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Lavina Ramkissoon

Lavina Ramkissoon

Conscious Creator I Trailblazer I Thought Leader

Ramkissoon, who writes in her personal capacity, is an AI mentor, strategist and trailblazer standing for the unification of the African tech space. She is a conscious tech proponent with expertise in strategy, technology and psychology, and their integration into AI, blockchain and ethics. This tech catalyst has roles as chairperson, director and founder across multiple industries, sectors and technologies − aiming to unlock the potential of the African AI arena.

Articles

BI and Data Analytics

Datafication: Turning phenomena into data

The ways in which we will define and redefine our existence in future is inextricably linked to the process of datafication and automation.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Should cyber security or cyber attacks be your focus?

Attackers exploit the vulnerabilities new technologies introduce, and even the best cyber controls rapidly become obsolete in this accelerating digital world.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Emerging Technologies

Web3 or Web 3.0: A cryptic buzzword

Web 3.0 is built upon the concepts of decentralisation, openness and excellent user utility, with the ultimate goal of creating more intelligent, connected and open websites.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Fintech redefined through buy-now-pay-later

Buy-now-pay-later services increase in popularity and valuation, as the low-cost, multiple-instalment appeal of BNPL results in an astounding increase in such payments.

Lavina Ramkissoon

BI and Data Analytics

Unpacking data entanglement in the digital economy

Human rights, security, economics and technology make up the base of the digital economy, so we need a globally agreed-upon, interoperable definition of personal data.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Artificial Intelligence

Future paths into conversational artificial intelligence

The ability for today’s chatbots to understand the nuances of human tonalities and speech patterns, and mimic human empathy, makes them successful across industries and verticals.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Data Management

Metaverse heralds new paradigm of digital value

In the metaverse, digital asset transfers will take place on the blockchain through avatars (digital identities) and oracles (value intermediaries), birthing a new economic model.

Lavina Ramkissoon

BI and Data Analytics

Can we get rid of bias in artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence systems are the product of constructed algorithms that inherit many of the biases that help to perpetuate the global challenges we hope to solve.

Lavina Ramkissoon

Get ready to ride the social-commerce wave

The use of social networks in the context of e-commerce transactions sees the rise of internet sensation ‘Brother Pomegranate’ amid the growing global trend of rural entrepreneurship.

Lavina Ramkissoon