Ecosystem Newsletter - Feb 2023

As part of the network of?Arm?Ecosystem labs across Africa, the Embedded Learning Challenge (ELC) is designed to bring more learners across the continent into embedded systems and Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) fields. The ELC and its network of participants are poised to engage, educate and cultivate local technology ecosystems on the continent, with easier access to Arm tools and technology.

HIGHLIGHTS

Arm Opens Five New Labs in Ghana

The five new labs launched in Ghana last month are located at centers in educational and entrepreneurial environments across the country, including some of the country’s leading universities. A standard (E3)NGAGE lab is equipped with tools, hardware, testing and training equipment from the Arm ecosystem, and is open to ecosystem stakeholders within the community.

A recap of the lab launches can be seen in the video below ? video

ECOSYSTEM PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

• As a means of fostering technological advancement across Africa, Arm has opened five new labs in Ghana. See the Arm Blueprint article by Stephen Ozoigbo here.
• Special Representative McAuliffe Leads Partnership Opportunity Delegation to Ghana: See the official media release here.
• Academic City gets Africa’s first sustainability laboratory: Via citinews.
• The Arm Student Club (ARM-y) was launched at the University of Ghana : Dean Elsie Effah Kaufmann, PhD , Margaret Richardson Ansah Ph.D , Nii Longdon (PhD) were in attendance: click here.
• The Moses Kontane Institute has provided seed money for new ideas to the tune of $30,000 to the AlgoAtWork : click here.

ECOSYSTEM VOICES

• Dominica Abena Amanfo: Blog
• Marilyn Appenteng: LinkedIn post ?
• El-Karece Asiedu: LinkedIn post
• Derrick Sosoo: LinkedIn post
• Faith Cyril: LinkedIn post
• Lilly Koranteng: Blog
• Louisa Ayamga: LinkedIn post
• Dr. Kwadwo Dompreh: LinkedIn post

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

• Arm continues to accelerate IoT software development with new partnerships: click here.

• Arm introduces a new image signal processor to advance vision systems for IoT and embedded markets: click here.

• Bringing next-level 3D gaming to life with Arm Immortalis: click here.

• Robert John?tested the Arduino Voice Recognition Engine on the Nano RP2040, its smallest microcontroller. The Nano RP2040 supports #machinelearning and features an inbuilt microphone that?captures?sound.

• Learn about the #raspberrypi in a few minutes! What is it, what can you do with it, and how can you get things done in a period of hardware scarcity? All of these are covered in this video.?

• Peter Warden: Create a Machine That Recognizes and Responds to Individual Faces. Do you wish you had a constant partner that would stare intently into your eyes wherever you went? Attempt this little AI-enhanced robot!

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