Draft:Deep Learning Indaba

  • Comment: Almost all of the sources are WP:PRIMARY, you need to find more sources that are unrelated to the organization itself. BuySomeApples (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2023 (UTC)


Deep Learning Indaba
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
TypeNon-profit Organization
Websitehttps://deeplearningindaba.com/

The Deep Learning Indaba is non-profit organisation that aims to strengthen African Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence through a number of activities[1]. The "Indaba" is so named for its meaning of an important meeting, discussion, or conference held by the izinDuna (elders) of the Zulu or Xhosa people of southern Africa. This kind of gathering is known by other terms in southern Africa, such as imbizo (in Xhosa), an intlanganiso, and a lekgotla (in Sesotho) as well as by terms from across the continent: co baraza (in Kiswahili) in Kenya and Tanzania, and padare (in Shona) in Zimbabwe. The first Deep Learning Indaba gathering was held at the University of the Witwatersrand in September 2017[2][3].

The Deep Learning Indaba is driven by three pillars: community, leadership and recognition. The community pillar exists to bridge gaps, connect silos and form collaborations, the leadership pillar says that Africans must be owners, shapers and contributors of the advances in ML/AI - “by Africans, for Africans” and the recognition pillar recognises the research and innovation excellence that happens on the continent. All programmes related to the Deep Learning Indaba exist to strengthen these pillars. For example, the annual Deep Learning Indaba aims to support the development of communities, the Deep Learning IndabaX aims to build local leadership in individual countries across the continent, and the annual awards which recognise excellence in research and innovation by Africans across our continent and are awarded annually at the Deep Learning Indaba[4].

  1. ^ "Deep Learning Indaba - About US". Deep Learning Indaba - About US. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. ^ "BBC Digital Planet Podcast - This September, the first Deep Learning Indaba - a shared space to learn, to share, and to debate the state-of-the-art in machine learning and artificial intelligence – will take place in South Africa". BBC Digital Planet Podcast. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  3. ^ "Deep Learning Indaba 2017 US". Deep Learning Indaba 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  4. ^ "Two Tech Titans, One Stage". iAfrikan.com. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-03-01.