Otitoju Femi
Officials of Dataphyte, a data and civic technology organization, paid a courtesy visit to the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) on June 23, 2025.
The delegation was received by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olubunmi Shittu at the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Room.
At the meeting, Dataphyte team leader , Mr. Kehinde Ogunyale, outlined the purpose of the visit, saying that the organization had engaged in a nationwide tour of tertiary institutions and other organizations in the past four months.
However, the initiative aimed at promoting accountability, transparency and artificial intelligence (AI) literacy.
He said: “This is the sixth university we are visiting in the last four months. “The idea is to begin to teach accountability and transparency and also to enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy in academic environments.
“We are partnering with institutions, mass communication experts, and students to help them learn how to use, interpret and analyze data.
“This is about digital literacy and storytelling through data.”
Meanwhile, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Prof. Chika Asogwa, who also addressed the gathering, expressed appreciation to the Dataphyte team for their contributions to the university community.
In her words: “We are privileged to have the Dataphyte team here training our students free of charge.
“They have been educating and feeding our students at no cost on AI journalism. I had earlier discussed with Professor Aderibigbe the need for this training, and he facilitated the connection with Dataphyte.
“We have started this initiative here at FUOYE, so you are in the right place.
”In his remarks, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shittu, welcomed the team and acknowledged the importance of their work.
He said:“It gladdens my heart to have you here. “Just like you mentioned data sharing, I want to inform you that we already have a Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Strategic Planning, Research, and Innovation Linkages (SPRIL), which oversees that area.
“We are not caught unaware by the advent of AI and emerging technologies. We are in the age of information, and it is crucial that journalists are data-literate.”
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