Simphiwe Zitha @SimphiweNhlanh5
AI researcher | Data scientist | MLOps engineer | Co-founder & COO of Amathambo AI | member of Deep learning INDABA, Black in AI community Germany Joined September 2016-
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The point, is to have a plan. Africa needs to have a plan. What are we doing and where are we going! We need to answer these for ourselves. Then we can move to the future African AI we want!!! #DLI2024
The point, is to have a plan. Africa needs to have a plan. What are we doing and where are we going! We need to answer these for ourselves. Then we can move to the future African AI we want!!! #DLI2024
Help strengthen AI in Africa by becoming a mentor in the Deep Learning Indaba mentorship programme. The short term/transactional nature makes the time commitment small, and you can pause or opt out at any time.
Help strengthen AI in Africa by becoming a mentor in the Deep Learning Indaba mentorship programme. The short term/transactional nature makes the time commitment small, and you can pause or opt out at any time.
“The Africain Machine Learning community all coming together to discuss some of the most exciting, cool and innovative ideas… this is the place to be” Few words from @BenjaminRosman co-founder of the Deep Learning Indaba, Professor of Machine Learning & Robotics at the…
Deep Learning Indaba applications close in TWO DAYS! Hope to see you there in Senegal! 😁 deeplearningindaba.com/2024/
Please support us as a reviewer for these awards and help recognise students and researchers across Africa doing amazing working in machine learning and AI. 🌍🙏🏾🎉
Please support us as a reviewer for these awards and help recognise students and researchers across Africa doing amazing working in machine learning and AI. 🌍🙏🏾🎉
🪘Applications are OPEN 🪘 We are excited to open the applications for the annual meeting of the African machine learning and AI community: Deep Learning Indaba ! 💫 Apply before the 21st of March 2024, 23:59:59 UTC 🗓️ Link to apply 👉deeplearningindaba.com/2024/ #DLI2024…
Only 1 day is left for submissions⌛ ! The Alele-Williams Masters Award🚀 recognises and encourages excellence in research and writing by masters candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences.✨ Make sure to nominate and tag…
Thinking about High-Quality Human Data lilianweng.github.io/posts/2024-02-…
NeurIPS day 1 wrapped. #NeurIPS 2023 #blackInAI2023
Wow congratulations to Amathambo AI! I am blown away by the power of their idea and dedication to making it a reality. As @tamati_biskit said in her talk at @DeepIndaba ‘it’s research that makes the future possible, and industry that manufactures it’. This team is doing both!
Wow congratulations to Amathambo AI! I am blown away by the power of their idea and dedication to making it a reality. As @tamati_biskit said in her talk at @DeepIndaba ‘it’s research that makes the future possible, and industry that manufactures it’. This team is doing both!
Tune in to find out about the fantastic @MRF_Africa Äänit Prize and the health-tech innovations on the African continent that it will support! Proud of @GoodNewsMO and the Amathambo AI team @ianomunga @iamsicelukwanda @SimphiweNhlanh5 💙
In our Q&A session, each #ÄänitPrize finalist has the opportunity to ask one of the judges, each of whom are expert business leaders, a single question about entrepreneurship.
Here's to the power of a volunteer movement! Communities from 36 countries in Africa pull together their collective efforts to create something great🌍! Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu @DeepIndaba 💫🤩. linkedin.com/pulse/update-f…
Very honoured to be included in this year’s #Time100AI list of influential people in AI🎈And more so the humbling messages from so many people ❤️. The work on directing AI to social purpose remains, and the ownership and inclusion of global communities🌍 time.com/collection/tim…
It's so incredible that our inspiring CEO Pelonomi Moiloa has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in AI and featured on the cover of Time magazine! @LelapaAI is already changing the African AI narrative!
It's so incredible that our inspiring CEO Pelonomi Moiloa has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in AI and featured on the cover of Time magazine! @LelapaAI is already changing the African AI narrative!
Amazing! Africa showing the way! @DeepIndaba
The @DeepIndaba is always one of the highlights of my year! Nice way to catch up with friends, meet some really passionate members of the ML community, teach and learn some things + all round good vibes! 🎉🇬🇭 #DLI2023

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21 Followers 0 Following Amathambo AI is automating Medical Rostering for African healthcare with AI
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