SisonkeBiotik

An open grassroots participatory community making African data science, machine learning and AI for health more accessible and inclusive

Our Mission

SisonkeBiotik is an open and inclusive community of researchers, practitioners and enthusiasts forwarding grassroots research and industry initiatives to build capacity at the intersection of data science, machine learning and AI for human, animal and environmental health in Africa.

Academic workshops

Academic workshops

5

African Data Science 4 Health

  • 3 x @ Deep Learning Indaba

  • 2 X @ Deep Learning IndabaX

Funds raised

Funds raised

$60 000 +

Support provided for community

  • research projects

  • dataset creation

  • events & prizes

  • travel assistance

Academic publications

Academic publications

5

Venues include

  • MICCAI

  • ICLR

Online academic seminars

Online academic seminars

9

Topics include

  • Equitable AI

  • Open source AI

  • Federated learning

  • Synthetic data

Members

Members

400+

Members are

  • students

  • researchers

  • entrepreneurs

  • enthusiasts

  • medical professionals

Pan-African

Pan-African

20+

African countries represented

  • Remote first community

Ideathons

Ideathons

3

Ideas pitched for

  • research projects

  • start-ups

  • new community activities and chapters

  • $3000+ awarded in prizes

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