Blog

Introduction to the challenges: UmojaHack Africa 2021

UmojaHack Africa is less than two weeks away, and now is the time to start preparing! Read more about the challenges you can choose from on the weekend of 27-28 March 2021, and get suggestions for how to practice.

How to Prepare for UmojaHack Africa 2021

So your university has signed up for UmojaHack Africa 2021. Congratulations! You’re now a part of Africa’s biggest machine learning hackathon! But what now? Here are the steps you can take (as a university or as an individual) to prepare for the weekend.

Looking back at UmojaHack 2020: 1000 data scientists join hands

On Saturday 22 March 2020, Zindi hosted the first ever pan-African inter-university hackathon, UmojaHack Africa, where students from 56 universities in 15 African countries honed their machine learning skills and competed for cash prizes.

UmojaHack Africa 2021 Schedule

Day 1: Saturday 27 March 2021 YouTube Livestream DAY 1: https://youtu.be/ QOunybIkiLA 07:00 GMT Live stream starts 08:00- 09:00 GMT Welcome, sponsors address and competition launch  09:00 GMT Competition launch  10:00-10:30 GMT Q&A with Zindi data scientist (Amy) 12:00-12:30 GMT Chat with NVIDIA + Sendy 14:00-14:15 GMT Chat with Old Mutual 19:00 GMT Live stream…


Follow My Blog

Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.