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Part 2: Bringing AI Innovation to Africa - African Startups & Hackathons

Part 2: Bringing AI Innovation to Africa - African Startups & Hackathons

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EpochZero and Bilic join Tony to discuss their experience last year in the Intel Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups. They talk about how to get the most out of a hackathon as well as the benefits they got from participating in this particular hackathon.

Intel supports startups through a variety of program. Hear about how Intel Liftoff Hackathon for AI Startups is supporting innovation on the African Continent. Also learn about a variety of programs, initiatives and collations driving deep tech in Africa.

Guests: Mayowa Abejirin is an impact-driven techpreneur whose main interests are in building robotics systems and engineering AI (computer vision and language) algorithms to solve some of Africa's most pressing issues. Dr. Kenneth Aguh is a medical doctor and radiologist and data scientist who is passionate about bring technology advancements into healthcare. Saminu Salisu is a Certified Software Developer and the technical founder of Bilic. He is a PhD candidate at TU Wien with a research focus in Data Engineering and holds a master's degree in Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.

Mayowa Abejirin

Dr. Kenneth Aguh

Saminu Salisu

Resources:

EpochZero

https://epochzero.xyz

Bilic

https://bilic.io

Intel® Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups

https://airtable.com/apphzz2omOZhalJDw/pagjhWl13D0jE2hnU/form

ModusAfrica

https://modus.vc

Intel® Tiber™ Developer Cloud

https://cloud.intel.com

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