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[00:00:00] gallery
[00:00:00] of 1957, the annual event showcase in Ganian Art has seen
[00:00:04] growing international interest. For
[00:00:07] of
[00:00:08] a of Denise, showcasing these stories today has been boosted by the digital
[00:00:11] world. You have the opportunity to share what your work is
[00:00:14] about, and I think that has something to do with
[00:00:18] social media. Now there's access to
[00:00:21] of the information, the stories carried in these
[00:00:24] of objects that
[00:00:25] of we are making as artists and that also gives them a lot more
[00:00:30] of of value.
[00:00:31] the numbers tell the same story with online sales making up nearly
[00:00:35] fifth of all global art sales in 2024 according to an
[00:00:38] art basel and
[00:00:39] of UBA
[00:00:40] of study. whether it's using digital tools to create art or using
[00:00:44] digital
[00:00:45] of platforms to share art, technology has created a new global canvas
[00:00:49] for Ganean artists to use, and I think we have lot to do
[00:00:52] still, we have so much to do, but we're getting
[00:00:56] there slowly with all these opportunities. are now
[00:01:00] coming in around us, step by step, we'll get there and then we'll
[00:01:04] see the value of African arts and
[00:01:07] of the importance of it as
[00:01:08] well.
[00:01:12] when it comes to using digital
[00:01:13] in tools and education as a great equalizer across Africa, Fred
[00:01:17] Swanika is all in. The Ghanayan born entrepreneur opened the doors
[00:01:21] to the African Leadership Academy in South Africa in 2008, training
[00:01:25] high school students to prepare them for pathway to
[00:01:29] of university. He then went to establish the African Leadership university in
[00:01:33] of Mauritius in 2015. But with technology ever
[00:01:36] evolving, Swanika says his ambition turned to ensuring the continent's next
[00:01:40] generation of talent knew how to build their
[00:01:43] of own tech. Today that talent he's helped nurture drives his
[00:01:47] latest
[00:01:48] in venture, an AI company with global clients called Sand
[00:01:50] Technologies. CNN's Nick Watt set down with him to talk about
[00:01:54] Africa's tech talent
[00:01:55] of and why Africa will be the region to solve the world's
[00:01:58] problems.
[00:02:02] is there a different approach from the companies
[00:02:06] and the engineers and the coders in Africa, different approach
[00:02:10] than we might
[00:02:11] a see of in Silicon Valley in terms
[00:02:12] of the kind of problems they try and tackle. yes, because
[00:02:15] you see when when you look at the engineers that we're developing in
[00:02:18] Africa, um, firstly we're training the very different way,
[00:02:21] so um, we believe
[00:02:24] of that
[00:02:24] of technology is means to an end, it's not the end itself, right? i want to use AI
[00:02:28] to fix healthcare, i want to use AI. our
[00:02:30] of cities
[00:02:31] to for
[00:02:32] of fix education, so that is what drives this talent, they want to
[00:02:36] of solve problems for society, and so the
[00:02:40] ethos is quite different, what we're doing in Africa is start first with the problems
[00:02:43] and then look at
[00:02:45] of how the technology can solve it,
[00:02:47] of and your engineers are based where, so I've got about 350
[00:02:51] engineers and about 300 are based in Africa, about 100 phds and data
[00:02:55] scientists who build these complicated artificial intelligence
[00:02:58] models that... that
[00:03:00] of are helping to run the real
[00:03:01] world.
