD from the University of Michigan. Furthermore, she aspires to leverage her technical expertise to enhance the well-being of people.

“I do not stand here on my own two feet alone. None of us got here by our merit alone, whether it be teacher, friends, family, mentors, or role models, we each have one or multiple people to whom we are grateful for making this moment possible,” She said.

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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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