Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that Ethiopia will establish its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) university, with preparatory work expected to be completed within the next six months.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister made the announcement while speaking at a high-level discussion held under the theme \u201cThe Role of Scholars in National Prosperity\u201d, organized as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of Addis Ababa University.<\/p>\n
In his remarks, Abiy stressed that Ethiopia must compete globally in the technology sector to secure long-term national prosperity.<\/p>\n
According to the Prime Minister, there is currently only one specialized AI university in the world, and the planned Ethiopian institution would become the second of its kind globally.<\/p>\n
He noted that while the university will admit a relatively small number of students, its focus will be on producing highly skilled and globally competitive graduates.<\/p>\n
Abiy explained that the university aims to graduate around 1,000 students, emphasizing quality over quantity.<\/p>\n
As part of its continental outlook, the institution will allocate 100 student slots to African countries, with two students selected from each country to receive advanced AI training in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
Domestically, the Prime Minister said only two percent of Ethiopian applicants would be admitted through a highly competitive selection process.<\/p>\n
This approach, he said, is intended to build a workforce with strong practical and applied knowledge in advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and related fields.<\/p>\n
He added that the construction of the AI university would further enhance Ethiopia\u2019s role in the modern global technology ecosystem and strengthen the country\u2019s position as a regional hub for innovation and research.<\/p>\n
However, the Prime Minister did not disclose key details regarding the project, including the proposed location of the university, its funding sources, or whether it will operate as a fully government-funded institution or involve private-sector participation.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia has already taken steps to strengthen its AI ecosystem.<\/p>\n
In 2020, the government established the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute (EAII) as a center for AI research, development, and policy implementation.<\/p>\n
The institute operates as an autonomous federal entity under the Office of the Prime Minister and focuses on applying AI solutions in priority sectors such as health, agriculture, and education.<\/p>\n
The proposed AI university is expected to build on this foundation, positioning Ethiopia at the forefront of artificial intelligence development on the African continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that Ethiopia will establish its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) university, with preparatory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[3722,3723,3724,3725,3726,3727,65,3728],"class_list":{"0":"post-4751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-abiyahmed","9":"tag-addisababa","10":"tag-ai","11":"tag-aiethiopia","12":"tag-aiuniversity","13":"tag-ethionegari","14":"tag-ethiopia","15":"tag-ethiopianews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}