[00:03:05] i want to talk about health for a bit, so
[00:03:07] again, what was the problem and
[00:03:11] the big problem that we saw in africa, and by the way, the same problem that we're solving exists in rural
[00:03:15] America in many
[00:03:16] of the other states in the US. um, there's a shortage of
[00:03:19] doctors, so the average doctor patient ratio in
[00:03:22] Africa is 8000 patients to one doctor, to one doctor, in the west,
[00:03:26] it's about 300 to 400, 300 patients per doctor, so the problem we saw. how do you
[00:03:30] bring world class healthcare when you don't have enough
[00:03:36] of of doctors to to what's going
[00:03:37] de to be 40% of the world's population so um we have developed something called the health operating system and it has
[00:03:41] three components the first component
[00:03:43] of is digitizing health infrastructure so we're
[00:03:47] going into different countries in Africa we're actually working right now in 18 countries on the
[00:03:50] continent to uh first digitize the infrastructure once
[00:03:54] you have the data streaming from that the second part of
[00:03:56] it is we then augment healthcare
[00:03:59] of professionals with
[00:04:00] of intelligence, so
[00:04:01] of you can take a community healthcare worker or nurse, which are much more abundant than
[00:04:05] doctors,
[00:04:05] of yeah, of and give them all sorts of AI
[00:04:07] of tools that allow them to do most
[00:04:08] of of his care things that before, maybe only doctor would have been able to do. once you've connected the
[00:04:12] facilities and you've you augmented healthcare professional,
[00:04:16] you can have all this data that's coming, and that's now goes into
[00:04:20] what we call the health intelligence center, which we are supporting different ministries of health and
[00:04:24] africa to to to develop, and this health intelligence center
[00:04:27] aggregates data from the entire system, all the thousands of hospitals
[00:04:31] and clinics in the
[00:04:33] me country, so you can start to now see across the system, where
[00:04:37] should you allocate your limited resources, if I only have so much money, where should i
[00:04:41] build my clinics, where should i send my supply chain, my pharmaceutical, so you can
[00:04:44] now allocate the much better precision, your resources, you can make better
[00:04:48] decisions, you can predict pandemics, you know how to
[00:04:52] what kind of training to do for your health work force and so forth,
[00:04:56] of and shifts the whole healthcare system from being reactive and expensive to... more predictive
[00:05:00] and
[00:05:01] in preventive, of of
[00:05:04] and because there's a need for this in Africa, there is the
[00:05:08] environment in which you can develop and test it and you...
[00:05:12] exactly, one the things i always say is that constraints drives innovation, so in Africa we've got real
[00:05:16] serious problems and those constraints is forcing us to leverage some these these
[00:05:20] technologies, and so AI is if
[00:05:23] we play our cards right as a continent will allow us
[00:05:27] to completely leap frog development and
[00:05:31] build new, in fact the model of education that we've
[00:05:34] developed with
[00:05:35] the alx where we are training people who are able to
[00:05:39] compete with stanford graduats and graduats a...
[00:06:12] alone because it's it's like any tool,
[00:06:16] you can use knife to prepare a great meal, but it can also be a dangerous
[00:06:20] tool can be used to kill someone, right? it all depends on the intention
[00:06:24] behind it, and so the the the values that
[00:06:28] underly that tool will determine whether it's inclusive or exclusive,
[00:06:32] so access to markets, access to education, access to health, all these
[00:06:35] things um can be enabled by
[00:06:38] technology and it can allow you to leap frog.
[00:06:42] catch up and develop faster, but it needs to be guided by the
[00:06:46] right vision, the right values. when we come back, CNN's
[00:06:50] Nick Watch, continues the conversation with Sant Technology CEO and
[00:06:54] African Leadership Group founder Fred
[00:06:56] Swanika.
[00:07:03] Welcome back. For Fred Swanika, the answer is clear. Armed with the
[00:07:06] world's youngest population, Africa has what it takes to be at
[00:07:10] the forefront of developing. tech solutions for the world's
[00:07:14] biggest problems. join us as we head back into that
[00:07:17] conversation to hear what he says is needed to ensure that that
[00:07:21] potential continues to be
[00:07:23] nurtured.
[00:07:27] obviously in this day and age
[00:07:29] you know we're worried about you particularly with AI but just with tech of
[00:07:32] various marginalized communities being left
[00:07:36] behind. is
[00:07:37] there a concern that a global scale that if Africa doesn't keep up with this
[00:07:41] Africa will get left behind? Yes, there is,
[00:07:43] I think I think very much in terms the opportunity that we have with
[00:07:47] artificial intelligence, so um, when you
[00:07:51] think about development,
[00:07:54] historically, development has been measured by GDP per capital.
