TUNISIA PRIVATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY TARGETS CREATING A ‘SILICON SAHEL’ TECH HUB IN NORTH AFRICA
January 25th, 2024
A Tunisia-based higher education institution is seeking to fill an artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap in this north African country, which has hosted some successful AI-based startups, but who have struggled to recruit AI-proficient workers.
The Pristini School of AI launched quietly in 2023 and has since been building its student base, now teaching 130 students across its undergraduate and masters’ courses, said its dean, Mohamed Jaoua. This includes bachelors degrees on applied informatics (for more technically proficient students) and a course aimed at ...
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