26-29 january 2026
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Join us for the fourth edition of AMLD Africa! 4 days of talks, tutorials, workshops, and demos on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence projects with top speakers from industry, academia, and policy.
AMLD Africa focuses on the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in innovation and sustainable development in African countries, making it a particularly popular event for academia/research, and industry/business.
Startups presentations
Presentation of the startups
Community presentations
Presentation of the communities
Welcome coffee & Registrations
Grouping and registrations with a coffee
Lunch
Networking Fair + speed dating
Get to know new people
Closing
Bus pickup at South of WITS
Registration
Lunch
Break
Grand Opening
Join us for the AMLD Africa opening ceremony which sets the stage for an enriching journey of exploration and collaboration.
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainability
AI for Healthcare
Interlude
AI for Healthcare
AI for Healthcare
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainable Agriculture & Water Management
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainable Agriculture & Water Management
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainable Agriculture & Water Management
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainable Agriculture & Water Management
AI for Healthcare
Precision Diagnosis for Everyone
AI for Healthcare
Precision Diagnosis for Everyone
AI for Healthcare
Precision Diagnosis for Everyone
AI for Healthcare
Precision Diagnosis for Everyone
AI for Sustainability
AI for Urban Management & Circular Economy
AI for Sustainability
AI for Urban Management & Circular Economy
AI for Sustainability
AI for Urban Management & Circular Economy
AI for Sustainability
AI for Urban Management & Circular Economy
AI for Healthcare
Genomic Diversity and Personalized Medicine
AI for Healthcare
Genomic Diversity and Personalized Medicine
AI for Healthcare
Genomic Diversity and Personalized Medicine
AI for Healthcare
Genomic Diversity and Personalized Medicine
AI for Sustainability
AI for Energy Transition: Climate Adaptation & Mining
AI for Sustainability
AI for Energy Transition: Climate Adaptation & Mining
AI for Sustainability
AI for Energy Transition: Climate Adaptation & Mining
AI for Sustainability
AI for Energy Transition: Climate Adaptation & Mining
AI for Healthcare
TBD...
AI for Healthcare
TBD...
AI for Healthcare
TBD...
AI for Healthcare
TBD...
Workshop
Workshop
Lunch
Break
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Economic Empowerment
Interlude
AI for Cultural Preservation
AI for Cultural Preservation
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Trade Industry & Inclusive Finance
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Trade Industry & Inclusive Finance
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Trade Industry & Inclusive Finance
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Trade Industry & Inclusive Finance
AI for Economic Empowerment
Open Models Open Economies
AI for Economic Empowerment
Open Models Open Economies
AI for Economic Empowerment
Open Models Open Economies
AI for Economic Empowerment
Open Models Open Economies
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Job Creation Skills & Entrepreneurship
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Job Creation Skills & Entrepreneurship
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Job Creation Skills & Entrepreneurship
AI for Economic Empowerment
AI for Job Creation Skills & Entrepreneurship
Workshop
Workshop
Lunch
Break
AI Ethics
AI Ethics
AI Governance
AI Governance
Interlude
AI Governance
AI Governance
Closing Ceremony
AI Ethics
AI Safety & Alignement
AI Ethics
AI Safety & Alignement
AI Ethics
AI Safety & Alignement
AI Ethics
AI Safety & Alignement
AI Governance
AI Policy Regulation & Governance Infrastructure
AI Governance
AI Policy Regulation & Governance Infrastructure
AI Governance
AI Policy Regulation & Governance Infrastructure
AI Ethics
Accountability Transparency & Auditability
AI Ethics
Accountability Transparency & Auditability
AI Ethics
Accountability Transparency & Auditability
AI Ethics
Accountability Transparency & Auditability
AI Governance
AI for Public Good
AI Governance
AI for Public Good
AI Governance
AI for Public Good
AI Ethics
Fairness Bias & Discrimination
AI Ethics
Fairness Bias & Discrimination
AI Ethics
Fairness Bias & Discrimination
AI Ethics
Fairness Bias & Discrimination
AI Governance
Futures Culture & Decolonial Thought
AI Governance
Futures Culture & Decolonial Thought
AI Governance
Futures Culture & Decolonial Thought