[00:07:58] Development ultimately is about quality of life. Why do we want to develop? We want
[00:08:02] better healthcare, we want education, enough
[00:08:06] food, security, and so one way to
[00:08:10] develop is to try and catch up with the GDP capital. the rest the world,
[00:08:13] but africa $2,300 year talking and the west
[00:08:17] about we're $80,000 year, the west continues to grow, it will take us 100
[00:08:21] years, very difficult to catch up. another way to develop is to say,
[00:08:25] i'm actually going to reduce the cost of getting good
[00:08:29] education and healthcare and so forth to such that it fits within my
[00:08:33] GDP per right, right, right? so for example, that school that we bought
[00:08:37] in silicon valley, the engineer, the graduates
[00:08:41] were earning more than Stanford.
[00:09:13] year, but I can send my three children to a Stanford quality
[00:09:17] education. We can leverage AI to radically reduce the
[00:09:20] cost the things that you would have wanted your high GDP per capital, so we can
[00:09:24] therefore completely redefine what it means to be developed
[00:09:28] society.
[00:09:33] You must have a certain amount of leakage in terms of your talent in
[00:09:36] Africa moving to the US or the UK, absolutely
[00:09:40] to try and earn more money for themselves. Right, how do you deal with that?
[00:09:44] I encourage it, let tell you why, brain drain
[00:09:48] is only a problem when you're training talent at low scale, and you're training enough people
[00:09:51] exactly, we're doing this scale, so like I said,
[00:09:55] 2024 we train 700 thousand people, our goal is to train th to 5 million
[00:09:59] people in the next decade, so what Africa has,
[00:10:02] that no one else has is young
[00:10:04] people.
[00:10:08] So just in terms the practicalities, in terms of skate.
[00:10:25] we can use all these AI techniques, but if I don't even
[00:10:27] have um basic electricity to switch on my
[00:10:31] device or access the internet and all the
[00:10:35] of you, it's going to be,
[00:10:39] challenge, so the second challenge I would say
[00:10:41] is um access to capital
[00:10:45] right, as you know Africa
[00:10:48] gets less than 3% the world's benture capital
[00:10:51] funding, we're only 3% the world's GDP so...
[00:10:55] need a massive investment into this talent
[00:10:58] pool and into this ecosystem to actually catalyze the
[00:11:02] entrepreneurs, the innovators who can solve many the Africa's and many the world's problems. the third
[00:11:06] thing that's a challenge is access to markets, because any entrepreneur and
[00:11:10] innovation
[00:11:11] that is born ultimately needs a market to sell it into
[00:11:14] right, and he start and so the the market
[00:11:18] problems are toofold, each market in Africa is is too small, when
[00:11:22] you aggregate africa's economy, are
[00:11:25] the trillion dollars, but when you
[00:11:27] look at each individual economy, there's 54 countries, so you have small markets, right, right, so
[00:11:31] suddenly, one the reasons why the US works is one big
[00:11:34] market, right, right, Africa should similarly, by breaking
[00:11:38] down his barriers you can start to create one big market, which makes it attractive both for foreign
[00:11:41] investors and local entrepreneurs to be able to to scale,
[00:11:45] other aspect around access to markets is making it easier for African
[00:11:49] entrepreneurs to access global markets so that they can tap into that
[00:11:53] 97% the world's GDP. that is not enough, how does that happen? well, I
[00:11:57] think digital is a great enable of that, because now as a,
[00:12:01] someone who's making baskets or making movies in Africa
[00:12:05] or any other kind of service, once you
[00:12:08] digitize your distribution channels, you can sell on Instagram and
[00:12:12] Facebook and all these different platforms now that if you look at what the
[00:12:16] Nigerians have done with music, yeah,
[00:12:18] I mean 10, 15 years ago uh
[00:12:22] Nigerian musicians were earning... for
[00:12:26] performance because they were trying to sell
[00:12:29] locally, but when they went global,
[00:12:32] you know, you see burner boy and whiskid selling out the O2 Arena or Madison Square Garden,
[00:12:36] and you see with digital help, with digital help, right, they they
[00:12:40] became global and famous because of YouTube and Instagram and all
[00:12:44] these
[00:12:44] things.
