Qualcomm Incorporated announced the completion of the first year of the Africa Innovation Platform, a suite of mentorship, education, and training programs created to support the development of Africa’s emerging technology ecosystem. The program exposed the selected groups to Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s engineers and its state-of-the-art capabilities suite for mobile platforms and technologies, including 4G, 5G, IoT, AI, and machine learning. Additionally, Qualcomm announced several additional benefits to the Innovation Platform for this year’s participants, such as Social Impact Funds, patent filing incentive fund, and the QMIA 2024 program launch. Elizabeth Migwalla, Vice President and Head of Government Affairs (Middle East and Africa), Qualcomm International, Inc., said that the Qualcomm “Make in Africa” first year was defined by success.
