Data Community Africa:
From Inception to Future
Aspiration.
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Gift Ojeabulu
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Co-founder of Data Community
Africa
ML Developer Relations at
dvc.ai
Advisory Board Member at
DevNetwork , MLOps
Community Lagos Lead.
Twitter: GiftOjeabulu_
Linkedln : Gift Ojeabulu
Who am I?
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Table of contents
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Intro to D.C.A as an organization
About D.C.A
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Identifying a Gap Within the
Community.
The 3 arms of D.C.A
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How we started and the
inspiration
Journey since inception
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Our Success from 2022 - 2023 from
Community and Education perspective
Milestone
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Struggles we’ve overcome but
need future support to catalyze our
growth
Challenges
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Future Aspiration
What Next?
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What, Why D.C.A?
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The 3 arms of
D.C.A
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Education and Capacity
Building
Training programs, Certifications,
Mentorship, scholarships (Datacamp)
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Community Engagement,
Networking and Career
Development
Conferences, Hackathons, Meetups,
Webinars, Online Community, Jobs
(Propel)
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Advocacy and Data Literacy
Data Awareness, Ethics and
Responsible AI, Research and
publications, Open source in Data
and AI
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Our Journey since Inception...
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Milestone...
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2022 - 2023
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Milestone in Numbers
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2023 impact
Milestones in Numbers (Datacamp)
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Challenges...
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What Next?
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“Coming together is a beginning;
staying together is progress; and
working together is success.”
Henry Ford