Event schedule

Theophil Assey General Chair, IAA

Prof Epaphra Manamba Deputy Rector - Academic Research and Consultancy, IAA

Allan Msolla Head of Informatics Department, IAA

Neema Mduma Lecturer, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

Claire Babirye Lecturer, UTAMU

Neil Lawrence Professor, University of Cambridge

DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge

Andrei Paleyes PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

Eric Meissner PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Elaine Nsoesie Assistant Professor, Boston University

a Computational Epidemiologist with a passion for applying novel data and methods to global health problems.She leads a team of computational social scientists, public health experts and computer scientists at Boston University's Department of Global Health. She is also a Data Science Fellow, as part of the BU Data Science Initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing. She was born and raised in Cameroon.

Morine Amutorine Data Associate, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Morine is passionate about analysing, visualising and communicating data. Her work has been dominated by social data including social media data (conducting real-time content analysis and knowledge translation research), public radio (analysing public perceptions on topics that inform the work of the SDGs) and Google search data (to reveal knowledge gaps and detect disparities in health information availability). She particularly enjoys creating data-driven visuals to go with her research findings. She is currently a data associate at UN Global Pulse based in Kampala.

Alice Feng TBD, UNDP

Alice Feng is a data visualization developer based in the Washington, DC area. She is passionate about using design to make data and information more accessible to broader audiences and recently has been exploring ways to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusion into the way we visualize data. Alice is currently making charts and maps for the United Nations Development Programme.

Elaine Nsoesie Assistant Professor, Boston University

a Computational Epidemiologist with a passion for applying novel data and methods to global health problems.She leads a team of computational social scientists, public health experts and computer scientists at Boston University's Department of Global Health. She is also a Data Science Fellow, as part of the BU Data Science Initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing. She was born and raised in Cameroon.

Morine Amutorine Data Associate, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Morine is passionate about analysing, visualising and communicating data. Her work has been dominated by social data including social media data (conducting real-time content analysis and knowledge translation research), public radio (analysing public perceptions on topics that inform the work of the SDGs) and Google search data (to reveal knowledge gaps and detect disparities in health information availability). She particularly enjoys creating data-driven visuals to go with her research findings. She is currently a data associate at UN Global Pulse based in Kampala.

Alice Feng TBD, UNDP

Alice Feng is a data visualization developer based in the Washington, DC area. She is passionate about using design to make data and information more accessible to broader audiences and recently has been exploring ways to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusion into the way we visualize data. Alice is currently making charts and maps for the United Nations Development Programme.

Ciira Maina Senior Lecturer and Director, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Jason Kabi Research Intern, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Lorna Mugambi Research intern, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Gabriel Kiarie Research intern, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Yuri Njathi TBD, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

Benjamin Akera Researcher, McGill University

Pius Mugaga TBD, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Richard Everson Prof., University of Exeter

Ernest Mwebabze Director, Sunbird AI

Andrew Katumba TBD, Makerere University

Markus Kaiser Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Christian Humberto Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Moses Thiga Lecturer, Kabarak University, Kenya

Marcos Oliveira Lecturer, University of Exeter

Martin Gordon Mubangizi Officer in Charge and Data Science Officer, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Luis Cabanzón Gutiérrez Data Engineer, META, USA

Civin Damon TBD, META, USA

Patel Niel TBD, META, USA

Luis Cabanzón Gutiérrez Data Engineer, META, USA

Civin Damon TBD, META, USA

Patel Niel TBD, META, USA

Ronaldo Menezes Professor of Data and Network Science, University of Exeter

Martin Gordon Mubangizi Officer in Charge and Data Science Officer, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Luis Cabanzón Gutiérrez Data Engineer, META, USA

Martin Gordon Mubangizi Officer in Charge and Data Science Officer, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Moses Thiga Lecturer, Kabarak University, Kenya

Marcos Oliveira Lecturer, University of Exeter

Markus Kaiser Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Ronaldo Menezes Professor of Data and Network Science, University of Exeter

Civin Damon TBD, META, USA

Christian Humberto Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Patel Niel TBD, META, USA

Dr Mwaitete Cairo Rector, IAA

Ciira Maina Senior Lecturer and Director, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Kabaza Runyeta TBD, Habari Node

Kadeghe Fue TBD, Sokoine University of Agriculture

Godliver Owomugisha Senior Lecturer, Busitema University

Prof. Morris Agaba Professor, TBD

Ms. Damilare Ayonkule TBD, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria

Dr Halleluyah Aworinde TBD, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria

Google AI TBD, Google AI, Ghana

Martin Gordon Mubangizi Officer in Charge and Data Science Officer, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Lilian Wanzare Lecturer, Maseno University

Asme Hadgu Co-Founder, Lesan

Shamsuddeen Muhammad NLP Researcher, Masakhane

Godliver Owomugisha Senior Lecturer, Busitema University

Irene Sekitoleko TBD, Ministry of ICT- Uganda

Noah Maina TBD, SEACOM

TBD TBD, TBD

Alvin Kabwama TBD, NSSF, Uganda

Ms. Damilare Ayonkule TBD, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria

Dr Halleluyah Aworinde TBD, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria

Markus Kaiser Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Christian Humberto Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Ally Nyamawe TBD, University of Dodoma

Civin Damon TBD, META, USA

Billy Gareth TBD, NVIDIA AI Ambassador - Africa

Rebecca Ryakitimbo Common Voice Fellow at Mozilla, Mozilla

Morine Amutorine Data Associate, UN Global Pulse, Kampala

Morine is passionate about analysing, visualising and communicating data. Her work has been dominated by social data including social media data (conducting real-time content analysis and knowledge translation research), public radio (analysing public perceptions on topics that inform the work of the SDGs) and Google search data (to reveal knowledge gaps and detect disparities in health information availability). She particularly enjoys creating data-driven visuals to go with her research findings. She is currently a data associate at UN Global Pulse based in Kampala.

PCs and GC TBD,

Yaé Ulrich Gaba TBD, AIMS Rwanda