Africa University Day 2023: AI in African Higher Education

<p>On the 12th of November we celebrate <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.aau.org%2Fpress-release-aau-gears-up-for-africa-universities-day-2023-and-56th-anniversary-focusing-on-artificial-intelligence-in-higher-education%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd01534da07df4c6170b208dbdf9f903d%7Ca6fa3b030a3c42588433a120dffcd348%7C0%7C0%7C638349648637858455%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tdTRxTDtU7AdQUCPu8BDO5P36Tt1u1blXBu%2FTLjDLwE%3D&reserved=0">Africa Universities’ Day</a> which is hosted by the Association of African Universities (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.aau.org%2Fabout%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd01534da07df4c6170b208dbdf9f903d%7Ca6fa3b030a3c42588433a120dffcd348%7C0%7C0%7C638349648638014695%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ImuZ42afDud4mqsxWJYq7XvfnuzCOfZpm2Z3yfHMi7U%3D&reserved=0">AAU</a>) to create awareness on the importance of higher education , promote dialogue on how to improve higher education and to celebrate the success stories of higher education in Africa. To celebrate and contribute to this years’ theme, ‘AI in African Higher Education’, the Centre for Collaboration in Africa (<a href="https://www.sun.ac.za/english/SUInternational/about-us-1/centres/centre-for-collaboration-in-africa">CCA</a>) at Stellenbosch University International (SUI), sat down with SU’s Dr Jan Petrus Bosman director of the <a href="https://www.sun.ac.za/english/learning-teaching/ctl">Centre for Learning Technologies</a> (http://www.sun.ac.za/clt) , to discuss the potentials, opportunities and risks of AI in African HE. </p>