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18-19 MARCH 2023

18-19 March 2023

30 COUNTRIES, 300 UNIVERSITIES, 3000 STUDENTS, AND $10 000+ in prizes. AFRICA’S BIGGEST INTER-UNIVERSITY HACKATHON WILL BE EVEN BIGGER IN 2023.

2023 SPEAKERS

Celina Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, Zindi

Alexander Tsado
Co-Founder & Board Member, Alliance AI

Bayo Adekanmbi
Founder & Lead Consultant, Data Science Nigeria

Stella Kimani
Leading Zindian, PwC

avishkar Boopchand
Senior Research Engineer, DeepMind

Munyaradzi Chiura
Head of Africa Business Development, MPOWER Financing

Sammy Assefa
Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, U.S Bank

Yinka Fadahunsi
Chief Data Scientist, Equity Bank

Nick Litombe
Senior Director for Data Science, Microsoft

Sam Masikini
Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist

Ernest Mwebaze
Executive Director, Sunbird AI

Aanu Oyeniran
Programme and Delivery Team Lead, DSN (Data Science Network), Nigeria

new speaker coming soon

new speaker coming soon

Amer Vohora
Board Member, Mara Foundation

“Solving Africa’s problems through data science. How beautiful. #UmojaHackAfrica”
– Andiswa Mkhonto @andiswa_mkhonto

Join us for UmojaHack Africa 2023!

FOR STUDENTS

UmojaHack Africa 2023 is for you! Sign up on your own or in a team to be part of the greatest student-focused data science competition in Africa, whether you’re an enthusiastic newbie or a master of many competitions. You can participate from anywhere in Africa and be a part of this life-changing two-day hackathon.


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FOR UNIVERSITIES

Don’t miss being a part of Africa’s largest and most exciting data science event! If you’re a lecturer, academic, administrator or student club leader, get in touch with us to find out more about officially joining more than 200 other African institutions, and even hosting a physical event on your campus.


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Inter-university machine learning hackathon

Inter-university machine learning hackathon

FOR SPONSORS &
PARTNERS

Support the next generation of tech and AI leaders in Africa with one
of our tailored sponsorship packages! By being a part of this landmark
event, your company will gain valuable recognition and unprecedented
direct access to 2000 African university students, plus the broader
university and Zindi communities.


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