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The Nigerian government has announced plans to work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for use in Africa’s largest economy of 195 million people.
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu this week in Abuja said contributions from UAE will fast track development of AI in the country. He spoke while welcoming the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Obaid Mohamed to his office, News Agency of Nigeria reported.
Artificial Intelligence is a branch of computer science that deals with the simulation of intelligent behaviour in computers. It is the ability of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings,
The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems with the ability to reason and discover meaning among others.
Onu said that developing IA in the country would make Nigeria to take its rightful place among the comity of nations.
Mohamed expressed the willingness of the UAE to collaborate with Nigeria as the oil rich country had long established a strong focus on AI and other fields in the computing industry.
The UAE is the host to the annual Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), touted as the 3rd largest technology event in the world. GITEX 2018 just ended with Nigeria participating alongside other 140 countries. One of the chief themes of GITEX 2018 is AI and its application across broad sectors.
