Africa Urged to Participate Collectively in IBM’s Quantum Computing Hub Headquartered at WITS
(UniversityWorldNews) Africa must participate collectively as a continent and not miss out on the potential of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), warned Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, deputy vice-chancellor for research and postgraduate affairs at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa.
WITS is the first African partner on the IBM Quantum Computing (IBM Q) Network and will become the focal research hub for academics across South Africa and for the 16 universities belonging to the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). Scholars from Wits and ARUA institutions will be able to conduct research using a 20-qubit IBM Q quantum computer with advanced quantum computing systems and software for teaching quantum information science and exploring early applications.
ARUA member universities include: Addis Ababa University; University of Ghana; University of Nairobi; University of Lagos; University of Ibadan; Obafemi Awolowo University lle-Ife; University of Rwanda; University Cheikh Anta Diop; University of Cape Town; University of KwaZulu-Natal; University of Pretoria; Rhodes University; University of Stellenbosch; University of the Witwatersrand; University of Dar es Salaam and Makerere University.