CITAD trains Kano lecturers on AI, Blockchain

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has trained 31 lecturers of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi, Kano State, connected Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain exertion and integer probe tools.

The one-day capacity-building workshop, held on Monday at the college, was aimed astatine improving world research, transparency and cognition verification.

The grooming exposed participants to the usage of AI successful world research, integer tools for information absorption and blockchain applications successful higher education.

Speaking astatine the programme, CITAD Executive Director, Y. Z. Ya’u, represented by the organisation’s Communication Officer, Ali Sabo, said the inaugural was aimed astatine addressing the increasing cognition spread successful emerging technologies crossed tertiary institutions successful Northern Nigeria.

He explained that the Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi, is the 4th instauration to payment from the programme aft Bayero University Kano, KHAIRUN University and Baba Ahmed University.

According to him, findings by CITAD revealed that little than 10 per cent of universities successful the portion presently exposure students to blockchain oregon fiscal technology-related courses.

“Lagos is already being recognised arsenic Africa’s innovation capital, portion Northern Nigeria inactive lags behind.

“Through this programme, we are taking innovation dir...