{"id":45287,"date":"2025-12-18T20:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45287"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:27:25","slug":"workshop-in-woodmead-trains-african-creators-on-ai-and-digital-twin-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/18\/workshop-in-woodmead-trains-african-creators-on-ai-and-digital-twin-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop in Woodmead Trains African Creators on AI and Digital Twin Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Woodmead-based workshop is equipping African digital creators with practical skills in artificial intelligence and digital twin technology, signalling a shift in how the continent\u2019s creative economy competes on a global stage.<\/p>\n<p>The first Digital Twin and AI Creator Enablement Workshop on the continent brought together more than 20 award-winning South African digital creators who collectively reach over 15 million followers. The invite-only session was hosted by Afru-ikigAI in partnership with Huawei Cloud, the South African Social Media Awards and Celebrity Drive South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of focusing on theory, the workshop emphasised hands-on applications of AI, cloud infrastructure and digital twin technology \u2014 tools reshaping content production globally. Participants were introduced to AI-powered digital versions of themselves designed to scale content creation, automate workflows and unlock new monetisation opportunities without sacrificing authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>Afru-ikigAI founder and CEO Nondumiso Mhlongo led the initiative, joined by SASMA sponsorship partner Terisa Hsu-Lee. Celebrity Drive co-founders Wendy Mosetlhi and Sipho \u201cC-ga\u201d Masebe underscored the importance of practical AI literacy for creators, helping them take tangible skills from the workshop into their work.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers framed AI not as a threat to creativity but as a sustainability tool for African storytellers navigating an increasingly competitive digital economy. Huawei Cloud\u2019s leadership participated in the workshop, reinforcing the company\u2019s long-term commitment to Africa\u2019s digital future.<\/p>\n<p>A live demonstration also showed how AI and digital twin technologies are being used at scale in China, offering a glimpse of what infrastructure-enabled creativity can achieve. The event followed the 2025 SASMA Awards and included the presentation of a SASMA award to radio personality and <em>Real Housewives of Johannesburg<\/em> cast member Lethabo Lejoy, highlighting the growing overlap between traditional media and digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond skills transfer, Afru-ikigAI awarded more than R100 000 in prizes and training packages and announced plans to expand similar programmes across South Africa and into other African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Workshop #Woodmead #Trains #African #Creators #Digital #Twin #Tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Woodmead-based workshop is equipping African digital creators with practical skills in artificial intelligence and digital twin technology, signalling a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[301,4392,583,1393,3565,9436,9435,7674],"class_list":["post-45287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-african","tag-creators","tag-digital","tag-tech","tag-trains","tag-twin","tag-woodmead","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45289,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45287\/revisions\/45289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}