DSA

The first DSA event was held in 2015 at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri, Kenya following discussions to hold an event similar to the Gaussian Process Summer Schools in Kenya. A successful GP summer school was held in 2013 at Makerere in Uganda but for the Kenyan event we felt that a data science event would be more appropriate. We decided on the following format: three days of summer school where we would introduce students to machine learning (ML) and data science methods and two days of workshop where research applying data science methods to important problems in Africa would be discussed. From the beginning the focus on educating students and problem solving was key.

We at Data Science Africa aim to create a hub in the network of data science researchers across Africa, by:

1. Providing an index of researchers and practitioners in the field of Data Science in Africa
2. Developing a set of lecture and notes resources
3. Links and sources of information and potential data sources
4. In the future a discussion forum to discuss Data Science questions
5. An online presence for data science conferences and workshops