Lavina Ramkissoon

She is passionate about humanity,  technology, economics and dance 🙂 Besides the 20 years experience in technology, she holds added knowledge in fields of both psychology and artificial intelligence.

AIEthics mentor and driver of Africa’s artificial intelligence potential. Missions to create meaningful innovative solutions to help shape the african continent. Huge support of technology for good in under developed countries.

She plays in sunny fields across Africa’s landscape. Her specialisation besides holding a board member position are in emerging technology spaces including agritech, fintech, healthtech, lawtech, retailtech and growing.

Education, inspiration and drive AI innovations of Africa, AIEthics mentorship programs, raising awareness of AI policy adoption and liquid upskilling within African continent.

Her work expands across the EU, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and Africa.

Partnerships, Innovation and Conscious Creation is the heart of who she is. Please find her LinkedIn profile here.  Look forward to our partnership.

Africa (South Africa) AI strategy

Africa! Under served, Under represented and Undervalued. The youngest continent, and the most promising one.  By 2030, one fifth of the global labour force (one third of the global youth labour force) – will be from this region.

Nearly 20 million jobs in Africa will be threatened by the COVID-19 crisis. With youth unemployment twice that of adults, the potential for social unrest is real. Bleak or potential for huge impact

With world ranking sitting at #68 in AI readiness Index, Africa needs an AI Strategy. How can we drive Africa forward? What kind of strategies to implement?