Host Institution

Ashesi University

Schedule

• 18 Jun 2025
• 8:00am - 9:00am Registration Desk Opens + Mentorship
• 9:00am - 9:05am Opening Remarks
• 9:05am - 9:25am Welcome Address
• 9:25am - 10:05am Opening Keynote Address: We Better Get This Right: Data Science and the Future of Economic Development
• 10:05am - 10:15am Group Photo
• 10:15am - 10:20am B R E A K
• 10:20am - 12:25pm Tutorial Sessions: Python Programming and Machine Learning Track
• 12:25pm - 1:55pm Lunch Break
• 1:55pm - 2:55pm Tutorials Continue with Exercises
• 2:55pm - 3:00pm Switch Rooms
• 3:00pm - 4:30pm Panel Discussion
• 4:30pm - 4:55pm Spotlight Presentations (5 Mins Each)
• 4:55pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks
• 19 Jun 2025
• 8:00am - 9:00am Registration Desk Opens + Mentorship
• 9:00am - 11:20am Tutorial Sessions: Python Programming and Machine Learning Track
• 11:20am - 11:25am B R E A K
• 11:25am - 12:25pm Tutorial Sessions Continue
• 12:25pm - 1:55pm Lunch Break
• 1:55pm - 2:55pm Poster Presentations
• 2:55pm - 3:55pm Tutorials Continue with Exercises
• 3:55pm - 4:00pm Switch Rooms
• 4:00pm - 6:30pm Workshops
• 20 Jun 2025
• 8:00am - 9:00am Registration Desk Opens + Mentorship
• 9:00am - 9:10am Opening Remarks
• 9:10am - 9:50am Keynote Address: From Skills to Impact; Empowering Ghana's Data Science Evolution
• 9:50am - 10:50am Tutorial Sessions
• 10:50am - 11:00am B R E A K
• 11:00am - 12:00pm Tutorial Sessions Continue
• 12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm Tutorials Continue (Hands-on)
• 2:30pm - 2:40pm B R E A K
• 2:40pm - 3:25pm Talks from Sponsors (Maverick Research, MTN Ghana & Ashesi Graduate Admissions)
• 3:25pm - 3:40pm Award Presentations
• 3:40pm - 4:00pm Closing Remarks

List of Speakers

Rob Floyd

Director for innovation and digital policy at the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Ing. Patricia Obo-Nai

Electrical engineer and the first Ghanaian CEO of Vodafone Ghana, now Telecel Ghana. Ing