The preparations for the successful hosting of this year’s Digital Africa Conference
& Exhibition billed for June 25-27, at the Baze University, Abuja Federal
Capital Territory, with leading technology firms and players already indicating
interest to be part of this annual technology show are on top gear, reports ITREALMS.
This year’s Digital
Africa Conference & Exhibition has as its theme: “Africa Tech
Renaissance: Preparing Africa for the Age of Abundance,” and promises
to capture the salient issues and the way forward to enjoying the Age of
Abundance in Africa.
With the Fourth
Industrial Revolution making a speedy entry into the globe via exponential
technologies such as Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data
& Analytics, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality (AR), Blockchain
technology, etc, the global economy is now at the mercy of these disruptive
technologies.
As technology is
changing every part of human life – jobs, relationships, economies, industries
and entire regions, it has been argued that Africa's greatest resource is its
people and they alone can determine the direction for Africa’s digital
revolution.
There is therefore,
the need for an Africa with clean water, nutritious food, affordable housing,
personalized education, top-tier medical care and non-polluting, ubiquitous
energy. The time is now ripe to position Africa for Abundance through
exponential change.
Speaking on the
choice of the theme for this year’s event, Chairman of Digital Africa Group,
Dr. Evans Woherem said “An Age of Abundance? Yes, it is coming, in fact, almost
here with us. It is being fuelled by the exponential technologies. With the
right type of decisions and actions by citizens, we can ensure that each of the
countries in Africa will benefit from this new age of abundance’’.
“Imagine a situation
where just by wearing a t-shirt in form of a technology tool, heartbeats are
measured, uploaded to the Cloud via Bluetooth, and algorithms process them to
accurately detect the irregular heartbeats.
“Imagine converting
wastes from the coffee industry into biofuels for heating buildings and
powering transportation or disrupting the air surrounding a fire and quenching
it eventually by the pressure waves of sound. These are some of the things
going to be prevalent in the Age of Abundance driven by technology.”
Dr. Woherem warned
that in getting ready for the Age of Abundance, Africa should avoid sitting idle
and letting the train of the new industrial revolution pass her by, insisting
that governments must take this challenge very seriously and do something with
a great sense of urgency.
“However, regardless
of what the government does or does not do, the challenge is on us all,
especially the youth to ensure that this new train of development does not pass
us by. I implore you all thus: arm yourselves with knowledge, start research
and projects in AI and other exponential technologies, even if it is from your
bedrooms or garages.
“We must not miss
this opportunity. If you don’t, especially if your children do not, they won’t
be economic active members of society. For the sake of your economic well-being
at least, do something, embrace these new technologies,” Woherem warned.
Picking out one of
the exponential technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Dr. Woherem said it
will be the key driving force behind the 4th Industrial Revolution, with the
global economic returns of the revolution expected to be in the region of US$16
trillion, adding that along with these returns, AI is also expected to create
2.3 million new jobs by 2020, going by Gartner’s prediction.
He said that Digital
Africa Conference & Exhibition was established some seven years ago to act
as advocates and active participants for the bridging of the gap between Africa
and the rest of the world in ICT.
So far, this year’s
edition of Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition has attracted the
endorsement of big industry regulators and players including the Federal Ministry
of Communications; the National Information Technology Development Agency
(NITDA); the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); and the Nigerian
Communication Satellite (NigComSat).
Others include MTN
Nigeria, Chams Plc, Chams Access, Interswitch, SystemSpecs, NIBSS, VDT
Communications, Zenith Bank, NIMC and the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC).
Uboshe Uboshe/Editor
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