Data Science Nigeria

Data Science Nigeria (DSN) is a frontline Artificial Intelligence (AI) non-profit committed to driving solution-oriented application of Artificial Intelligence in Nigeria, with focus on building world-class Artificial Intelligence knowledge, research and innovation ecosystem that delivers transformational research, business use applications, AI-first start-ups, employability and social good use cases. Data Science Nigeria is the vision of Bayo Adekanmbi, Chief Transformation Officer, MTN, a hands-on data scientist, award winning advanced analytics expert and a doctoral researcher who uses data science algorithms to understand low-income customers. Data Science Nigeria has distinguished itself with its first-of-its-kind initiatives including the 1st Intercampus Machine Learning competition that involved over 10,000 students from 95 universities and polytechnics, dedicated Artificial Intelligence Community Hub on the campus of the University of Lagos, AI Summer Schools for Kids, AI Masterclass sessions for top business executives in Nigeria, industry-oriented hackathons, Learning-based Kaggle competitions, a Mentorship programme, development of Nigeria-centric Machine Learning/Deep learning curriculum/online learning platform, AI+ Clubs in secondary schools, and its highly successful all-expenses-paid Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp. Data Science Nigeria's recently published e-book, on Artificial Intelligence for Starters has seen over 200,000 downloads, while its industry engagement has supported the provision of jobs and internships for over 100 Nigerians. DSN's key achievements of 2018 are listed at https://www.datasciencenigeria.org/dsnis2/ Its 2019 programme can be read at here https://www.datasciencenigeria.org/2019plans/ While its long-range 3 year AI roadmap can be read at https://goo.gl/gnL98h