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Day 3 DLI2025: African AI Startups Driving Innovation in Key Sectors

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20 August 2025 10h54

Recapping Day 3 at #DLI2025! Day 3 brought together founders and innovators driving the future of African AI startups. The discussion explored how homegrown startups are tackling real-world challenges in healthcare, agriculture, and finance with cutting-edge AI solutions. The session highlighted the unique opportunities and the vital importance of rooting innovation in African contexts and communities. A huge thank you to the panellists for inspiring the next generation of leaders! #DLI2025 #Urunana #Indaba2025

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20 August 2025
Multilingual ASR for Code-Switched Yoruba-English Speech Accepted at Deep Learning Indaba

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19 August 2025 20h57

Thrilled to share our paper on multilingual ASR for code-switched Yoruba-English speech was accepted at @DeepIndaba #LyngualLabs #LowResourceAI #SpeechRecognition #DLI2025

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19 August 2025
Beyond Benchmarks: Sanmi Koyejo on AI Measurement Science

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19 August 2025 12h22

Another amazing Keynote at #DLI2025 by @sanmikoyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at @Stanford , Co-Founder of @VirtueAI_co , and President of @black_in_ai, on “Beyond Benchmarks: Building a Science of AI Measurement.” 🧪 Sanmi made a compelling case for moving beyond static benchmarks toward a rigorous science of AI measurement, one that is more reliable, scalable, and meaningful for guiding research, deployment, and policy. This keynote was a powerful reminder that the future of AI depends not just on what we build, but on how we measure it. 📏✨ #urunana #Indaba2025 #AIinAfrica #AIResearch

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19 August 2025
Day 2 at Deep Learning Indaba in Kigali: Inspiration and African AI Community

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19 August 2025 9h09

Day 2 at the @DeepIndaba in Kigali was full of inspiration and energy! 🌍 Over 1,000 African researchers, developers, and engineers are here to learn, debate, and share. #DLI2025

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19 August 2025
DLI2025 Attendees Master LLM and Reinforcement Learning in Hands-On Sessions

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19 August 2025 8h38

Following a day of deep-dive tutorials, attendees at #DLI2025 got to put their knowledge to the test in practical, hands-on sessions! @tejuafonja, Annie Qurat Ul Ain, and @jabez_magomere guided the Large Language Model practical, demystifying complex concepts and providing a chance to work with the technology directly. Simultaneously, Siddarth Singh, Sasha Abramowitz, and Ruan de Kock led the Reinforcement Learning session, turning theory into practice.

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19 August 2025
Row Completed at Deep Learning Indaba Conference 2025

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19 August 2025 6h08

Row completed at the @DeepIndaba 👌🏾👌🏾 #DLI2025 #Urunana

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19 August 2025
Verena Rieser challenges single gold standard for AI alignment

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18 August 2025 15h56

A truly thought-provoking keynote at #DLI2025 by @verena_rieser ! Her talk, "Whose Gold?", challenged the idea of a single “gold standard” for AI alignment. It was a powerful call to action: moving beyond narrow safety metrics to embrace a pluralistic approach that accounts for our diverse, and sometimes conflicting, human values. #Indaba2025 #Urunana

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18 August 2025
Faculty Engagement Session at DLI2025 Unites African AI Academics

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05 August 2025 11h20

🎓 We’re excited to announce the Faculty Engagement Session at #DLI2025 ! This special session will bring together African academics to explore the challenges and opportunities in advancing AI research and education on the continent. It will feature a panel discussion, mentorship circles, and policy forums — all aimed at building stronger, more connected AI faculty networks across Africa. The panel will feature @ulrichpaquet (@AIMSacza ), @vodumuyiwa ( @UnilagNigeria, @nithub_lag ), Esther Gathenya Khakata and Njeri Ngaruiya-Ng'ang'a (@StrathU ), Paul Amayo (@UCT_news ), and will be moderated by Shruti Sheth (@Google ). We’ll close with an open networking session to connect, collaborate, and inspire each other. 🌐 Virtual registration is still open — join us online! 👉 Register: buy.stripe.com/eVqfZh4BIeaNe… 🔗 More info: deeplearningindaba.com/2025/… #Indaba2025 #Urunana

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5 August 2025
GenCast: Next Generation Probabilistic ML for Weather

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04 December 2024 20h31

The next generation of probabilistic machine learning for weather called GenCast is published in @Nature today . Amazing to see the collective progress in ML for weather as a field over the last 5 years.

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4 December 2024
DeepIndaba’s progress raises AI opportunities and tensions

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12 November 2024 18h05

@DeepIndaba has made significant progress over the last few years. This piece in @techreview paints a great picture of the opportunities and tensions we face . And Lots more work for us still

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12 November 2024