Cortex Logic Helps Build African Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem
Cortex Logic is an African Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software together with Solutions society that helps businesses thrive inwards the Smart Technology Era. We travel across multiple work organisation together with manufacture domains seeking to augment together with automate legacy processes, ultimately transforming them into intelligent systems, using the Cortex Logic AI Engine. We leverage a unique AI Engine for Business that solves strategic together with operationally relevant problems past times unlocking the value offered past times the quaternary Industrial Revolution together with past times mobilizing Data Science, Internet of Things (IoT), every bit good every bit Big Data together with Analytics.
In Apr 2019, Group Chief Marketing Officer of the Cortex Group, Dr Nick Bradshaw, attended the initiatory Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4Dev) workshop at Strathmore University inwards Nairobi, Kenya: Toward a Network of Excellence inwards Artificial Intelligence for Development inwards Sub-Saharan Africa.
This workshop saw the gathering of lx African together with global experts who discussed together with demonstrated the rapid stride at which Artificial Intelligence is beingness developed on the African continent. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 vibrant African AI Ecosystem is emerging from initiatives such every bit the Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA), Deep Learning Indaba, African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS), AI Expo Africa, Data Science Africa, Women+ inwards Machine Learning together with Data Science (WIMLDS), to mention a few – all of which aim to strengthen Machine Learning together with Artificial Intelligence inwards Africa.
Dr Nick Bradshaw stated, “This coming together aimed to back upward together with propel the stride at which Africa’s AI Ecosystem is evolving. This emerging ‘network of excellence’ of Machine Learning together with AI practitioners together with researchers is edifice a collaborative roadmap for AI Development inwards Africa. The three-day workshop focused on 3 critical areas, beingness (1) policy together with regulations, (2) skills together with capacity building, together with (3) the application of AI inwards Africa. It served every bit a genuinely integrated termination where Africa’s telephone commutation thought leaders together with organizations, driving the AI Agenda inwards Africa, met together with exchanged ideas on local actions for embracing together with applying AI for social together with economical benefit.”
From the various make of thoughts expressed during the workshop, all unanimously agreed that, firstly, diverseness via inclusivity of traditionally marginalized communities must travel prioritized inside Africa’s emerging AI Ecosystem. Secondly, there’s besides a take away to extend the AI Network of Excellence conversation to Francophone together with Portuguese-speaking countries on the African continent. Lastly, agreement the contextual differences inwards Kenya, Nigeria together with South Africa, to a greater extent than hence inwards places where AI is withal a unusual concept, volition besides permit for tailored together with localized strategies together with appointment to travel developed together with deployed.
Dr Jacques Ludik, recipient of the AI Leader of the Year 2019 Award together with Founder, Group CEO together with Managing Director of Cortex Logic, said, “Africa tin dismiss genuinely practice goodness from leveraging cutting-edge Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies together with connecting alongside like-minded individuals together with entities along the way. We, every bit a community, take away to position gaps inwards the Ecosystem inwards lodge to practice an AI pipeline for increment – all of which starts alongside creating platforms for sustainable relationships to travel developed betwixt academia, investment, government, entrepreneurs, together with other telephone commutation manufacture players.”
Dr Ludik continued, “The mission of MIIA is to assist flora together with foster these relationships, thereby creating a strong, innovative Machine Intelligence together with Data Science community inwards Africa. We desire to assist transform Africa together with shape the Ecosystem, past times bringing together together with networking alongside the critical majority of resources, past times promoting together with sponsoring telephone commutation learning activities, every bit good every bit through the strengthening of scientific together with technological excellence, mentoring together with collaboration on the continent. To this end, MIIA has of late launched AIAfrica.wiki, which serves every bit a comprehensive country-level review of AI together with Machine Learning resources, stakeholders together with projects inwards Africa.”
The enriching together with collaborative dialogue, currently taking place, is edifice a company foundation for the inquiry together with conception agenda inwards Africa. Progress on this agenda volition depend on the collective wisdom together with activity of multiple stakeholders inside the AI Network to hone together with back upward this vision. We volition hold to engage alongside partners together with telephone commutation manufacture players to assist shape the African AI Ecosystem.
About Cortex Logic
Cortex Logic is an African Artificial Intelligence (AI) software together with solutions society that helps businesses thrive inwards the Smart Technology Era. We render an AI Engine for Business that solves strategic together with operationally relevant problems past times leveraging Data Science, Internet of Things (IoT) together with Big Data & Analytics. We assist platform businesses together with corporates operationalise real-world AI past times unlocking the value from all available structured together with unstructured information – inwards parallel, supporting businesses through the alter programme to deliver the measuring alter together with work organisation payoff AI-based technologies offer. We travel inwards all major marketplace position segments alongside clients inwards banking, insurance, healthcare, mining, manufacturing, retail together with telecoms.
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