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Strengthening African Machine Learning. ๐ #Masakhane #SautiYetu #Masirouna #Yษbษtumi #XamXamlรฉ #Urunana
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Watch the AI Policy in Africa Panel Keynote from the 2025 Deep Learning Indaba. We discussed the progress different countries are making, key challenges, and what is needed to build responsible, inclusive, and impactful AI ecosystems across the continent. https://t.co/rrX0nq8f3k
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Earlier this year I had the honor of traveling to Kigali, Rwanda, and speaking at @DeepIndaba, one of my favorite AI conferences. Here is the recording! https://t.co/ujGrxAj8Yk
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Interested in joining the CCAI core team? We are hiring for several roles across our communication, education and community building efforts. If one or more of these positions sound interesting to you, apply here ๐ https://t.co/NP1j3K9ru0
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Big vision? Big startup? Big domain. ๐ฅ The right name: Sparks excitement Draws customers in Powers your growth Find the domain that fuels your idea.
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โจ Next in our Online Learnathon: Efficient Fine-Tuning of LLMs! ๐ LLMs โ Part 2: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning ๐ฉโ๐ซ Speakers: Qurat ul Ain (Annie), Jabez Magomere ๐ Sat, 4 Oct | 4โ5:30 PM (UTC+2) Learn how PEFT methods like LoRA make adapting LLMs to specific tasks faster &
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โจ Coming up next in our Online Learnathon series: Generative AI in practice! ๐ Session Title: Generative AI โ Part 2: Probabilistic Modelling for Latent-Variable and Implicit Generative Models ๐ Speakers: Rachel Cattle, @MirgahneyM , @NgartiExauce ๐ Time: Saturday, 20
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๐ Call for Expert Reviewers & Judges! The #DLI2025 Ideathon is seeking professionals to help shape the future of African innovation in AI, startups & research. ๐
Deadline: 2 Oct 2025 ๐ Apply: https://t.co/rTeoPPhObM Innovators across Africa will team up to build ML projects
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Up next in our Online Learnathon series: Reinforcement Learning in action! ๐ฅ ๐ Session Title: Train an AI Agent to Play Snake using Policy-Based Reinforcement Learning โ Part 2 ๐ Speakers: @ruanjohn , Sasha Abramowitz, Siddarth Singh, @ArnolFokam , @RefiloeShabe , and Matthew
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๐ Our Learnathons kick off this week! Weโre excited to begin our online practical sessions with Part 2 of the ML Foundations theme: a hands-on tutorial exploring Classification in Machine Learning, from logistic regression to neural networks, covering both binary and multiclass
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I just shared my experience @DeepIndaba If you find the time, please give it a read, and don't forget to retweet. https://t.co/8ZzqzsMw74
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๐ข Applications for MENAML 2026 are now OPEN! Weโre delighted to welcome you to the 2nd edition of the Middle East & North Africa ML Winter School ๐ Location: KAUST, Saudi Arabia ๐
Dates: January 24โ29, 2026 โณ Deadline: September 18, 2025 Apply here: https://t.co/pzKWmM8kAQ
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๐ That's a Wrap on the Indaba! A Heartfelt Thank You to the Community and See You in Nigeria! ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ What an extraordinary week it has been in Kigali, Rwanda ๐ท๐ผ! For six days, over 1,000 of us came together under the inspiring theme "Urunana โ Hand in Hand for AI in Africa." The
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What a way to close the Indaba! Day 6 was a powerful final day of learning and celebration. It featured a final round of half-day workshops, a keynote by Dino Machuve (@DMachuve ) on End-to-End Deep Learning for Chicken Diseases Diagnosis, and the inspiring Maathai Impact Award
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Day 5 was all about hands-on learning. Workshops gave the community space to dive deep, share skills, and build together, keeping the spirit of Urunana (hand in hand) alive. Here are some highlights from the day. #DLI2025 #Indaba2025 #Urunana
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๐ Celebrating African research excellence at #DLI2025! ๐ The Cheikh Anta Diop Award recognises and encourages excellence in research, teaching, and community service by early to mid-career academics and researchers at African universities, in any area of artificial
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Embrace quiet moments with our Morandi Cat Puzzle. Muted, elegant tones create a soothing, artful puzzling experience from start to finish.
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Day 4 at #DLI2025 was electric โจ Incredible energy across the sessions and a buzzing poster session. The momentum continues as we head into Day 5, a full day of workshops. #DLI2025 #Urunana #Indaba2025
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The poster session at #DLI2025 reflects the Indabaโs mission: building AI in Africa, Urunana (hand in hand). Researchers from early-career to experienced experts shared work spanning healthcare, African language processing, and environmental and agricultural applications, all
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A flagship keynote panel at #DLI2025 delved into the critical topic of AI policy and national strategies for Africa. Moderated by @jane_munga, Fellow, at @CarnegieEndow (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), the panel featured powerful insights from: @BarbsGlover,
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We are thrilled to introduce the Pamodzi Awards, a true testament to the power of our community. "Pamodzi," a word from the Nyanja and Bemba languages meaning "together" or "in unity," celebrates outstanding IndabaX communities and individuals who champion unity, collaboration,
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Mid cap companies have historically demonstrated resilience and adaptability across different market cycles. The Alger Mid Cap 40 ETF (FRTY) focuses on high-growth mid-cap companies poised for long-term success.
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๐Celebrating African research excellence at #DLI2025! ๐ The Kambule Doctoral Award recognises and encourages excellence in research and writing by doctoral candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences. This award celebrates African
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