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Emerging AI Talent
Recognising rising African AI talent demonstrating exceptional early-career potential and impact.
Accepting Nominations
15 nominees
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Cynthia Mulenga
Computer Vision Specialist & Geospatial ML Developer
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Paul Okewunmi
Computer Vision Engineer & Founder, Agribot AI
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Tsegaye Misikir
AI Developer & Co-Founder, Gebeya AI Hub
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Idris Abdulmumin
PhD Researcher & Low-Resource NLP Specialist
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Ndapewa O. W. Nekoto
ML Researcher & Masakhane Core Contributor
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Dr. Ignatius Ezeani
NLP Research Fellow, Lancaster University
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Kehinde Aremu
Lead AI Engineer, Kobo360
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Saheed Ayanniyi
AI Engineer, YarnGPT — Nigeria
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Eddy Kayiganwa
MSIT Student & AI Engineer, CMU-Africa — Rwanda
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Chris Emezue
AI Researcher & Founder, Lanfrica; Masakhane Contributor — Nigeria / Germany
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Alex Mativo
Co-Founder, Duck (Real-Time Data Intelligence Platform); Techstars '24 Alumnus
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Michelle Watiki
Co-Founder, Duck
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George Musumba
Director, Centre for Data Research & Cyber Security — Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
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Pacifique Nizeyimana
AI Developer & Researcher, Kigali Innovation City / C4IR Rwanda ecosystem
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Tejumade Afonja
Co-Founder, AI Saturdays Lagos; PhD Researcher, CISPA Helmholtz
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