African AI pioneer and Cortex Logic CEO awarded AI leader of the year - Screen Africa

South African-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) software & solutions veteran and founder of Cortex Logic – Dr. Jacques Ludik – has been awarded a premium accolade at Africa's Tech Week event, underlying a life dedicated to AI and Data Science Innovation. Ludik, an Africa-based smart technology entrepreneur and AI investor/ AI ecosystem builder, holds a PhD in Computer Science and has amassed 25 years' experience in the study and exploitation of AI & Data Science in real world applications. Ludik was formally a founder of Bennit AI, Mosaic, SynerG and CSense Systems, the latter being Africa's first AI company sold to General Electric in 2011. Over the course of his career Ludik has published a wide range of papers on AI, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning and Data Science and is a big supporter of AI for social good. He is currently founder & CEO of Cortex Logic as well as founder & president of the Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA).