Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia this morning inaugurated the newly built Science Museum located in the heart of Addis Ababa, and also opened PanAfriConAI (Artificial intelligence conference).
Together with the official opening of the Science Museum, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also launched the technology startups and public/private institution exhibition that will be on display and open to the public for the next several weeks.
The newly unveiled Science Museum is also hosting the first and annual PanAfricon Artificial Intelligence conference today. During the opening, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed highlighted the role of Artificial Intelligence in Ethiopia‘s digital transformation agenda anchored in Digital Ethiopia 2025.
The organizer behind Ethiopia’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference, PanAfriConAI 2022, the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute hosted the conference with a motto “Empowering Africa Through AI,” at the newly inaugurated Science Museum in Addis Ababa.
The PanAfrican conference aims to bring together AI researchers, computational scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers from academia, industry, and government institutions to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges of the application of AI in various sectors in the continent.
The conference will serve as a platform to discuss African strategies towards sustainable development through harnessing AI by exchanging cutting-edge knowledge and applications used in several sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, finance, service industries, Geographic Information System (GIS), cybersecurity, and manufacturing, according to the press statement from the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
As we inaugurate #Ethiopia’s Science Museum; launch a technology exhibition & open the first PanAfrican AI conference today, all are essential for networking, learning & co-creating across the continent, as we strive to empower Africa through digital transformation. pic.twitter.com/IN1CksJieg
— Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 (@AbiyAhmedAli) October 4, 2022