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AI Developer of the Year

The AI Developer of the Year is the definitive individual honor awarded to a brilliant coder, innovator, or software engineer who has demonstrated unparalleled creativity and technical skill in building artificial intelligence applications in Africa. This award recognizes the ultimate code-level trailblazer who crafts the intelligent algorithms, integrations, and user-centric software that breathe life into AI—transforming sophisticated code into accessible, ground-breaking tools that empower users and redefine what is possible.

Accepting Nominations 15 nominees
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Kelvin Kamami 🇰🇪

Kelvin Kamami

Building AI for African brands that puts people first.
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Meshack Kagona 🇰🇪

Meshack Kagona

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George Waithaka Samson 🇰🇪

George Waithaka Samson

Serving Kenyan secondary schools with TPAD compliance tools assisted by AI through the web system smarteacher.co.ke
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Elly Savatia

Elly Savatia

FFounder & CEO of Signvrse | Building AI sign language translation for Africa’s deaf community
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Esther Wanjiru kimani

Esther Wanjiru kimani

Founder of Farmer Lifeline | Using AI to help smallholder farmers detect pests & diseases early
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Ernest Mwebaze

Ernest Mwebaze

Executive Director, Sunbird AI | Building practical AI for social good across Africa
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Audace Niyonkuru

Audace Niyonkuru

CEO of Digital Umuganda | Building AI + open data for African languages
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Innocent Nyalala

Innocent Nyalala

AI & Computer Vision Researcher | Building AI for Agriculture, Healthcare & African Languages
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Emmanuel Madanga Bwire

Emmanuel Madanga Bwire

Kenyan AI Developer | Building AI solutions for local impact
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Rose Nakasi

Rose Nakasi

AI Health Researcher | Building low-cost AI tools for malaria, TB & cervical cancer diagnosis
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Ciira wa Maina

Ciira wa Maina

Chair of Data Science Africa | Building AI for Agriculture, Bioacoustics & African Sustainability
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Vivian Arinaitwe

Vivian Arinaitwe

Biomedical Engineer | Creator of Neo Nest, a portable AI-enabled device preventing neonatal hypothermia in transit
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Martin Tumusiime

Martin Tumusiime

Founder & CEO, Yo-Waste | Building the ‘Uber for Waste’ to digitize urban waste collection in Africa
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Dr. Abdigani Diriye

Dr. Abdigani Diriye

AI & Fintech Leader | Co-founder of Odola | Ex-IBM, Amazon, Microsoft Research driving ML for financial inclusion
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Kate Kallot

Kate Kallot

Founder & CEO, Amini | Building Africa’s AI-ready sovereign data infrastructure for climate & agriculture
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