[00:12:48] Is the attitude the rest the world towards Africa being
[00:12:51] changed by access to... all
[00:12:55] these African art forms, but also African innovation. In certain
[00:12:59] ways, yes, but I think the rest the world still doesn't
[00:13:03] understand Africa's potential. Yeah. Growing
[00:13:06] up, um, I was brought up on
[00:13:10] Hollywood, right, so I watched you, one the greatest exports that America has
[00:13:13] had is its culture, and that came through film and music, and
[00:13:17] so by being able to tell
[00:13:18] our own story as a content, um, we will
[00:13:22] be able to change how we are seeing. on our terms and
[00:13:26] not let others write our
[00:13:28] story.
[00:13:37] whether it's international sports leagues like e-1, debuting in Nigeria or
[00:13:41] the tiny island nation of Cape Verde looking to expand tourism
[00:13:45] sustainably, digital tools are playing key role in both
[00:13:48] education and outreach. Take a
[00:13:51] look.
[00:13:55] if you look at the structure of Legos State, about 16% the
[00:13:58] land mass is made up of water and we have um the
[00:14:02] water network that is capable of taking you any almost anywhere in
[00:14:06] Lagos, despite this the usage was very very low,
[00:14:10] then less
[00:14:11] than 1%. Lagos, Nigeria is betting
[00:14:14] big its waterways and big sports leagues like E1
[00:14:18] have brought in. There is a an amazing alignment
[00:14:22] of vision, energy. Recent partnership with the electric boat
[00:14:26] racing franchise brought its first ever race on the African continent
[00:14:30] to Lagos this past October.
[00:14:34] E1 goes beyond the sport and I think the
[00:14:37] sport needs to play this kind of role which is
[00:14:41] inspirational. This comes with thought
[00:14:44] leadership, some concrete action on the
[00:14:48] coastal area,
[00:14:50] but the move to bring E1 to the shores of Africa goes far beyond
[00:14:54] this one rate. It's a push that brings technology to the
[00:14:57] forefront. There will be conversation with
[00:15:00] local technology providers and university to understand if
[00:15:04] we can fit their technologies in the future generation
[00:15:08] of our race boats. They will be inspiration for
[00:15:12] young students at high school level and university to
[00:15:16] pursue science, technology, engineering studies that is
[00:15:20] so important for the future the the
[00:15:23] planets and the environment. and any possible
[00:15:27] application, the league says they partnered with the state a
[00:15:30] range of events highlighting stem and sustainability and an effort
[00:15:34] to amplify their message of conservation and innovation. when it comes
[00:15:38] to the waterways, they're hoping their moves create a ripple
[00:15:42] effect. we want to show that
[00:15:46] different water mobility is possible for the future. this will
[00:15:49] bring developments, this will bring jobs,
[00:15:52] innovation and will put
[00:15:55] Lagos potentially in the map the place
[00:15:59] to go, if you want to learn about the water mobility the
[00:16:02] future. with more than
[00:16:06] 20 million residents, Lagos's roads are often
[00:16:09] congested despite several jetty terminals and almost 60
[00:16:12] major water routes across the state. Water
[00:16:16] transports in Legos States with what Legos State has has the ability
[00:16:20] and the capacity to remove 41% the traffic public
[00:16:24] to use water. At Ikorodu, major
[00:16:28] hub in the state, private ferry operators say despite some challenges
[00:16:32] increased government involvement has been a game
[00:16:35] changer. So let's say 20. 2018 at the time
[00:16:39] where this particular terminal where raining was still on the
[00:16:42] construction, we were moving about say 10, 15 boats per
[00:16:46] day, now as of today we move nothing less than
[00:16:50] 50 boats a day, with the growing success
[00:16:54] of private operators and a big event like the e1 race,
[00:16:58] the tide seems to be turning, it was where sustainability made
[00:17:01] innovation, because what we saw happening with that boat race
[00:17:05] was a dynam. way of looking at
[00:17:09] water transport um and lot the local operators could
[00:17:13] see the future, so we saw them as well getting involved, loving the
[00:17:16] race and being able to plan for themselves, saying this is where we want eventually be in the
[00:17:20] future. now we head to the sunny shores of
[00:17:24] Cape Verde to see how digitization is helping boost economies across the
[00:17:28] country by bringing more groups into the
[00:17:31] mix.
