My Keynote, on AI Policy in Africa, from IndabaX Rwanda 2023 at #ICLR2023 is now available to view online. Thank you for the organisers of IndabaX Rwanda and Black in AI for having me.

https://iclr.cc/virtual/2023/14362

@indabaxrwanda@twitter.com @black_in_ai@twitter.com @uptuks@twitter.com @LelapaAI@twitter.com
#AfricanMachineLearning

A great day for Grassroots AI on the African continent. @MasakhaneNLP@twitter.com wins the 2023 Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity https://calls.ars.electronica.art/2023/prix/winners/10147/

@DSFSI_Research@twitter.com at @UPTuks@twitter.com is proud to be a partner to this initiative.

#AfricanMachineLearning
#AfricanNLP
#NLProc

Presenting this morning at the University of Pretoria @uptuks@twitter.com Africa Week 2023 <> Talking on "Is Community all you need?" - Touching on @MasakhaneNLP@twitter.com @DeepIndaba@twitter.com #AfricanMachineLearning etc.

You can watch online. In the session 9:00 to 10:40 https://events.universityofpretoria.live/africa-week-2023-virtual/

For this #AfricaDay I once again urge you to support the strengthening of #AfricanMachineLearning and African Artificial Intelligence efforts by donating to the Deep Learning Indaba travel scholarships fund

https://www.gofundme.com/f/be-part-of-african-ai-travel-scholarships

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DSFSI @ #ICLR2023 coverage by @uptuks@twitter.com.

UP computer science students feature at first Africa-hosted machine learning conference https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_3152042-up-computer-science-students-feature-at-first-africa-hosted-machine-learning-conference

@iclr_conf@twitter.com @siminyu_kat@twitter.com @vukosi@twitter.com #AfricanMachineLearning #AfricanNLP #NLProc

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DSFSI_Research/status/1661019520704872451

Some of the posters at the #AfricaNLP workshop at #ICLR2023

#AfricanMachineLearning
#AfricanNLP

Great meeting all the young #AfricanMachineLearning researchers
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Having interesting times and discussions with colleagues at @iclr_conf
https://twitter.com/bonadossou/status/1654141524312051715

AI tools open up a world of African languages - African Business https://african.business/2023/03/technology-information/ai-tools-open-up-a-world-of-african-languages #WhyWeFight #NLProc #AfricanNLP #AfricanMachineLearning

Article and Podcast <> SA Data Science whizz who wants to solve Africa’s ‘tough problems’ with AI – Prof Vukosi Marivate https://www.biznews.com/good-hope-project/2023/03/23/sa-data-science-whizz-solve-africas-tough-prof-vukosi-marivate
#AfricaNLP #AfricanMachineLearning @LelapaAI @UPTuks @DSFSI_Research

Thrilled to share: I am be part of the 2023 cohort of Young Global Leaders. Eager to collaborate with & gain insights from fellow members of the community, as well and advocate for the advancement of #AfricanMachineLearning & #AfricanNLP
#YGL23
@UPTuks @LelapaAI
@DSFSI_Research
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We are delighted to unveil the #YGL Class of 2023. From courageous journalists to savvy entrepreneurs, this year's class is packed with brilli…
https://twitter.com/YGLvoices/status/1635552264977801217

We will soon be announcing an application process to fund up to 20 interdisciplinary scholars, with special focus on early career and emerging scholars, to join us at the University of Pretoria in July 2024.

#AfricanNLP #AfricanMachineLearning #GenerativeAI

Support @MasakhaneNLP financially through - Open Collective. Donate, Support! #AfricanMachineLearning #AfricanNlp https://opencollective.com/masakhane#category-CONNECT

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CEO @tamati_biskit and COO @alienelf of @LelapaAI on @SABCNews Morning Live.

LelapaAI launches app to enrich under-represented African languages: Pelonomi Moiloa & Jade Abbott - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIpzCGv3dr0

Find out more https://lelapa.ai/

##AfricanNLP
#AfricanMachineLearning

CEO @tamati_biskit and COO @alienelf of @LelapaAI on @SABCNews Morning Live.

LelapaAI launches app to enrich under-represented African languages: Pelonomi Moiloa & Jade Abbott - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIpzCGv3dr0

Find out more https://lelapa.ai/

##AfricanNLP
#AfricanMachineLearning

Comparing Africa-centric Models to OpenAI's GPT3.5 - Lelapa https://lelapa.ai/comparing-africa-centric-models-to-openais-gpt3-5-2/

#LLM #LanguageModels #AfricanMachineLearning #AfricanNLP

Gave a Keynote talk at @DeepIndabaX_ZA (hosted @UPTuks) on "#AfricanML: Where to next?".
Touch on
* Work at #AfricanNLP @DSFSI_Research
* Community matters in building #AfricanMachineLearning
* What to do next

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10LiryOO1znvchiJ3t6oEKpUnqIBWRaiE2ClabNh4EH0/edit?usp=sharing
Recording available later.

Congratulations to Nicolle Garber for winning one of the best paper awards at the 2022 Pan-African Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems Conference - https://paaiss.com

The paper: "Conversational Pattern Mining using Motif Detection" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06846

Well deserved by Nicolle. This was a very interesting and tough project she worked on as part of her Masters in Big Data Science University of Pretoria

#datascience #AfricaNLP #AfricanNLP #AfricanMachineLearning

For everyone at #NeurIPS2022, enjoy. Hope to see you in the future. Will miss @black_in_ai and the wonderful interactions. Many of the #AfricanMachineLearning community are there. Also enjoy the Jazz!

A memorable #TBT Professor Vukosi Marivate - Riendzo ri lehile: Tackling Natural Language Processing for African languages to make better sense of our world”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2GCuzFu43c

Thank you to @DSFSI_Research @MasakhaneNLP @DeepIndaba
#AfricanMachineLearning #AfricanNLP

Hey #AfricanMachineLearning folks.

New deadlines added https://mldsafrica.co.za/