Osinbajo inaugurates Omeife, Africa’s first humanoid
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday in Abuja, inaugurated Omeife, Africa’s first humanoid to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technological development in Nigeria and the continent. Osinbajo was represented by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who in turn was represented by the Director-General, of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omeife, the first African humanoid robot was developed by the Uniccon Group. Omrife is with near-human resemblance, language competency, movement, navigation, and behavioral intelligence using AI and computer vision capabilities. “We are living in an…