{"id":694,"date":"2025-03-28T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2025-04-15T08:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T08:44:37","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deep Learning Indaba awards several awards each year that recognise excellence amongst Africans in all areas related to African flourishing, innovation and AI.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/kambule-doctoral-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kambule Doctoral Award<\/a><\/strong> recognises and encourages excellence in research and writing by doctoral candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/alele-williams-masters-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alele-Williams Masters Award<\/a><\/strong> recognises excellence by Masters degree candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/maathai-impact-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maathai Impact Award<\/a><\/strong> encourages and recognises work by African innovators that shows impactful application of machine learning and artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/anta-diop-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anta Diop Award<\/a> <\/strong>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 intelligence, and computational and statistical sciences.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Umuntu Award for Services to the African Machine Learning Community<\/strong> is awarded at the discretion of the Indaba\u2019s Board of Trustees to recognise individuals or teams who have gone beyond the call of duty to support our African communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These awards celebrate those who show the strength of African machine learning, and we encourage as many applications from across our continent as possible. For each of the awards, please refer to the links above for eligibility and selection criteria.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Applications are now open<\/strong> ! <\/h4>\n<p>Application\/nomination will close on 11 April 2025<strong> ( Extended to 20 April 2025 )<\/strong>. Awardees will be notified in June 2025. Nominations will reopen in 2026, please check back for eligibility details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deep Learning Indaba awards several awards each year that recognise excellence amongst Africans in all areas related to African flourishing, innovation and AI. These awards celebrate those who show the strength of African machine learning, and we encourage as many applications from across our continent as possible. 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