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Surna Technologies, a Liberian-founded sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure company, has been named a semi-finalist in Harvard University’s President’s Innovation Challenge, The Liberian Investigator reports.

The competition recognises promising student-led ventures from across Harvard’s 13 schools. Surna’s founder, Hellen S. Momoh, is a Harvard data science graduate student.

The company argues that African governments and institutions should control their own data and AI systems rather than outsource them.

For the full account, read the original reporting by The Liberian Investigator, linked below.

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