AMLD Africa (https://bit.ly/3AvIECg), a free machine learning conference, allowing anyone in Africa to learn about AI through world-class speakers and entities.
15.7 trillion US dollars. This is the expected contribution of artificial intelligence to the global economy by 2030 according to the PwC report “Price Setting” (https://pwc.to/3R8JFY4). Here’s how Africa Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) is offering free access to high-quality AI education to democratize AI in Africa, ultimately contributing to making sure Africa gets a fair share of the ‘price’.
The more Africans are able to learn, perceive and be inspired by AI, the more existing projects (or new ones) will generate data to create social, economic and cultural value in local environments. With the same ambitious vision, the second edition of AMLD Africa will present Artificial Intelligence through an African lens from November 3-5 at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Benguerir, Morocco.
AMLD Africa is a 3-day conference consisting of inspirational talks and informative workshops. Speakers will have the opportunity to inspire African talent, educate those who wish to improve their technical skills and strengthen the African data science community like Zindi. Thus, the AMLD Africa conference will embody its motto: democratize machine learning in Africa.
In their first edition, AMLD Africa was able to offer a truly comprehensive platform that included academics from Stanford University, University of the Western Cape, EPFL, companies from IBM and Google, entrepreneurs and even the Assistant Director of UNESCO. 3000 participants from across the continent (50 African countries) were able to think of a true AI picture, one that each entity could add its color to to make the whole as accurate as possible. If you are also an ardent and ardent AI fan, you can decorate this year’s board by clicking here (https://bit.ly/3R60MKl) to apply for a talk or workshop.
When asked how talent is retained on the African continent: “It is a question of identifying the important problems, and providing the opportunity and tools to solve them. Moreover, the increase in startups is creating a dynamic and luminous environment for machine learning engineers and research. If we can create such an ecosystem, we will be able to effect change by solving long-standing problems.” The Future of Shared Artificial Intelligence Knowledge, Key Opening, Mustafa Cisse - Head of Google Center for Artificial Intelligence in Accra, Ghana.
AMLD Africa includes not only both entities and individuals but also a multi-industry approach. As AI affects every sector - finance, national security, healthcare, etc. - in private and public life, AMLD Africa brings conversations within tracks: healthcare, agriculture and even entertainment for example. Whether it’s ‘Detecting cervical cancer with a smartphone-based solution’, ‘Measuring and improving agricultural production using aerial photos’ or even AI-generated music. (which you can listen to in the video below), the talks addressed actual challenges and conveyed the idea that technology is not an end in itself, but rather a tool for minds and sometimes ears.
AI faces many ethical, social and economic challenges, but these challenges come with an undeniable opportunity to bypass the technological infrastructure associated with the Third Industrial Revolution. Only when we give excited and enthusiastic young talents easy access to technology will more initiatives benefit from data, and AI can benefit everyday life. If you are wondering how to go about it, AMLD Africa is the conference to attend.
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