Uniting for Impact: Collaborative
Efforts Toward an Inclusive and
Sustainable African Data and AI
Community
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Gift Ojeabulu
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Co-founder of Data Community
Africa
AI Developer Relations & Data
Scientist
Advisory Board Member at
DevNetwork.
Twitter: GiftOjeabulu_
Linkedln : Gift Ojeabulu
Who am I?
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Table of contents
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Opening Story: Why this topic?
Intro
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Identifying a Gap Within the
Community.
The state of Data & AI
in Africa
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How we started and the
inspiration
Role of Collaboration
In Addressing Challenges
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Fragmented efforts across the continent
Building an Inclusive
Ecosystem
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Struggles we’ve overcome but
need future support to catalyze our
growth
Sustainability through
Knowledge
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Future Aspiration
What Next?
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INTRO
01
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The Current State Of
Data & AI in Africa
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Challenges
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- Limited access to infrastructure and resources.
- Lack of diverse representation in data and AI roles.
- Fragmented efforts across the continent
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The Role of Collaboration
In Addressing Challenges
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How does Data
Community Africa solve
this[Collaboration]?
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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 communities, 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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Building an Inclusive Ecosystem...
ecosystem...
- Representation Matters.
- Accessible Knowledge.
- Equitable Opportunities.
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Sustainability through Knowledge &
shared resources
ecosystem...
- The Power of Open Source in AI.
- Authors & thought leaders.
- Long term Vision.
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What Next?
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Conclusion
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“Unity is strength...when there is
teamwork and collaboration, wonderful
things can be achieved.”
Mattie Stepanek