Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

First, I think Africa is rising.

You've mentioned the population.

It's got 30 percent of it is middle class.

That's over 300 million people.

And for this continent to continue to succeed, it's open for trade.

And that's something that's really important for us.

And the part of just understanding what the continent needs is very important.

And when we look at AI, I mean, there's fantastic use cases, anti-money laundering, cybersecurity, agriculture, health and so on and so forth.

But for me personally, I think we need to put sort of a handbrake on AI.

And the reason for that is we need to open it up

build the algorithms that are relevant to Africa, and not just transport the algorithms there.

Because I strongly feel that if we don't do that, it'll be a form of colonization or colonizing at a scale that we've never seen before.

And it is really important that ...

that we manage that challenge from that perspective, because it's like we are racing to a finish line that's vanishing.

And for Africa, we need to ensure that the solutions that are brought in make an impact on the lives of the people, on the society in which we operate in.

And that's very important to me.

And for the leadership part, I think I take from Bob, he used to quote Dr. Seuss all the time and say, the person is a person no matter how small.

And that's such a profound statement that we should be able to look at everybody individually and actually listen to them and try and make an impact in their lives.