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Planting the Flag of Knowledge – Building a Stronger African Machine Learning Ecosystem
In the New Year, Shakir Mohamed (Deep Learning Indaba Co-founder and Trustee) put forward an inspiring message to the Deep Learning Indaba organisers, aptly titled "Planting the Flag of Knowledge in 2024 and Beyond,". This message quoted Mariama Bâ's, a Senegalese...
A message from the 2024 General Chairs
2024 General Chairs: Emily Muller, Daouda Tandiang Djiba and Elizabeth Benson In 2024, we will be gathering in Dakar, Senegal for the sixth annual Deep Learning Indaba. While there will be many announcements to follow with more information about the event and the...
What the Indaba Means to Me
I was first introduced to the Deep Learning Indaba in 2018. At the start of this year, I had quite literally packed my bags and left a career in Physiotherapy to start from scratch in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to this, I’d been working as a clinical...
To our Success
This has been an interesting year, with the rest of the world starting to wake up to the power and potential of AI. Fortunately, the African AI community has been waking up for the last few years, in time to make sure that Africa has a seat at this very important...
To the Future
Before the rest of this intro I want us all to thank all the organisers, volunteers and participants of the 2023 Deep Learning Indaba in Ghana. You made it the experience that it was. Now, on to some thoughts post the Indaba to inspire the next year. It is time...
Letters from the community to the community
The Indaba community inspired me and reopened my eyes, seeing people to look up to from all over Africa succeeding in industry and academia made me realise that all hardships can be harnessed, that I can myself be part of the African and Global AI advancement....