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AI Career Essentials (AiCE)

 Introduce yourself - your name, where you are from and what program you are doing. Hi, I'm Sofonie Dala, I'm a digital entrepreneur with sustainable impact, I speak from Angola and I'm taking the AI Career Essentials (AiCE) course - Essential Career Fundamentals in Artificial Intelligence (AI) How has your experience been with the ALX program so far? I'm very excited to be in this diverse and multi-cultural environment, all of Africa is here. I am learning a lot. What benefit have you gained from ALX? Alx's savanna is a fantastic platform, I am gaining new knowledge, new networks, and the program is well structured, the environment is sustainable and very productive. What makes it stand out to you? The mission of ALX is to identify, develop and equip Africa’s next 3 million leaders, and do I want to be part of these 3 million leaders? I want to be an Empowered young lady to build a limitless future. How has ALX contributed to your personal and professional developm

Fraudulent competition - Angola Education Awards - SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR / BEST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT

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Fraudulent competition - Angola Education Awards  Results of the fraudulent competition  Greetings friends.  Thank you for voting. Engineer Sofonie Dala, based on the results, won the competition with the majority of votes, but she was being a victim of fraud, this started from the beginning of the competition. Apparently, the organizers of this event lack knowledge and high skills to evaluate candidates in different areas of knowledge. The end of this competition was very ugly, painted with theft, dishonesty, corruption, nepotism, lack of transparency, misinformation, slander and favoritism. We first received a message that we were approved. The following days we received a false and fraudulent message saying that they thought again and decided to give our place to their favorites ones who were unable to win the competition. From the beginning of the competition, the organizers tried in any way to obscure the strong candidates, putting only a simple description of their profile and ac

Happy Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day - IBM RPA

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPRECIATION DAY Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day is celebrated on July 16 each year. With discoveries in science, tech, and healthcare, A.I. offers the possibility of a more evolved future. A.I. tools already dominate the market making human life much easier. From travel and navigation to smartphone apps, A.I. has taken the world by storm and looks set to change the future. Although many believe that A.I. only emerged in recent years, its foundations reach back further than that. Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day was created to celebrate the history and accomplishments of A.I. tech and raise awareness about its current and future use cases in human life. On this occasion, we would like to remember and share our successful artificial intelligence tests with the help of IBM RPA She Codes Africa - IBM RPA Solution to Address Climate change Digital transformation has become the key for processes involving people and companies.  Good morning ladies an

DSM/One Young World Scholarship to Attend the 2023 One Young World Summit (Fully Funded to Belfast, United Kingdom)

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  Application Deadline: 3 May 2023 Click here to apply: DSM Brighter Living Foundation | One Young World Scholarship 2023 | One Young World https://www.oneyoungworld.com/scholarship/dsm/2023 The DSM Brighter Living Foundation is proud to offer four impactful young leaders to participate in the One Young World Summit 2023, which takes place in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 2 - 5 October. The DSM Brighter Living Foundation | One Young World Scholarship will support young entrepreneurs who are making a local or global impact on agri-food systems in one of three focus areas. Health for the Planet Health for People Healthy Livelihoods Requirements Are aged 18 – 30. Reside in Africa, Asia-Pacific or Latin America. Have 3 – 5 years’ experience in an agri-food business, preferably running their food business. Are making a positive impact in one of the three scholarship focus areas. See below for more information on the focus areas.

The progress in closing the digital divide is slowing down in Africa. By Sofonie Dala, Angola

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  Leaving No One Behind in a Digital World Africa has the lowest implementation of appropriate capacity development aspects with only 25% of citizens having access to basic ICT skills.”   Africa's Mobile Gender Gap: Millions of African women still offline. Ma'am good afternoon! Good afternoon! What's your name? My name is Luisa! How old are you? I am 36 years old. Why are you using this old model phone? I'm using this phone, because life is very difficult, I can't buy a digital phone that I would like to have, due to lack of financial resources I only managed to get an old phone like this one. Have you ever used a digital phone? I've never used it. Why? I don't have the economic empowerment that would allow me to buy a digital phone. Don't you have someone who can offer you a smartphone? I don't have. I ask for help to acquire a digital phone. Would you like to use one? Yes, I would love to use it. Do you have a computer? I don't and have never o