GITEX AFRICA 2024’s AI Everything Expo draws global attention to the continent’s burgeoning AI phenomenon, estimated at $17 billion.
Marrakech, Morocco: The AI craze transforming businesses, governments and society globally is also sparking waves of innovation across Africa, with the existential prospects of this shape-shifting technology fueling a wave of transcontinental investments at GITEX AFRICA’s AI Everything Expo in Morocco next time. month.
Africa’s epic AI opportunity is already disrupting digital advancements in diverse sectors ranging from finance and agriculture to healthcare and mobility, all fueling a booming AI market that, according to Statista analysts, will grow 30% annually over the next six years to reach a value of $17 billion. by 2030.
This massive rush to AI, combined with a rapidly growing population of 1.5 billion people – 70% of whom are under the age of 30 – creates a powerful recipe for AI acceleration, but highlights the gaps in talent development, risk allocation, policy and infrastructure.
These crucial challenges and opportunities will be addressed when the world’s AI experts and key players in its large-scale deployment come together to accelerate the continent’s next big technological shift at GITEX AFRICA’s AI Everything Expo, the world’s leading platform. biggest and most progressive AI event of the year. deep technological exploration and innovation.
Taking place from May 29-31, 2024 in Marrakech, the Africa Tech Showcase will feature the global tech titans leading the AI gold rush, including Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Nvidia and Google, as well as hundreds of ambitious AI start-ups from around the world. the world with big visions to change Africa via AI-infused products and services.
An AI continent “brimming with investment opportunities”
Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company and official AI partner of GITEX AFRICA, is leading the way in the AI investment race, having partnered with leading AI model makers to the world, including the UAE G42, a visionary global leader in AI.
Microsoft’s recent $1.5 billion strategic investment in G42 to accelerate the development of AI in growing economies like Africa will be welcomed by executives of major technology companies, government leaders, investors and tech entrepreneurs at GITEX AFRICA 2024, which will also feature Presight, G42’s big data analytics. business powered by generative AI.
Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa, said AI can pave the way for a continent “brimming with investment opportunities.” “Africa has long been recognized for its tremendous growth prospects and AI is the long-awaited key to helping unlock this potential,” said Barnard, who will also be a keynote speaker on the conference program responsible for GITEX AFRICA.
“The AI-driven innovation we are seeing today is poised to reinvent every aspect of society, from healthcare to financial services to manufacturing and beyond. If Africa is to benefit from the paradigm shift currently sweeping the world, we must deliver on the promise of AI. real for people and organizations across the continent – and doing so responsibly provides us with a platform to come together and work towards fulfilling this commitment.
Dr. Adel Alsharji, COO of Presight, added that Africa is the second fastest growing region in the world when it comes to AI adoption. “Africa’s AI journey is gaining momentum, and this progress highlights the continent’s desire to explore and harness the potential of AI to drive economic growth and address local challenges” , Alsharji said, adding that the demand for AI-related jobs will double. the next three years. “AI could add $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030, while the number of AI-related jobs in Africa alone is expected to increase by 200% by 2025.”
A formidable African force in a world-changing AI revolution
The AI Everything Expo will bring together the brightest minds and most innovative thinkers in the field of AI at the AI Everything Conference, one of the 10 powerful conference stages at GITEX AFRICA, the largest technology exhibition and start-ups from the continent.
Key players driving the AI phenomenon include Dragoș Tudorache, vice-president of the Renew Europe group; Mactar Seck, head of technology and innovation at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); and Jepson Taylor, former chief AI strategist at Dataiku.
AI and its far-reaching, multi-sector impact will be evident at the exhibition site, with exhibitors showing how the AI boom is driving waves of innovation across sectors, from education and agriculture to transport, through retail, energy or logistics.
Clinify, a Nigerian start-up embodies this movement in the healthcare sector and is one of hundreds of global changemakers present at GITEX AFRICA’s North Star Africa start-up showcase. ClinifyAn electronic medical records (EMR) platform aims to digitize patient medical records in Africa, where 90 percent of this information is still on paper.
CEO and founder Michael Omidele said there is an urgent need for centralized, digitized medical records. “The health sector in Africa faces several challenges: there is only one doctor per 10,000 patients, while the average in developed countries is one doctor per 250 inhabitants,” Omidele said.
“Clinify is a first-of-its-kind African solution offering a digitally centralized and standardized interoperable health systems aggregator, telemedicine platform and EMR solution giving patients access to their medical records. innovation from Nigeria and export it across Africa.
Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco, GITEX AFRICA takes place under the authority of the Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, in partnership with the Moroccan Digital Development Agency. Bothsd The blockbuster edition, organized by KAOUN International, follows its pioneering debut in 2023.
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KAOUN International is the independent events company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), established to organize and manage events on an international scale. Derived from the Arabic word “universe”, KAOUN International’s mission is to “create unlimited connections” for the industries and markets in which it operates. Created to leverage the 40-year legacy of DWTC’s events management business and generate future opportunities in the MICE sector in the MENASA region. KAOUN International delivers groundbreaking live experiences that build strong business relationships, create opportunities and drive economic growth, leveraging DWTC’s extensive portfolio of business and consumer events spanning multiple industries, including technology, food and hospitality, sustainability, broadcast and satellite, automotive. , talent development and nautical leisure activities.
