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 …
Techno Brain and UTU partner to strengthen digital trust infrastructure across Africa
Techno Brain, a global IT software solutions company has signed an MOU with UTU, a Kenyan-based AI and Blockchain firm to provide seamless digital experience to their combined customer base. The aim of the deal is to achieve common goals of trusted …
Data wrangling in R : Vectors, Lists and introduction to Subsetting by Fridah Wanjala
Fridah Wanjala walks learners through Data wrangling in R by introducing subsetting, conditional statements and the apply function of family and loops. Below are the links to resources highlighted in the presentation: RMD file and data sets being used in this session: …
How AI helps mothers in Kenya get the care they need, faster
Every mother has questions during and after a 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 touch …
Data Privacy Day 2020: 4 Good Things in Kenya’s Data protection Act, 2019
Photo credits: Alex Nemo Hanse Today is the 28th of January. Data Protection Day or Privacy Day. The day when we all commemorate the 1981 signing of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to automatic …
What to consider when choosing a laptop for machine learning (2020)
Photo by: Slejven Djurakovic Artificial intelligence technologies such as machine learning and deep learning involve use of large amounts of data and complex algorithms that require powerful computation hardware. This makes selecting the best machine for such tasks challenging because you have …
Best Laptops for Machine Learning (2020)
Photo by: Tarn Nguyen When it comes to selecting the best machine for deep learning people have varied opinions based on different factors such as the training speed and the type of the machine learning model among others. However, the fact remains …