The Kenya government has reiterated plans to enhance its investment plans in the ICT sector further for accelerated national development. As part of the plans, the government is pursuing strategic plans to set up more than 1,400 ICT hubs at Constituency and ward levels countrywide, among other projects.
Speaking when he toured and officially opened data annotation solutions provider Sama Kenya EPZ Delivery Centre in Nairobi, President William Ruto, accompanied by visiting Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, said the government’s strategy is part of an effort to accelerate entrenchment of a skills-based economy. Sama is a global leader in data annotation solutions for computer vision that power artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models serving leading global corporations from Nairobi.
(TOP: President William Ruto and Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed at Sama BPO).
“Our intentional investment in ICT infrastructure will ensure that we turn Kenya into a skills-based economy,” Ruto added, “With the Government’s bias on new and specialised domains, the youth will stay current with emerging industry demands, guaranteeing them income.”
With a state-of-the-art delivery centre in Nairobi’s Sameer Industrial Park and employing more than 3,000 staffers, Sama is a global leader in data annotation solutions for computer vision that power Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models.
On her part, Sama CEO Wendy Gonzalez confirmed plans to enhance its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) investments in the East and Horn of Africa region to further position the region as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) value chain investment destination.
“Kenya has the potential to become a major player in the global BPO and AI Value chain market, and we are excited to be a part of this growth. For over a decade, we have provided individuals who are most likely to be excluded from formal sector jobs with quality work and skills transfer opportunities,” Gonzalez said.
Over 25% of Fortune 50 companies, including Google, NVIDIA, General Motors, Walmart, Ford, Microsoft, eBay, Ford, and Glassdoor, trust Sama to help them deliver industry-leading machine learning models.
Sama is a provider of data annotation solutions for computer vision that power Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models. With a fully-fledged global service delivery centre in Nairobi, Kenya, Sama provides quality solutions and is one of the world’s leading AI value chain players. By far, Sama is the single-largest Safaricom broadband data consumer connecting to client virtual and physical data centres worldwide. Our solutions minimize the risk of model failure and lower the total cost of ownership through an enterprise-ready ML-powered platform and SamaIQ actionable data insights uncovered by proprietary algorithms and a highly skilled on-staff team of over 5,000 data experts.
Driven by a mission to expand opportunities for underserved individuals through the digital economy, Sama is a certified B-Corp and has helped more than 65,000 people lift themselves out of poverty. An MIT-led Randomized Controlled Trial has validated its training and employment program.
Good evening. I read your article and really enjoyed it. It was very informative as well. You seem to be very knowledgeable with things data annotation and keeping up with contemporary information. As such, do you know any data annotation/ entry companies that are actively hiring? That could be wither in Kenya or abroad. Warm wishes and regards.
Good evening. I read your article and really enjoyed it. It was very informative as well. You seem to be very knowledgeable with things data annotation and keeping up with contemporary information. As such, do you know any data annotation/ entry companies that are actively hiring? That could be wither in Kenya or abroad. Warm wishes and regards.