TOKYO, Aug 22 (News On Japan) –
Prime Minister Ishiba introduced on the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which opened in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, that Japan will prepare 30,000 professionals within the discipline of synthetic intelligence (AI) in Africa over the following three years.
TICAD, now in its ninth version, is a Japan-led convention for discussing Africa’s improvement, with 49 international locations collaborating this 12 months. Ishiba, serving as co-chair, delivered remarks on the opening ceremony.
Ishiba stated: “The median age of Africa’s population is 19. Young people are full of energy. Over the next three years, we will support the training of 300,000 human resources, including 30,000 for AI-related industries.”
In addition, Ishiba launched a brand new initiative to strengthen cooperation by treating India, the Middle East, and Africa as a single financial zone underneath the “Indian Ocean–Africa Economic Zone Initiative.”
Source: FNN