David Moinina Sengeh, born and raised in Sierra Leone, with a PhD from the MIT Media Lab., tells the story of his experience as Chief Innovation Officer at the Government of Sierra-Leone and Research Scientist at IBM Africa, where he leads a healthcare team for implementing AI-enabled systems for treatment and management of disease in Africa.

In this podcast, David Moinina Sengeh talks about the importance of technology as part of our education and health system. From his experience as first Chief Innovation Officer at the Government of Sierra-Leone, he argues the need for bringing together science, technology and innovation to address national development priorities across all sectors and industries, opening the possibility for an innovation ecosystem in society and for young people to have the opportunity of learning state-of -the-art analytics and computational thinking.

#NFFStories is a series of podcasts produced by the Norman Foster Foundation that aims to empower our community to make positive change. A new platform for people around the world to share and hear inspirational stories and ideas that are going to shape the future.

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