Hosting over 1.2 million refugees from South Sudan, Uganda has one of the most favorable refugee protection environments in the world, providing refugees with freedom of movement, the right to work, and access to social services through a generous asylum policy (the Refugee Act of 2006 and the Refugee Regulations of 2010). " […] Uganda embraces children […] Uganda allows us to go to school," says Hindiyo Abdulkadir, a young representative of refugees speaking at the Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees. The country is experiencing the fastest growing refugee community in the world that has a far-reaching economic and social impact. Most settlements for South Sudanese refugees are based in the north of Uganda where an average of 2,000 refugees arrive every day. The mass influx to this poor area of the country is putting a strain on resources like land, firewood and water.

Remark Holdings, Inc. (MARK), a global technology company focused on artificial intelligence, and CP ALL Public Company Limited (CPALL.BK) today announced that they are partnering to deploy Remark's KanKan data intelligence and AI technologies in approximately 11,000 7-Eleven stores that CP ALL operates throughout Thailand. Remark and CP ALL will hold a press conference (the details of which appear below) on March 6, 2018, in Bangkok to launch the partnership. The Remark/CP ALL partnership will utilize KanKan's AI-based facial recognition and behavior analysis technologies to provide enhanced customer support, business analysis, employee management and security in CP ALL's 7-Eleven stores in Thailand, which generate more than $14 billion in revenue. KanKan's technologies can monitor product levels on store shelves, suggest products and services to customers, provide real-time operations performance and competitor analysis, check in and check out employees, identify unauthorized personnel, and assess crowd size and crowd flow for safety, among myriad other services. Approximately 10 million people pass through 7-Eleven stores in Thailand each day.

A recent survey of more than 300 marketers by Resulticks found that almost half thought artificial intelligence was an overhyped industry buzzword and 40% felt skeptical when they saw or heard the term. The survey also found that 47% of marketers believed AI was more fantasy than reality. Artificial intelligence has certainly become the buzzword of 2018 as brands and retailers increasingly explore how it will impact their business this year and beyond. Speaking at an event recently hosted by StoryStream on the hype behind AI in marketing, it became apparent that whilst AI is in its infancy today, many brands and retailers are already actively using AI for the likes of content creation, content management, customer insights, personalization and customer acquisition. Brands including Aston Martin, Shiseido and Mars are already actively embracing AI experimentation in marketing and some have been at it for some time.

DOUALA, CAMEROON – Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first "made in Cameroon" drone at his sixth-floor workshop in downtown Douala, minutes from the economic capital's Atlantic seafront. The 25-year-old, known as a high-flyer after being named one of Forbes' most promising young Africans under 30, is enthusing about his new unmanned aerial drones and keen to promote his company and Africa as a place where IT and new tech can flourish. We must "get out of the Afro-centric vision of business" to "understand that when one has a global vision, worldwide, this includes Africa," Elong said in a discussion of future technologies. Elong has no degree in IT or robotics but studied strategy and competitive intelligence in France, becoming the youngest-ever graduate from Paris' Economic Warfare School. He founded his startup Will & Brothers in 2015 with a main project called Drone Africa, which aims to provide drones for civil purposes to businesses, the state in Cameroon and elsewhere.

The major factors driving the artificial intelligence in manufacturing market are the increasing usage of robotics in manufacturing, usage of big data technology in the manufacturing sector, computer vision technology being used in manufacturing, and industrial IoT in manufacturing sector. Reluctance among the manufacturers to adopt AI-Based technologies are the major factors that may hinder the progress of the artificial intelligence in Manufacturing market in the near future. Additionally the growth opportunities of AI-Based technology in emerging and developed countries and more over improving operational efficiency of manufacturing plants are some of the major growth opportunities for the artificial intelligence in Manufacturing market players. Geographically, the artificial intelligence in Manufacturing market has been bifurcated into five regions North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America. The Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing market size and forecast period for each region has been estimated from 2017 to 2023.

Role of Artificial Intelligence in FinTech is getting more and more importance. AI is actually innovating the whole of traditional FinTech. We will discuss in detail about AI role in FinTech's discoveries, inventions and innovations. It was big and very important event for the FinTech and Banking industry in Khartoum Sudan. The opening speech was done by Sudan central bank officials which was the main attraction.

Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard. He uses it to teach computer skills to students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana. Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard. He uses it to teach computer skills to students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana. Could you teach computer class without a computer?

Paul Allen is pouring more money into artificial intelligence research. The Microsoft co-founder on Wednesday announced Project Alexandria, a new initiative that aims to help develop "common sense AI." Allen is committing $125 million over the next three years to the project, housed at the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). The money will go toward Project Alexandria, as well as other work being done at AI2. AI research has seen exponential advancements over the past decade, but machines are still incapable of certain types of problem solving or dealing with unpredictable situations. "When I founded AI2, I wanted to expand the capabilities of artificial intelligence through high-impact research," Allen said in a statement. "Early in AI research, there was a great deal of focus on common sense, but that work stalled. AI still lacks what most 10-year-olds possess: ordinary common sense. We want to jump start that research to achieve major breakthroughs in the field."

An illustration shows what the earliest stars in the universe might have looked like. Stars are our constant companions in the night sky, but seas of twinkling lights weren't always a feature of the cosmos. Now, scientists peering back into deep time suggest that the earliest stars didn't turn on until about 180 million years after the big bang, when the universe as we know it exploded into existence. For decades, teams of scientists have been chasing--in fact, racing--to detect the signatures of these first stars. The new detection, from a project called EDGES, is in the form of a radio signal triggered when light from those stars began interacting with the hydrogen gas that filled primordial empty space.

Count Bill Gates as part of the growing camp of Hyperloop skeptics. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has gotten closer to making his radical, pod-based transportation system a reality. But the Microsoft co-founder has cast some doubt on whether or not Hyperloop, which promises to ferry passengers hundreds of miles in a matter of minutes, will actually work. 'I am not sure the Hyperloop concept makes sense,' Gates said Tuesday during a question and answer session on Reddit. 'Making it safe is hard,' he added.