How AI, human collaboration will drive financial inclusion in Nigeria- Experts
Post AMUGE
April 21, 2025
Joy Agwunobi As Nigeria strives to improve its financial services sector, experts have highlighted the critical need for artificial intelligence (AI) to be integrated with human touch to achieve true financial inclusion. While AI holds great promise in revolutionising various industries, including finance, industry experts have emphasised that its effective deployment must involve a deep […]
Google seeks next wave of African innovators for 2025 Accelerator programme
Post AMUGEApril 17, 2025
Business a.m. Google has opened applications for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme, a three-month initiative designed to support early-stage startups using artificial intelligence to address Africa’s most pressing challenges. The development comes amid reports showing that across the continent, startups are demonstrating how local innovation can solve deeply rooted problems. A notable […]
Voices Unheard: AI revolution is leaving 2,000 African languages behind
Post AMUGEApril 7, 2025
Joy Agwunobi Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of revolutionising key sectors such as education, healthcare, and access to justice. However, its benefits remain unevenly distributed, as linguistic underrepresentation, infrastructure deficits, and biased algorithms risk exacerbating existing inequalities, leaving marginalised communities behind. These concerns were central to discussions at the Global AI Summit on Africa, […]
AI becomes Nigerian students’ go-to academic companion
Post AMUGEFebruary 10, 2025
Joy Agwunobi A handful of Nigerian students can still remember the days when searching for information meant flipping through pages of bulky textbooks or spending hours in libraries. But today, with just a few keystrokes, they can generate detailed explanations, summarise lengthy documents, and even refine their writing through Artificial Intelligence (AI). While some professionals […]
Expert Insights: Navigating job security as AI transforms workplace
Post AMUGEFebruary 3, 2025
Joy Agwunobi For centuries, human labour has been the backbone of economies worldwide, driving growth from agriculture to manufacturing and, more recently, digital innovation. However, a deep sense of uncertainty is now gripping professionals across industries as technological advancements, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), continue to alter the workplace. The fear is undeniable as machines are […]
AI’s impact on global labour market- GLRI insight
Post AMUGEJanuary 25, 2025
Joy Agwunobi As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine industries and reshape economies, the recently unveiled 9th edition of the Global Labour Resilience Index (GLRI) has brought to light the opportunities and challenges at the intersection of AI and labour markets. The report published by Whiteshield, a global public policy and AI economics firm, in […]
Artificial Intelligence adoption booming among Nigerian online users- Report
Post AMUGEJanuary 20, 2025
Onome Amuge The Nigerian online population has shown a high level of engagement with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, with 70 percent of respondents indicating that they have used generative AI within the past year, according to a recent global survey jointly conducted by Ipsos and Google. The study, titled: “Our Life with AI: From Innovation […]
UN calls for urgent global action to regulate AI’s rapid growth
Post AMUGEDecember 23, 2024
Joy Agwunobi As the world moves toward an era defined by artificial intelligence (AI), the technology’s rapid evolution has triggered a pressing need for global regulations to safeguard humanity’s future. From reshaping industries to transforming warfare, its unprecedented capabilities are outpacing efforts to establish guardrails, raising critical concerns about safety, ethics, and accountability. At the […]
Africa’s AI Transformation: Unlocking Potential and Driving Progress
Post AMUGENovember 6, 2024
Matt Brittin, president of Google Europe, the Middle East and Africa AI has the potential to drive progress and prosperity across the world. But nowhere is this more apparent than on the African continent. The next decade is set to be Africa’s digital decade – with emerging technologies like AI and the Cloud set to […]
AI-driven revolution to lift global banking revenue $301bn by 2030- Report
Post AMUGESeptember 17, 2024
Joy Agwunobi Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as the game-changer in the banking industry, poised to revolutionise customer interactions, backend processes, and ultimately the bottom line. In a recent report by Stocklytics.com, AI is projected to add $301 billion to global banking revenues by 2030, spotlighting its critical role in shaping the financial services sector. […]