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.
Category: Uncategorized
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.
Updated university list: 126 universities from 21 countries enrolled
Check the list below to make sure your university is enrolled for this exciting event. If not, get in touch with a university representative or data science club leader to make sure you don't miss out!
You’re invited: find out how to join us at UmojaHack Africa 2021
We are inviting every university and data science student in Africa to join in the hackathon on 27-28 March 2021. Sign your university up before 13 March for a chance to participate in this exciting event!
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 [...]