NewzTelecom giant MTN Ghana has organised a one-day Artificial Intelligence (AI) workshop for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) at its Head Office in Accra, as part of efforts to deepen understanding of AI and its impact on society. The event was attended by over 100 participants is an annual programm introduced as part of the company’s commitment to develop human resources in Ghana. Delivering the opening address, the Acting Senior Manager for Corporate Communications at MTN Ghana, Efua Falconer, said AI is transforming every aspect of life, and no stakeholder should be left behind.
It is indeed transforming everything around us. And we cannot leave you behind,” she said. We’ve had these conversations in secondary schools, in the communities, in the markets, with our media, our regulators, across all the different stakeholders that we work with.
And today is your turn,” she added. Ms Falconer said the workshop brought together seasoned AI professionals to build the capacity of participants through practical and interactive sessions. She urged participants to be attentive, engage fully, and follow the practical demonstrations on their laptops.
Our message here today is very simple. You will learn a lot if you are attentive. Please make sure you ask questions; there’s a lot of practical work.
Engage, take your laptop and just follow along,” she said. She explained that while government regulates and companies like MTN build the infrastructure powering the AI journey, civil society plays a critical role as the voice of the vulnerable. You are the mouthpiece of the vulnerable, the youth, the market woman who doesn’t know a lot about data, the school children who are using data.
You are the people who speak for the vulnerable in society. So we cannot leave you out of this conversation,” she stressed. Ms Falconer said MTN was confident participants would take the knowledge acquired beyond the walls of the training room and apply it in their various spheres of influence.
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