Owerri Tech Hub Promotes Artificial Intelligence

The Owerri Tech Hub hosted a free data science and artificial intelligence boot camp for youths in Imo State and its environs.

According to a statement made available to THISDAY by Opeyemi Olugbemiro, the group organised the training in partnership with US-based talent recruitment company 115Garage and Coven Labs to train participants on beginner modules in Python and R for data science and Artificial intelligence.

Olugbemiro, in the statement said this would form part of its efforts to boost tech participation and provide viable digital opportunities for the talent pool in and around Owerri.

In the statement, the Chief of Operations at the Hub, Desmond John-Bosco, said training was one of the planned efforts by the group to build a skilled community of innovators and start-ups.

John-Bosco added that his team would continue to engage development partners to support young entrepreneurs in the state.

According to the statement: “The participants most of whom were experiencing data science and artificial intelligence for the first time expressed excitement about the project and the different groups showcased practical applications of their gained knowledge in solving different socio-economic problems including achieving the sustainable development goals during their presentations.

“The solutions explored by the various groups (R and Python) included a data analytics of Maternal Mortality ratio in West Africa with data- based suggested panaceas to the problems, a study on the connection between GDP growth and education of the population and several other projects. “The operators of the hub have expressed commitment to keep up the good work of organising relevant training and events for the start- ups community, running talent acceleration and incubation programmes for start- ups and having hackathons were entrepreneurs and founders can access needed funds to scale their businesses.”