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Omeife, Africa’s 1st humanoid robot launches

Omeife, Africa’s 1st humanoid robot launches

FG supporting artificial intelligence due to its contribution to development.

Years after continuous planning, Nigeria has finally launched its first humanoid robot, which has also been recognized as the first in Africa. Launched by the country’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, he noted that the Federal Government was committed to intensifying its efforts as to harnessing the numerous talented Nigerian youths in the Artificial Intelligence sector to enhance the country’s national and economic development. This was disclosed during the launch of the humanoid robot by the UNICCON group of companies, with the event themed, “The Future of Artificial Intelligence in African Tech Ecosystem”.

V.P. Osinbajo stated that the imminent success of Omeife was a clear indication of the huge strides that Nigerian youths were taking in AI development as well as other technological innovations and as such, pointed that the Federal Government was in full support of this development which is poised to immensely contribute to the fight against insecurity and improvement of the national development. He indicated that the government was working to develop a national data strategy for the availability of data for scientific usage.

FG devising strategies to ensure responsible technology.

He also noted that it was hugely important to encourage indigenous technological innovations by creating a conducive ambience for technological development and making available, needed data for artificial intelligence for decision making that would improve the country’s situation. In a bid to achieve overt success in the artificial intelligence industry, V.P. Osinbajo stated that the government was making efforts to expand its mandate to further include more initiatives such as the broadband that will help in connecting the unconnected.

The Vice President disclosed that Federal Government was devising different strategies and regulatory frameworks to ensure the presence of responsible technology. He said what was most important was maximizing the efficiency of the sector, for the improvement of lives of every citizen in accordance with the data available to it. Represented by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, V.P. Osinbajo, pointed out that technology, when left unchecked could be a double-edged sword and thus, the reason for the government’s necessary measures to protect the Nigerian populace from any misuse.

Artificial Intelligence, applicable for use in every human endeavor.

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development and Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi expounded on some poignant and beneficial importance of artificial intelligence to national development. He pointed out that robots could be very useful in the construction of roads, for farming, teaching in classes, gathering of intelligence and also curbing insecurity in the country. Pantami however indicated that Nigeria was working to launch an innovation centre to enhance the youth’s artificial intelligence capabilities.

Chuks Ekwueme, the Chairman of UNICCON Group explained that as an AI, Omeife was applicable for use in every aspect of human endeavors, a due to the fact that it is powered by data that gives it the capability of near human semblance per language, competency, navigation and behavioral tendencies using AI vision capacities. He noted that the motivation for Omeife was as a result of Africa’s recurrent lagging in the area of technology and thus, it was designed to bridge the technology gap in Africa by meeting the needs of Nigerians and Africans at large.

Omeife posed to bring immense value by improving Nigeria’s security.

He stated again that this technological innovation was posed to bring immense value by improving the security efficiency in the country when used for surveillance, intelligence gathering and robo-army purposes. He also stated that subsequently, products that will roll out from the Omeife initiative would range from Omeife as a service, Omeife hardware and Omeife humanoid robot which is projected to have a market revenue of about 6.8 billion dollars across the African market and globally.


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3 months ago

Congratulations to Nigeria on launching our first humanoid robot called Emeife inorder to support artificial intelligence and promote our youth in terms of technology

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3 months ago

It is nice that the government is also supporting Artificial Intelligence. It shows we are all advancing and knowing the importance of ICT to our economy. I hope private organizations also invest in it.

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3 months ago

It is to everyone’s advantage that this technological innovation was designed to bring enormous value by significantly enhancing the effectiveness of surveillance operations across the nation.

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3 months ago

Nigeria’s first humanoid robot, which is also credited with being the continent’s first, has finally been introduced to the public after many years of careful preparation and planning.

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3 months ago

The Nigerian government was dedicated to maximizing the potential of the country’s young, talented AI specialists in order to boost the economy and social progress of the country as a whole.

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3 months ago

The near-certain success of Omeife demonstrated the enormous progress being made by young Nigerians in artificial intelligence development and other technological innovations.

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3 months ago

The federal government approved of this change because of its potential benefits to the war on terror and the advancement of the country as a whole.

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3 months ago

This is actually a very huge development and government should try and much as possible to support the project so that more of this can be archive to help our security architecture.

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3 months ago

Government officials were working to broaden their agency’s purview to include things like broadband Internet access for the underserved.

Member
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3 months ago

The Federal Government was working on developing a variety of methods and regulatory frameworks in order to guarantee the existence of technologically responsible practices.

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3 months ago

The maximization of the sector’s efficiency for the purpose of bettering the lives of every citizen in accordance with the data at its disposal was what was considered to be of the utmost importance.

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3 months ago

Omeife was inspired by the persistent technological gap between the continent’s wealthiest nations and its poorest, and it aims to reduce this chasm by catering to Nigerians and the rest of Africa.

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3 months ago

It was conceived with the intention of bridging the current technological divide in Africa by catering to the requirements of Nigerians and Africans in general.

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3 months ago

It is crucial to support homegrown technological innovations by fostering an environment that encourages technological advancement and providing the data that artificial intelligence systems require to make decisions that will benefit the nation.

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3 months ago

The Federal Government fully supports this development, which has the potential to significantly advance efforts to combat insecurity and advance societal progress.

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3 months ago

Wow this is nice Nigeria launching his first robot called omeife which will assist in artificial intelligence for the improvement of technology this is a innovation to our technology

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3 months ago

Nigeria are also evolving gradually when it comes to technology wise. The launch of our AI robot is a significant development for us.

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3 months ago

FG supporting artificial intelligence due to its contribution to development. Very good development to also support growth of our economy. And also create more opportunities for the youth

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3 months ago

Fostering an environment encourages technological advancement and providing the data that artificial intelligence systems require to make decisions that will benefit the nation.

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3 months ago

It is good news that the federal government of Nigeria is in support of the 1st humanoid robot being developed by the Nigerian IT expert. The world is involving in the world of Artificial Intelligence, we need to grow with the technological trend.

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3 months ago

Wahoo, Nigerians have successful developed a humanoid robot called Omeife. it shows that Nigeria is making progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Thanks to our federal government that are actively supporting it in Nigeria.

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