The Director and Company Secretary of the Africa Education Trust Fund (AEFT), Professor Goski Alabi, has urged African nations to rethink how they adopt and apply technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in key sectors.
Speaking at the media launch of the upcoming AEFT.Ai Conference, scheduled for November this year, Prof. Alabi acknowledged growing concerns around data privacy and the misuse of AI. However, she stressed that the transformative potential of AI—particularly in education, agriculture, and business—cannot be ignored.
She emphasised the need for Africa to move beyond using AI for basic functions and instead explore its full capabilities to drive meaningful development and innovation.
“It is time to stop using AI just for ‘copy and paste’ tasks. The conference is intended to be a platform that brings together men and women across Africa and the diaspora to start thinking critically and reimagining how we can deploy AI for the benefit of the continent,” she said in Accra on Tuesday October14.
Prof. Alabi added that Ghana and other African countries must position themselves not as passive consumers of global technology but as active contributors to intelligent, ethical, and inclusive innovation.
“Today’s event is not just a launch. It is a declaration that Africa will not be a passive consumer of technology, but an active architect of intelligent, ethical, and inclusive innovation,” she stated.
She also called for stronger collaboration between the private sector and development stakeholders to push this agenda forward.
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