Introduction This blog post examines the five primary obstacles confronting Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and deployment in Africa. When training AI models, it is important to use data that is specific to the context in which the model will be used. AI models need context to understand data, just like humans do. This explains why […]
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Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world, and Africa could be an excellent beneficiary of this technology. AI is significantly relevant for Africa because it addresses some of the continent’s challenges, like poverty, infrastructural deficiency, and the banking industry. AI can help to develop or improve agricultural technologies to increase crop yields, soil fertility,
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Introduction Cybersecurity training is mandatory for all businesses and individuals. Small businesses in Africa must start investing in cybersecurity training and awareness for their employees. Recently, a friend invited me to give a talk about information/cyber security to small businesses in Cameroon. Cybersecurity remains a nascent idea amongst companies in Cameroon, and small businesses are
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In this article, you will discover 10+ free online courses from renowned US Universities to help African youths beat unemployment and work remotely. For example, Harvard is providing the following free online courses: Recently, Reno Omokri wrote a blog post advising Africans to reorientate their educational priorities from traditional university degree courses and focus
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Introduction It is essential to start by emphasizing that cybersecurity attacks include attacks on phones, computers, laptops, tablets, watches, and all other electronic devices that connect to the internet to function. Users should understand that in today’s world, where everything is connected to the internet because technology has become a mainstay in all our activities,
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Many people have lost their Facebook, Instagram, mobile money, Twitter, bank, etc accounts because they failed to take the necessary steps to manage their passwords. The following ways to manage and protect your passwords below provide an important guide everyone needs to take to protect their accounts and devices. Due to the nature of their
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Introduction Information technology training is mandatory for African youths to transform the continent. Although Africa’s youth represent the continent’s hope and future, the current training does not provide them with the required skills and tools to compete with the rest of the world. This raises the important question of advancing information technology training to empower
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Introduction The importance of cybersecurity for African journalists cannot be overemphasized since they stand a significant chance of suffering targeted cyberattacks. Consider Sandra, an African investigative journalist, who was on the verge of publishing an explosive report but suffered a cybersecurity issue. She noticed she could not access her files because they were encrypted and
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