{"id":444469,"date":"2025-07-03T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=444469"},"modified":"2025-07-03T23:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:22:36","slug":"ivory-coast-to-host-world-transhumanist-congress-for-the-first-time-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ivory-coast-to-host-world-transhumanist-congress-for-the-first-time-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast to Host World Transhumanist Congress for the First Time in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abidjan, (SONNA) \u2013 For the first time on African soil, Ivory Coast will host the prestigious World Transhumanist Congress, scheduled to take place on November 27\u201328, 2025, at F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny University in Cocody, Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>Held under the theme \u201cTranshumanism and the Development of Africa\u201d, the congress is organized by the Ivorian Society of Transhumanism (SIVOT) in collaboration with the French Transhumanist Association (AFT-Technoprog), the African Institute of Bioethics, and the international organization Humanity+, a global leader in transhumanist thought.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 renowned experts from 20 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas are expected to participate in the event. They will engage in high-level discussions on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, digital ethics, enhanced health, and the broader future of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Notable speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laurent Alexandre \u2013 French surgeon and AI-health entrepreneur<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Marc Besnier \u2013 French philosopher and technology ethics expert<\/li>\n<li>Ebenezer Njoh Mouelle \u2013 Cameroonian philosopher and African transhumanist thought leader<\/li>\n<li>Marc Roux \u2013 President, AFT-Technoprog (France)<\/li>\n<li>Stefano Vaj \u2013 President, Italian Transhumanist Association<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Luis Cordeiro \u2013 Venezuelan-Spanish engineer and futurist<\/li>\n<li>Didier Coeurnelle \u2013 Belgian human rights advocate in transhumanism<\/li>\n<li>Ben Goertzel \u2013 Leading figure in artificial general intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Ojochogwu Abdul \u2013 Afropolitan futurist and Founder of Transhumanist Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This landmark congress marks a historic turning point for Africa as it seeks to become an active player in shaping the global technological landscape. It offers a platform to explore how future technologies can drive human, economic, and institutional development across the continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b>By: Professor Josu\u00e9 Gu\u00e9bo (in blue suit)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b> President of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Ivoirienne de Transhumanisme (SIVOT),<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abidjan, (SONNA) \u2013 For the first time on African soil, Ivory Coast will host the prestigious World Transhumanist Congress, scheduled to take place on November 27\u201328, 2025, at F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny University in Cocody, Abidjan. Held under the theme \u201cTranshumanism and the Development of Africa\u201d, the congress is organized by the Ivorian Society of Transhumanism (SIVOT) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":444472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444473,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444469\/revisions\/444473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}