{"id":4553,"date":"2025-11-03T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2025-11-03T07:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T07:23:37","slug":"building-sustainable-ai-driven-digital-transformation-infrastructure-for-african-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4553","title":{"rendered":"Building sustainable AI driven digital transformation infrastructure for  African Economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4553\" class=\"elementor elementor-4553\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1841e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb1841e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac9c59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ac9c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251101-WA0038-1024x637.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4555\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251101-WA0038-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251101-WA0038-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251101-WA0038-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251101-WA0038.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8d073 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd8d073\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf0d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faf0d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55039b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a55039b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5eac8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5eac8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">MIRG-ICAIR: Empowering Africa Through AI and Robotics Research<\/h2><div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ICAIR) is Africa\u2019s leading platform for advancing research, innovation, and collaboration in AI and robotics. 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