Workshop
Workshop
AI for Healthcare
AI For Healthcare
AI Governance
AI Governance
AI for Cultural Preservation
AI for Cultural Preservation
AI Ethics
AI Ethics
AI for Sustainability
AI for Sustainability
AI For Economic Empowerment
AI For Economic Empowerment
Tom Lawry
Kabelo Makwane
Jade Abott
Samuel Segun
Tom Lawry
Tom Lawry is a leading voice in the global conversation on artificial intelligence and its role in transforming healthcare. As a keynote speaker, advisor, and thought leader, he brings a wealth of expertise drawn from years of working at the intersection of medicine, technology, and digital transformation. With a career that includes senior leadership positions at Microsoft—where he served as National Director for AI for Health and Life Sciences, Director of Worldwide Health, and Director of Organizational Performance in the company’s first health incubator—Tom has developed a unique perspective on how AI is reshaping the future of healthcare. He has spent more than a decade advising medical and health leaders worldwide, guiding them through the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation. His insights stem not only from successes but also from understanding the common missteps organizations make when first embarking on their AI journey. Tom emphasizes the importance of planning, prioritization, and strategic alignment to ensure AI investments deliver meaningful results. Through his work as an author, advisor, and speaker, his mission is clear: to help leaders harness AI effectively, shorten learning curves, and accelerate progress toward more efficient, impactful, and human-centered healthcare systems.
activities during the event
AI for Healthcare
Keynote
AI for Healthcare
Panel
Kabelo Makwane
activities during the event
AI for Economic Empowerment
Keynote
Jade Abott
Jade Abbott (Lelapa AI, Co-founder & CTO) has over a decade of experience spanning the banking sector, non-governmental organisations, and startups. She is the co-founder of Masakhane, a grassroots initiative focused on advancing Natural Language Processing (NLP) research for African languages.
Jade holds an MSc from the University of Pretoria and has received numerous accolades for her work, including being recognised by InspiringFifty, which highlights exceptional women in tech, and Mail & Guardian’s ‘200 Young South Africans’ list, which honours trailblazing young professionals. In 2024, she was named to MIT Technology Review’s prestigious Innovators Under 35 list, a global recognition celebrating the most promising young minds driving the future of technology.
activities during the event
AI for Cultural Preservation
Keynote
Samuel Segun
Dr. Samuel Segun is a Senior Researcher at the Global Center on AI Governance and a Research Fellow at the African Observatory on Responsible AI and the AI Ethics Group at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, University of Pretoria. He is also a Research Fellow with the Research Group on Africa, Philosophy, and Digital Technologies (APDiT) at the Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg.
He previously served as AI Innovation & Technology Consultant for the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, leading the development of a Toolkit on Responsible AI Innovation in Law Enforcement, an INTERPOL-led project. Additionally, he is the Lead Consultant for Arkenstone Advisory and a technical reviewer for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), contributing to the Guidelines for the Development of a National Strategy on AI in Security and Defence.
Dr. Segun is an Instructor in the Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, and Policy in Africa Certificate Program at the University of Cape Town. He has published over 15 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and has delivered keynote talks, speeches and lectures at major conferences on AI safety, data and computational ethics, algorithmic audit, and responsible AI practice. He is also the editor of several works, including: AI Ethics & Governance in Africa, Selected Issues in the Ethics of AI, Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and AI.
Dr. Segun has received several prestigious fellowships, including: UNDP West African Youth Integrity Fellowship (2013), Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Fellowship (2016), Global Excellence Stature Fellowship for Doctoral Research, University of Johannesburg (2018). In 2021, he was appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stellenbosch University School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, where he led research on computational and data ethics.
activities during the event
AI Ethics
Keynote