Vukosi Marivate narrates his journey to innovative AI research for African languages. He highlights early impactful encounters including Wikipedia edits to fill data gaps, and social media analysis. Emphasizing AI's potential for inclusivity, Vukosi advocates for supporting African AI initiatives, …

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This is my response to Shakir Mohamed's (fellow Indaba co-founder and trustee) question during the 2023 DLIndaba: "What do you do when all of your dreams have come true?" So what do I think is next for the Indaba and …

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Join The Africa Center on October 26th at 12PM ET for “AI to the Future: Why African Leaders Matter.” In an increasingly digital world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on our everyday lives. From social media monitoring to …

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Constraints inspire creativity in data science. Vukosi Marivate of the University of Pretoria talks about doing NLP with low-resource languages, and shares how a growing multinational collaboration is shaping the future of data science in Africa through innovation.  Link -> https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Data-Science-Mixer/Shaping-the-future-of-data-science-and-NLP-in-Africa-Vukosi/ba-p/778266