Aug 26 2019
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This week more than 700 machine learning researchers from over 30 African countries will come together at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya for the third annual Deep Learning Indaba. On paper …
Jul 30 2019
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In May, Africa’s top digital leaders and donors converged in Kigali to attend the 2019 Transform Africa Summit—one of the continent’s premier convenings to discuss accelerating digital transformation in the …
Jun 21 2019
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As the World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday this year, much has been made about the risks of the connected world. At Future State, we are committed to building …
Apr 24 2019
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Our lives intersect with government services in countless ways — giving veterans access to healthcare, caring for children in foster programs, and even helping us get around using public transit. …
Apr 02 2019
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Editorial Note: This blog was originally published on Atlas AI’s Medium on March 14 shortly after Atlas AI’s inaugural trip to Kenya. On April 2, Atlas AI and the Alliance for …
Mar 14 2019
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"What is your challenge, and how do you see solutions to that?" That's what Sonja Betschart, Co-Founder, WeRobotics tells Tariq Khokhar #data4good projects must ask communities, and then use the …
Mar 06 2019
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The Rockefeller Foundation deeply believes in the potential for data science to improve people’s well-being and we’re excited to incorporate it into how we work as a foundation and how …
Mar 05 2019
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We’re living in a time of massive potential to use data science and AI for the greater good, yet the world’s problems only seem to be mounting. Data and algorithms …
Mar 04 2019
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International Women’s Day is an occasion to celebrate the great progress made by women in tech innovating at the frontiers of global development. But as we take stock of how …
Feb 26 2019
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Today, even the most remote areas of our planet can be observed without the need to ever set foot on foreign land. Advances in remote sensing combined with AI-analysis allow …