Beyond the hype of global access and adoption of Artificial Intelligence, experts have insisted that Nigeria’s AI future depends on adoption, not access, writes Emma Okonji
Experts and a Nigerian-born technologist and strategist are making a strong case that AI adoption, not access, will decide Nigeria’s future.
According to them, Nigerians have embraced AI faster than the rest of the world. Technologist, Tochi Kanu-Ivi, is of the view the harder, more valuable work begins after they first try it.
Each time Kanu-Ivi had a conversation with Nigerian professionals about artificial intelligence, she never asked whether they have tried it, because almost all of them have tried it.
“That question is settled. But the honest one is harder, which is has it actually changed how you work? For most people, the answer is still no,” Kanu-Ivi said in an interview from Houston, where she works as a Customer Success Manager at UiPath, guiding Fortune 500 companies through the messy work of putting new technology to use.
