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Hi Everyone,

I will jump right into it😊,

⚠️ Why Quantum In Africa Deserves Attention

🌍 Global efforts by quantum engineers and researchers are facilitating the rapid development of quantum technologies.
🌍 Quantum technologies have the potential to help solve many of today's global challenges
🌍 Africa needs to equip its talented young population with education & skills now so they can contribute & shape new enterprises, future careers, and workforces
🌍 OneQuantum Africa is our effort to make that happen

It is essential to remember that Africa has sufficient materials and human resources to build shared prosperity. All we need to do is unleash this potential.

Here are some key learnings from our communities:

• Africa should work towards technology transfer for scientific and economic independence

• A strong foundation in education enables capacity building and mastering of emerging technologies like quantum

• Scientists in Africa should explore bilateral collaborations as a starting point with a vision to scale to regional and continental levels

• Communities that reach beyond academia are essential to moving quantum forward not only in Africa but globally

• Young people are generally curious and talented such that introducing them to new fields like quantum computing needs to happen now

• We need to take advantage of open access and communities to join forces and start work on some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in the continent to attract the necessary support from local governments and organizations

• Collaboration is vital to enhance the level of science and technology in the continent

• Quantum tech is a sensitive industry such that as Africans, we need to participate and contribute to shaping it to build trust and ensure tech sovereignty

• Unlike other decades where African countries were just beneficiaries of emerging technologies, now is the time for the African continent to pioneer ground-breaking innovations

• Africa's quantum opportunity strongly depends on building a solid foundation in education

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OneQuantum Africa is a community effort. I am happy to hear from everyone about how best to move quantum forward in our beautiful continent. We are always looking for volunteers and partners to help us expand and improve our efforts.

Please reach out to me with your goals at africa@onequantum.org.

Please share this with your colleagues and let’s move quantum forward in Africa and join the global ecosystem NOW!

Lorraine Tsitsi Majiri | President | OneQuantum Africa

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OneQuantum will be speaking at and attending the Quantum World Congress in Washington DC.

The Quantum World Congress is a net-new, large-scale, cross-sector, multi-domain event, convening and connecting the world's quantum ecosystem in Washington, DC. We invite you to join us at QWC, to spotlight the transformational impact that quantum science and technology will have across industry, government, and society.

Comprising a forward-thinking educational agenda, as well as an exposition of products and services, QWC will connect stakeholders, decision-makers, and future developers of quantum technology from both the public and private sectors.

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News, opportunities, events, and more

1. The Analyst Roundtable | S1E7 | Trapped in Silicone.

2. qBraid is excited🎉🎉 to partner with OneQuantum Africa to Learn, Build, and Deploy quantum computing solutions. With a dedicated discord channel for OneQuantum members in qBraid as well as exclusive access to qBraid content, we're eager to see this partnership grow the OneQuantum Africa team.

3. Hope and Hype in Quantum Computing by Philip Nikolayev and Susmit Panda.

4. The Science of Quantum Games: From the 1st-5th August 2022, QUECWA is holding a workshop on the US initiative of learning quantum computing by playing quantum games!!

5. Intensive machine learning and AI training for African nationals opportunity.