Nigerian John Kamara Appointed As Director MIIA (Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa)

Nigerian Visionary together with Thought Leader, John Kamara, every bit a Director.

The Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) is a non-profit organisation founded past times MD Jacques Ludik inwards 2016 – the same yr inwards which he founded Cortex Logic. The mission of MIIA is to assist found together with foster telephone substitution relationships together with partnerships inside the Artificial Intelligence ‘Network of Excellence’ – thereby creating a strong, innovative

Machine Intelligence together with Data Science community together with dialogue inwards Africa.

MIIA is delighted to denote the engagement of John Kamara every bit its newest managing director – a Nigerian idea leader together with visionary, who volition assist promote the value of Machine Learning together with Data Science application inwards Africa. With vast sense inwards novel markets together with verticals across multiple sectors, he’s dubbed an practiced inwards diverse technological arenas, including e-commerce, cyberspace solutions, digital applications, together with fiscal payment solutions. He volition portion xx years’ leadership sense together with invaluable cognition on technologies, every bit good every bit marketplace entry together with start-up growth strategies – having worked amongst together with inside multiple companies together with industries, including applied scientific discipline together with gaming start-ups inwards Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, together with Africa.

Dr Jacques Ludik, Founder together with President of MIIA (Recipient of the AI Leader of the Year 2019 Award, every bit good every bit Founder, Group CEO together with Managing Director of Cortex Logic) said, “We are really pleased to possess got Mr Kamara bring together the MIIA squad at this critical fourth dimension inwards the ascent together with global awareness of the tech ecosystem inwards Africa. There’s withal therefore much piece of job to hold upwardly done, specially inwards the Data Science infinite – from teaching together with institutionalization, to the creation of leverage platforms inside the AI value chain. Mr Kamara volition serve every bit an invaluable add-on given his rails record, global experience, together with networks. He likewise contributes incredible cognition together with experience, which volition play a vital move inwards MIIAs ambitious plans to grow Machine Learning together with Data Science inwards Africa at a rapid together with exponential pace.”

Dr Ludik continued, “An enriching together with collaborative dialogue, inside the Artificial Intelligence ‘Network of Excellence’, is currently taking house together with edifice a enterprise foundation for the enquiry 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 arena. Africa tin genuinely do goodness from leveraging cutting-edge Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies together with connecting amongst like-minded individuals together with entities along the way.”

Dr Nick Bradshaw, Cortex Group CMO together with Director at MIIA added, “We, every bit a

community, require to collectively position gaps inwards the African AI Ecosystem inwards social club to do an AI pipeline for growth– all of which starts amongst creating platforms for sustainable relationships to hold upwardly developed betwixt academia, investment, government, entrepreneurs, together with other telephone substitution manufacture players. To this end, MIIA is non alone onboarding

industry experts to possess our global vision, only we’ve likewise of late launched www.AIAfrica.wiki – a comprehensive country-level review of Artificial Intelligence together with Machine Learning resources, people together with projects inwards Africa.”

Mr Kamara added, “ I am really pleased to bring together this remarkable establishment that is gear upwardly to integrate together with heighten Machine Learning together with Data Science inside the continent’s tech-space. These ii elements volition play a crucial move every bit an increase inwards Machine Learning usage, inwards multiple industries, volition human activity every bit a catalyst that volition force Data Science, increase relevance and, inwards parallel, heighten high-value predictions that tin guide improve decision-making together with smart actions inwards real-time, without human intervention – helping Africa solve around of its critical social together with economical problems.

I hold off forrad toserving every bit a duet inwards advising together with leveraging governments, higher learning institutions, businesses together with entrepreneurs inwards the investment, exercise together with application of Machine Learning together with Big Data inwards Africa.”

MIIA is currently on an active together with dedicated possess to access funding to propel its mission together with projects inwards back upwardly of Africa’s sustainable evolution goals together with to assist do the needed social economical affect on the continent.