Anchoring AI/Machine Learning on the African Technological Innovation and Investment Table

Abstract

Sustainable development begins with education primarily through lifelong open and distance learning (ODL). Africa faces an economic and sustainable development problem characterized by relatively low GDP per capita and limited capacity for industrialization and modernization which has not been adequately resolved by the numerous economic frameworks used in the past. A Pragmatism paradigm intricately related to the Mixed Methods approach was used in this research premised on an endogenous growth model supported by knowledge generation strategies and anchored on AI/ML. The research proved that the resultant E-Business and E-learning supply chain gives a huge Cash Return on Investment in the higher education sector and other sectors of the economy. Technological innovation and investment anchored on the AI/Machine Learning paradigms and which takes advantage of the advances in technology (Cloud Computing, AI/ Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, etc.) will create wealth and establish an innovation-led knowledge economy through breaking silos, synergizing and creating smart partnerships in the National Science, Technology and Innovation System (NSTIS). The phenomenal growth in the use of internet-based technologies has subjected organizations to cyberattacks, and so there is a need to revamp cyberdefense strategies for most organizations and take advantage of Cloud Computing facilities.