Ai Kenya Podcast episode 4: Repurposing Artificial Intelligence for problem solving featuring Babusi Nyoni
What connection does a dance app have with Perkinson’s disease? The fourth Ai Kenya Podcast episode features Babusi Nyoni, an AI innovator based in the Netherlands, touching on his journey to becoming an AI innovator. This episode was recorded in June 2019, …
Ai Kenya Ambulance Perambulation Datathon Highlights
Road traffic collisions are the number one killer of children and young adults aged 5-29, and the 8th leading cause of death worldwide. Post-crash care is one of the five pillars of road safety and a critical component for reducing morbidity and …
AMBULANCE PERAMBULATION DATATHON 2020 Terms & Conditions
To Participant: Thank you for registering to participate in the Ambulance Parambulation Datathon, an event brought to you by Ai Kenya (“Organizer”) and Uber(“Title sponsor”) taking place on October 17th – 18th , 2020 (the “Datathon”). The Datathon is a 2 day …
Meet Savanna Circuit Tech: Grand Prize Winner of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020
Written by Stacey Faucet Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020 winners have been officially announced, you’ll want to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. In its fourth year, this online competition awards cash prizes to early-stage …
Fastagger among the Top 10 Tech Start-ups Selected for #Africa4Future
Fastagger, a Kenyan start-up providing image annotation services to AI-driven businesses was among the 10 cohorts selected for the third season of #Africa4Future programme among the 212 applicants from 28 African countries. The programme will support the start-ups in developing their ideas …
Paper summary: Good isn’t good enough
Computer science as a field lacks definite supportive principles about “social good”. Instead, the field relies on vague propositions and aspects of social conditions that do not amount to the actual social change. This has continuously hindered the realization of social impact …
How Jacaranda Health is getting help for mothers in Kenya faster using Natural Language Processing
Every mother has questions during and after pregnancy. How often should I feel my baby kick? When should I go to the hospital? How do I know if my newborn is feeding enough? In many settings around the world, mothers get in …
Prohack : International Data science Hackathon by McKinsey & Company
Can you predict human well-being using data? Introducing PROHACK, a hackathon for data scientists based in Africa, Europe, Turkey, Middle East, or Pakistan. Inviting all data scientists and machine learning engineers to put their skills to the test and win prizes for …
A summary of the Stanford HAI COVID-19 and AI virtual conference
Different bodies and industries around the world have shown their support towards humanity by trying to take part in the fight against COVID-19. Key among these is the Technology and Research sector, which remains as a cornerstone in keeping the world operational …
Interview on Innovation and Data at Bolt with Markus Villig , CEO & Founder – Bolt (formerly Taxify)
The use of autonomous cars in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to a far future due to factors such as poor transport and communication infrastructure. Nevertheless, many African nations are increasingly embracing clean, green and safe energy sources such as electric cars but …
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