Data Science Africa announced a call to support research addressing local challenges in Africa in August 2020.
| Name | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Godliver Owomugisha | Early detection and diagnosis of crop diseases in asymptomatic plants: acquisition and machine learning analysis of spectral data. | Makerere University | Uganda |
| Prof. Mohamed A. ElHelw | Rice Plant Disease Detection and Diagnosis using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Hyperspectral Imaging. | Nile University | Egypt |
| Mr. Andualem Aklilu | Combining Data science and Remote Sensing for Highland Wheat Yield Prediction Under Resource limited Ethiopian Agricultural Set-up. | Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia |
| Mr. Bramwel Waswa Wanjala | Development of rapid assay for the on-site detection of capripoxvirus. | Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Biotechnology Research Institute) | Kenya |
| Dr. Inger Fabris-Rotelli | An informal road detection neural network for societal impact in developing countries. | Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria | South Africa |
| Dr. Segun Adebayo | Understanding Fruit Bat Movement Pattern Leveraging on Radio Telemetry and Data Analytics | Bowen University | Nigeria |
| Mr. Houégnon Géraud Vinel Gbewezoun | Contribution of Internet-of-Things, Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for improving groundwater assessment in a semi-arid region (north-eastern Benin) | Laboratoire d’Hydrologie Appliquée (LHA), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) | Benin Republic |
| Dr. Khamisi Kalegele | Overcoming Open Learning Recession using Analytics and Machine Learning | Open University of Tanzania | Tanzania |
| Dr. Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende | Text Mining of Social Media Luganda Data to Track Misinformation and Perceptions Related to COVID-19 Transmission Mitigation Strategies | Makerere University | Uganda |
| Dr. Dennis Mugambi Kaburu | Modelling the preferred route of desert locust: A neural network approach | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya |