BEN Partners with Valio Technologies to Develop AI Assistants to Support University Students’ Mental Health
June 26 2024 - 9:00AM
Brand Engagement Network (BEN), (Nasdaq: BNAI), an emerging
provider of safe, personalized customer engagement AI, and Valio
Technologies (Valio), a pan-African company focused on developing
disruptive enterprise-grade technology solutions, today announced a
partnership aimed at developing healthcare AI assistants that will
support the mental health of students at universities across South
Africa.
BEN is working with Valio to support Valio’s mission of creating
ground-breaking technologies that minimize many of the problems
that afflict the African continent and can provide support to over
600,000 university students across the country. Leveraging BEN’s
safe, conversational, human-modeled AI avatars, Valio’s eYakho
Health platform will support student mental health at over one
dozen universities in South Africa. Valio’s eYakho Health platform
is Africa’s largest eHealth network and will provide the necessary
information and best practices to train BEN’s AI assistants to
handle sensitive mental health queries from students and provide a
human-like resource that students can leverage for support and to
find mental health treatment and therapy options.
“Our mission at Valio Technologies is to lead Africa into the
Fourth Industrial Revolution by creating groundbreaking
technologies that address significant challenges,” said Lefentse
Nokaneng, CEO and Founder at Valio Technologies. “Partnering with
BEN and integrating its advanced AI assistants into our platform is
crucial to ensuring better mental health outcomes for South African
and African students.”
“I have been working with Valio since its inception and their
commitment to advancing mental health care through innovative AI
solutions is critical,” said Bheki Twala, Professor of DVC (Digital
Transformation) at Tshwane University. “Our partnership with BEN
and South African universities will enable us to provide students
with a secure digital environment where they can seek mental health
support without fear of stigma.”
The partnership aims to deploy BEN’s AI assistants across South
Africa's 503 registered post-school education and training
institutions, encompassing public universities, private higher
education institutions, technical and vocational education
colleges, private colleges, and community education and training
colleges. According to research by Universities South Africa (USAf)
up to 20 percent of South African university students require
mental health assistance.
“Despite the current gap between expectations and reality,
generative AI holds significant potential as a dependable solution
for improving healthcare and mental health treatment access,” said
Paul Chang, Co-CEO of BEN. “Our privacy-focused AI assistants
fulfill AI’s unmet promises, reliably engaging users in a
conversational and empathetic way that protects student-patient
information and alleviates some of the burden placed on
overextended healthcare professionals.”
For more information about BEN please visit:
http://www.beninc.ai.
About BEN
Brand Engagement Network (BEN), NASDAQ: BNAI, is an emerging
provider of safe and secure generative AI for businesses and
consumers, headquartered in Jackson, WY. BEN’s full-stack platform,
encompassing front-end, middleware, and back-end, is scalable,
customizable, and can be fully optimized for superior CX,
productivity, and performance. The backbone of BENs success is its
rich portfolio of conversational AI applications, featuring 16+
perception, understanding and response modules that facilitate
human-like engagements with consumers. BEN seeks to deploy scalable
and sustainable AI solutions to businesses and partner with those
with complimentary capabilities and networks in industries
experiencing significant workforce gaps. In line with the vision of
an AI-enhanced world, BEN strives to bring AI assistants to
everyone who can benefit from them.
Additional information about BEN can be found here:
https://beninc.ai/
About Valio TechnologiesValio (Technologies Pty
Ltd) is a Pan-African technology company specializing in the
development of disruptive enterprise blockchain, Robotic Process
Automation (RPA), and Artificial Intelligence solutions tailored
for developing markets. With a strategic focus on key sectors such
as healthcare, automotive, mining, and supply chain management, our
mission is to lead Africa into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Valio is dedicated to transforming these sectors by harnessing
innovation to foster sustainable development and economic growth
across the continent.
Media Contacts: Dan Brennan,
ICRdan.brennan@icrinc.com
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