http://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Thu, 09 May 2024 08:04:09 +0000 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:33:48 +0000 http://www.liberianobserver.com/ai-journalism-how-can-journalists-benefit I still remember vividly when Prue Clarke, co-founder and executive director for New Narratives, asked during a Workshop in 2022 about ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot that helps users by giving commands.  “What are you thinking about ChatGPT,” she asked the… tmehnpaine@gmail.com (Tina S. Mehnpaine) eafb78fe-8c11-44bc-8c5f-f04255619719 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:33:48 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/csquared-marks-significant-milestone-advancing-liberias-digital-connectivity Monrovia, Liberia — January 24, 2024 — CSquared, a leading Pan-African technology company committed to fostering digital connectivity across Africa, yesterday celebrated a key achievement in its mission to bridge the digital divide in Liberia. With a population of 5.2 million, Liberia… b7eb71c6-639d-4a09-aecb-8778dca95d5a Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:09:07 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/student-spotlight-paye-kialain-uses-data-empower By Shefali Sinha, SolarSPELL Communications Intern SU23 SolarSPELL is an ever-growing organization which mobilizes the unique individual insights of approximately 100 students annually from ASU and other universities worldwide. They work together on software development,… d7ff5e20-d92b-4ef3-8211-bb3b6921b51b Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:37:36 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-five-ecowas-member-states-sign-mou-development-amilcar-cabral-submarine-telecommunications   9533ceb0-d039-427d-92ed-3a0d19e39e92 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:39:11 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/creating-awareness-artificial-intelligence-liberia It often pains me to say that Liberia has a traditional tendency to play catch-up when it comes to adopting Information and Communications Technologies ( ICTs). Incontrovertibly, this “tendency” of late adoption is a result of past and existing national social and economic challenges.… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 5a85af6d-a49d-496d-ad8a-5d5086d4f03b Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:48:39 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/one-stop-online-government A Paradigm Shift in How Government Delivers Services and Information to “Customers of Public Administration” The expansion of the internet and its accompanying technologies has brought both increased efficiency and new methods of communication. Since its (internet) advent, governments around… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) b01f2bb2-8ce3-4168-ae89-b7a0a1c592e4 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:08:24 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/ict-liberia-review-2021-and-forecast-year-2022 Since 2009 we have had the honor and privilege of writing the Science and Technology Column for the Liberia Daily Observer. Along the way, two things have become traditional: A Review of the “ended” year, and a Forecast of the new year. The former is usually done on the last Tuesday of the… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 40aac44a-0adc-4963-8a19-a544b4d5a567 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:12:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/reviving-our-agriculture-sector-might-require-aggressive-inclusion-icts A while ago, I wrote a post on my Facebook page regarding the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in Agriculture. I began that post by asking the following question: "Are we going to have a problem getting people to go back to the soil?" That question was based on an… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 43f1b370-f882-4575-b433-9d04d41caf25 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:58:30 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/driving-education-research-and-innovation-liberia-lrren-liberia-research-and-education-network In September of 2018, heads of various Liberian universities and colleges converged at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MoPT) to discuss the establishment of a National Research and Education Network (NREN) in Liberia. Subsequently, on December 13, 2018, the… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 59ea4285-be9b-4e1b-ac30-57485b507f3c Sat, 06 Nov 2021 15:01:36 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/current-and-future-roles-it-department Information Technology (IT) involves the study, design, development, implementation, and the support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware, for the purpose of converting, storing, protecting, processing, transmitting,… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) f18c9e0e-8cd6-4669-92be-720148496014 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:04:43 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/achieve-digital-economy-counties-should-have-their-own-chief-information-officers-cios-champion-0 I have learned that each county in Liberia has at least one individual who champions specific sectors of the nation.  These individuals are representatives of various ministries and agencies assigned to those counties.  There is a County Education Officer (CEO), a County… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) f1f44ddf-aab9-4b17-a45b-41adeda0e30f Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:28:31 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/government-and-other-institutions-should-not-use-public-email-gmail-or-yahoo-official-communication They should use institutional email accounts instead! A few months ago, I tried to register for a course in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at a renowned university in the USA, using my GMAIL account. During the registration process, I was asked to enter my institution of… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) a5907d07-efb1-416d-a25a-2f8b46cc6892 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:20:06 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/achieve-digital-economy-counties-should-have-their-own-chief-information-officers-cios-champion-ict I have learned that each county in Liberia has at least one individual who champions specific sectors of the nation.  These individuals are representatives of various ministries and agencies assigned to those counties.  There is a County Education Officer (CEO), a County… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 095c3ad8-96ac-4a75-ab75-00d3d5978f64 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:21:59 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily http://www.liberianobserver.com/reviving-our-agriculture-sector-might-require-aggressive-inclusion-information-and-communications A while ago, I wrote a post on my Facebook page regarding the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in Agriculture. I began that post by asking the following question: "Are we going to have a problem getting people to go back to the soil?" That question was based on an… DWilkins@SaharaTeck.Com (Dr. Darren Wilkins) 55a48cc7-e117-4526-9e6b-5db4023fc014 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:22:51 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily