For the past few months, our Awards team has worked hard reviewing all applications and nominations. We thank everyone who applied or was nominated. It is inspiring and uplifting to see homegrown research done by African researchers excel. This year, we have Awards in four categories: the Cheikh Anta Diop early-to-mid career, Thamsanqa Kambule Doctrial, […]

The Deep Learning Indaba 2024  has been announced officially ON since the start of the year ! The new edition will be taking place in Dakar, Senegal from the 1st to the 7th of September.  With a new edition, this year’s awards has been announced with a new category this year !  As always, we are […]

Kambule Doctoral Award The Kambule Doctoral Award, held in honour of one of South Africa’s greatest mathematician and teacher, Dr Thamsanqu W. Kambule, recognises  excellence in research and writing by doctoral candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences, and whose work demonstrates excellence through technical rigour, significance of contribution, and […]

Deep Learning Indaba 2023 What are the Kambule and Alele-Williams Awards? The Thamsanqa Kambule and Grace Alele-Williams Awards recognise and encourage excellence in research and writing by doctoral and master’s candidates, respectively, at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences.  The Kambule Doctoral Award celebrates African research excellence: its recipients uphold Thamsanqa […]

Deep Learning Indaba 2023 What is the Maathai Impact Award? The Wangari Maathai Impact Award encourages and recognises work by African innovators that shows impactful application (including but not limited to technical, societal,  environmental, and economic) of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This award reinforces the legacy of Wangari Maathai in acknowledging the capacity of […]

It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the Indaba Awards 2023, a celebration of African research excellence and impactful work in Artificial Intelligence. The awards recognise the outstanding work of individuals, teams, and communities who are pushing the boundaries of what is possible and benefiting local communities across the continent through […]

We also release our report summarising the outcomes of this programme and share its key recommendations.