By: Kruah Thompson
The College of Liberia (UL) has embraced a partnership with the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) to ascertain Liberia’s first-ever Grasp’s Diploma program in Synthetic Intelligence (AI).
The landmark collaboration follows the signing of an ordinary settlement in August this 12 months, marking the start of a transformative initiative to advance innovation, expertise, and strategic growth in Liberia.
Talking Thursday on the Ministry of Data’s common press briefing, Data Minister Jerolinmek Piah welcomed the initiative on behalf of the federal government, noting that the partnership seeks to advertise digital abilities and place Liberia as a pacesetter in digital transformation.
In accordance with Minister Piah, the partnership may also result in the institution of an Innovation Heart on the UL Fendall Campus. Throughout the briefing, Minister Piah described the initiative as a major step towards creativity and technological development, including that it’ll assist develop the abilities wanted to arrange Liberia for the worldwide shift towards digital transformation.
If correctly utilized, he mentioned, this system has the potential to usher Liberia into an period during which residents acquire broader data of constructing digital infrastructure and integrating AI throughout numerous sectors for the primary time.
AI is quickly remodeling methods worldwide, and in Liberia, many voters, together with authorities officers, are already utilizing AI instruments.
Introducing a Grasp’s program in AI, he added, will additional strengthen the nation’s rising digital transformation. -Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
