{"id":309,"date":"2025-01-09T18:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:47:31","slug":"organisers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/organisers\/","title":{"rendered":"ORGANISERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A core Indaba value is&nbsp;<em>Masakhane<\/em>&nbsp;(We Build Together) and this is reflected in the group of people who dedicate their time throughout the year to sustain the work of Strengthening African Machine Learning. This is the incredible set of people who form the organising committees for our 2025 activities.<\/p>\n<p>All email addresses are @deeplearningindaba.com.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INDABA 2025 IN Rwanda<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Chairs<\/h4>\n<p>gc@<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pierrette Mahoro Mastel<\/li>\n<li>Bruno Ssekiwere<\/li>\n<li>Tejumade Afonja<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programme Committee<\/h4>\n<p>pc@<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PC Chairs\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pierrette Mahoro Mastel<\/li>\n<li>Bruno Ssekiwere<\/li>\n<li>Tejumade Afonja<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Keynotes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kira D\u00fcsterwald <strong>(Chair)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Workshops:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>James Allingham (<strong> Chair<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Yasser Bouchareb (Workshops)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tutorial and Practicals\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kale-ab Tessera (<strong>Chair<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Omayma Mahjoub (Tutorials and Practicals)<\/li>\n<li>Liza Semenova (Tutorials and Practicals)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Research in Africa Showcase\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lesego Makhafola (<strong>Chair<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Daphne Machangara (RIAS)<\/li>\n<li>Volviane Saphir Mfogo (RIAS)<\/li>\n<li>Asma Basly (RIAS)<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Fashoto (RIAS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship@Indaba\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aya Salama (<strong> Chair)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Iretiayo Akinola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PC Advisor\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aisha Alaagib<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsorship 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