15:15 - 16:15
AI for Business & Entrepreneurs: Use Cases and Tools That Work
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
This session showcases how African entrepreneurs and businesses can leverage artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, better serve their customers, and innovate. Concrete cases and accessible tools will be presented to help transform ideas into action.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
AI is no longer reserved for large companies or specialized engineers. A growing number of practical tools allow African SMEs, startups, and freelancers to integrate AI into their daily activities: automation, marketing, customer service, decision-making, and more.
In this session, participants will discover:
- Concrete use cases: How African companies are already using AI in agriculture, finance, commerce, education and health.
- Accessible Tools: Introducing easy-to-use AI tools for key tasks (chatbots, data analysis, content generation, automation).
- Startup Strategies: Where to begin when you want to integrate AI into your business without a big budget?
- Pitfalls to avoid: How to avoid falling into “tech at all costs” and choose your priorities wisely?
- Feedback: Entrepreneurs will share their successes, mistakes, and lessons learned.
The objective: to demystify AI for managers, project leaders and operational teams, and provide them with concrete levers to test immediately.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
- Identify AI use cases suited to your sector and maturity level.
- Discover simple and effective AI tools to integrate into your business.
- Understand how to structure an AI approach even without technical expertise.
- Avoid common pitfalls and optimize your return on investment.
- Leave with a list of concrete actions and tools to test quickly.