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DSA Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028

In the years since the first Data Science Africa summer school and workshop in 2015, DSA has grown and achieved several milestones, including events in eight African countries - Kenya (2015, 2018, 2024), Uganda (2016, 2020), Tanzania (2017, 2022), Nigeria (2018), Ethiopia (2019), Ghana (2019), South Africa (2021), and Rwanda (2023) - offering visiting fellowships to young researchers, contributing to affiliated academic institutions, supporting the establishment of local chapters of DSA across Africa, and providing grant support for early career and junior researchers.

Data Science Africa joins international partners to launch the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN)

Strategic Partnership for Data Science Africa

Data Science to Advance Women’s Health Fellowship

This nine month long fellowship seeks to advance women’s health in Africa by providing training and support to 20 women scholars based in Africa and working on addressing women’s health problems. The fellowship is a collaboration between Data Science Africa and Rethé – an initiative focused on increasing representation of Africans in scientific publications. There will two cohorts. The 2024 cohort will focus on researchers living in west and central Africa.

DSA Visiting Fellowship One

The Data Science Africa Visiting Fellowship presents exciting opportunities for members of the DSA community to explore and deepen their academic and professional interests through research visits to DSA partner academic institutions. This fellowship is an opportunity for individuals to carry out independent research, to build professional links, and to develop their interests in data science and artificial intelligence research and policy.

DSA Visiting Fellowship Two

The Data Science Africa Visiting Fellowship presents exciting opportunities for members of the DSA community to explore and deepen their academic and professional interests through research visits to DSA partner academic institutions. This fellowship is an opportunity for individuals to carry out independent research, build professional links, and develop their interests in data science and artificial intelligence research and policy.

AAIRA Interim Project Progress Presentation Schedule

September 8, 2023
Name	Title	Institution	Country	Category
Wayne Steven Okello	A Robust Cost-Effective Machine Learning-Based Diagnostics Tool for Bean Plants Diseases	Makerere University	Uganda	Junior
Dr. Godliver Owomugisha	Development of 3-D smartphone add-on spectrometer for field-based early detection of disease	Makerere University	Uganda	DSA Research Award
Dr. Alex Barakabitze	Sustainable Smart Farm –Scale Crops Yield Prediction using Machine Learning in Internet –of-Agro-Things in Tanzania	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	Early Career
Emmanuel Annor	Revisiting the application of extreme value theory to the management of a hydroelectric dam	University of Ghana	Ghana	Junior
Yimer Assefa Yimam	Evaluation of the skill of seasonal rainfall and temperature forecasts from global prediction models over Ethiopia	University of Nairobi	Kenya	Junior
September 15, 2023
Name	Title	Institution	Country	Category
AHLONSOU Apolline Jennifer	Contribution of machine learning and remote sensing for the improvement of groundwater quality assessment in the municipality of ZaKpota (southern Benin)	University of Abomey-Calavi	Benin	Junior
Dr. Sharon Kiprotich	Preparation and investigation of multifunctional materials based on transparent conducting oxides for possible solar cell application	Murang’a University of Technology	Kenya	Early Career
Sunday Adeola Ajagbe	Development of Yorùbá and Pidgin Speech Database for Antenatal Orientation	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria	Junior
Ahmed Kehinde Usman	Application of Spectral Analysis Technique and Machine Learning in Evaluation of Geothermal Energy Resource Potential in North-Eastern Nigeria	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	Junior
Mercy Mawia Mulwa	Explainable Machine Learning Approach on Sensor-Based Human Gait Analysis for Assistive Device Model Prediction and 3D Design	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)	Kenya	Junior
September 22, 2023
Name	Title	Institution	Country	Category
Saminu Mohammad Aliyu	A Hate and Offensive Speech Detection Model for Nigerian Languages	Bayero University	Nigeria	Junior
Andualem Aklilu Tesfaye	Developing Reliable Wheat Yield Prediction Methods through Integration of Automated Machine Learning Methods with Crop Models and Biophysical Predictors	Vision Food and Agricultural Policy (FAP Consulting)	Ethiopia	DSA Research Award
Angela Muthama	Cypress Decline in Rift Valley Ecoregion of Kenya	Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)	Kenya	Junior
Edna Macharia	A GIS Approach for the Identification and Digitization of Fish Farms in Central and Western Kenya for Sustainable Production and Management	Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)	Kenya	Junior
Dr. Hellen Maziku	The Role of AI in the Detection and Prediction of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in Distributed Workforces	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	Early Career
September 29, 2023
Name	Title	Institution	Country	Category
Dr. Kadeghe Fue	Prediction of the Rain - Fed Maize yield in Tanzania using Time series machine learning models (TanPredikt)	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	Early Career
Manasseh Samantha Matemba	Investigating Impacts of Riverine Flow Regimes on aquatic biodiversity: A Case Study of Ruo River an Afromontane freshwater Ecosystem in Mulanje, Malawi	Malawi University of Science and Technology of Thyolo	Malawi	Junior
Rosemary Nalwanga	An Edge AI-Based Smart Irrigation System	University of Rwanda	Rwanda	Junior
Samson Ooko	TinyML Based Self Diagnostic Kit for Respiratory Diseases	University of Rwanda	Rwanda	Junior
Bonface Munyoki Kilyungi	Unlocking Biomedical Data for AI Health Research in Africa Using GeneNetwork as an Example	Strathmore University	Kenya	Junior

DSA Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028

Data Science Africa joins international partners to launch the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN)

Strategic Partnership for Data Science Africa

Data Science to Advance Women’s Health Fellowship

DSA Visiting Fellowship One

DSA Visiting Fellowship Two

AAIRA Interim Project Progress Presentation Schedule

September 8, 2023

September 15, 2023

September 22, 2023

September 29, 2023