PRESIDENT HICHILEMA DAYS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND START UP BILL WILL PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR INNOVATION

 

17 October 2024

President Hakainde Hichilema says the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and the Startup Bill which the Ministry of Technology and Science are finalising will provide policy direction for innovation in the country.

President Hichilema says the AI Strategy and Startup Bill will also form a legal basis for innovators to utilise their ideas and create sustainable solutions for the country.

In a speech read for him by Education Minister Douglas Syakalima at the 2024 Tech Expo and Copperbelt University Challenge held in Kitwe, President Hichilema said the two policy documents will help in promoting solutions that young people have as ideas.

The President said government is committed to investing in research and innovation.

President Hichilema also thanked the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for choosing Zambia to host the Minetech, a center of excellence in mining technology.

President Hichilema said the Minetech will help in finding solutions to the challenges the mining sector is facing in Africa.

And Technology and Science Minister Hon. Felix Mutati has disclosed that government has invested $3 million while the UNDP has invested $6 million in setting up the Minetech in Zambia.

Mr. Mutati said the Minetech will be a continental center where solutions to the mining sector will be provided to the rest of Africa.

Meanwhile, UNDP Resident Representative James Wakiaga disclosed that the Minetech hub will soon be launched in Zambia.

Mr. Wakiaga thanked the Zambian government for promoting innovation and investing in youths who are working on sustainable solutions.

Mr. Wakiaga said government’s decision to invest in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools is a worthwhile investment which will increase the number of girls in sciences.

He said very few girls are into science courses and the STEM schools will help alot.

And Copperbelt University Vice Chancellor Professor Imasiku Nyambe disclosed that CBU needs K304 million to modernize it’s infrastructure and improve operations.

Professor Nyambe urged university alumni to help the institution improve its operations.

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