[00:17:35] vacation destination that once seemed far away is
[00:17:38] suddenly within reach. In
[00:17:42] the very early days, hardly anyone had heard of Cape Verde.
[00:17:46] Now it is very much known destination, and
[00:17:50] we are now experiencing a real explosion of interest
[00:17:54] from all over, predominantly Europe, so very,
[00:17:58] very well sort after destination. Flying 600
[00:18:01] kilome off the coast of West Africa, Cape Verde is a small string of
[00:18:05] volcanic islands famed for. sun, sand and sea
[00:18:08] life, not to mention miles of unbroken
[00:18:12] beaches. This tiny country with a population of just over
[00:18:16] 600 thousand has proven very attractive for
[00:18:19] perspective investors and business of late has been
[00:18:23] booming. In winter of 2025, the UK- based
[00:18:27] low-cost airline easyjet expanded service to Cape
[00:18:31] Verde with six new roots out of London and other major
[00:18:35] European cities. It's Chief commercial officer Paul
[00:18:39] Bixby says that while Cape Verd's government has been open to providing
[00:18:42] economic support, the next step is making sure the country's infrastructure
[00:18:46] and hotels are up to date and can handle a large increase in
[00:18:50] visitors. We carry 100 million passengers, we've got 350
[00:18:54] aeroplanes, we're not, we're not niche, we're we're a digital
[00:18:57] company, you disruption is marriage by phone, by
[00:19:00] app, you don't have thousands of people that can that can manage
[00:19:04] this, so it has to be quite seamless and quite mass market.
[00:19:08] While tourism is unquestionably the backbone of Cape Verd's economy,
[00:19:12] accounting for roughly a quarter the country's GDP, the island nation
[00:19:16] is also looking to grow its digital sector. With investments in
[00:19:20] e-government and cyber security, Cape Verde hopes to one day be a
[00:19:23] competitive hub for IT services, Fintech and business processing
[00:19:27] operations, servicing an international
[00:19:29] clientel. All the businesses, not only
[00:19:33] tourism, but especially tourism, that is the main service sector.
[00:19:38] in in Cape Verde depends heavily on the digital. Cape Verde
[00:19:42] knows the importance the digitalization the
[00:19:45] services and the tourism ecosystem in Cape
[00:19:49] Verdey. When tourists go to Cape Verde, you just you
[00:19:52] use for example e-gate to cross the border easily uh in in in
[00:19:56] some airport and there are more investment on that, so that's
[00:20:00] facilitate everything. Whether it's a digital transformation and
[00:20:04] burgening it sector or the continued growth of internet. national
[00:20:07] tourism, this tiny island nation hopes they're planning
[00:20:11] today will pay dividends for generations to
[00:20:14] come. all
[00:20:18] right, that does it for this very special edition of marketplace africa, the
[00:20:21] link. thank you so much for joining me, remember you keep up with us on social
[00:20:25] media and online as well. i'm zaine asha, i'll see you next
[00:20:29] time in the
[00:20:30] marketplace.
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