CNN's African Voices features Renowned Nigerian Scientist, Uyi Stewart
Airs Friday: 14 February at 0930am; Saturday: 15 February at 1630pm;
Sunday: 16 February at 1000am & 1930pm; Monday: 17 February at 1130am &
1830; Tuesday: 18 February at 0630am
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| Dr. Uyi Stewart |
This week, one of Nigeria’s foremost scientist and artificial
intelligence researcher, Dr. Osamuyimen Stewart will feature on African Voices,
CNN’s International weekly half-hour programme highlighting
Africa's most engaging personalities.
The interview, with CNN’s Nima Elbagir will focus on Stewart’s journey as
a Nigerian scientist in diaspora and how he intends to use Africa's first
commercial technology research facility to help create innovative solutions to challenges
in Africa.
Stewart recounts his desire of wanting to be a professional computer
scientist, after his first degree at the University of Benin; he applied for a
graduate scholarship at the University of Cambridge in England. To broaden his
horizons, Stewart moved to the United States, where he joined the International
Business Machine (IBM), one of the most prestigious research companies in the
world.
With
knowledge in the area of speech recognition and two decades of experience as an
artificial intelligence researcher, Stewart decided to return to his home
continent in a role that will help him solve some of Africa’s everyday problem
as the Chief Scientist at IBM’s first commercial technology research facility
in Nairobi.
Stewart
advises global organizations around the world to follow IBM’s footsteps and
invest in Africa. He says “IBM believes in Africa and wants to be part and a
catalyst to its growth, this is why I truly love IBM, and this is why we are
here to make a difference”.
For more information, viewers can visit www.cnn.com/africanvoices; the show’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/@NimaCNN.
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