AMLD Africa
Democratizing AI
in Africa
AMLD Africa is the continent's flagship applied machine learning conference, bridging cutting-edge research with real-world impact.
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History of AMLD Africa
2021
2021
How It All Started
AMLD Africa was founded in 2021 as a satellite conference of AMLD EPFL by African students and alumni at EPFL (Switzerland) — ranked among Europe's top 10 universities. Our core mission is to Democratize AI in Africa, through:
2021
2021
First event • Online SUP'COM • Tunisia
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Karim Beguir
Celina Lee
Moustapha Cisse
Aisha Walcott-Bryant
2022
2022
UM6P • Marrakech, Morocco
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Yoshua Bengio
2024
2024
USIU • Nairobi, Kenya
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Vukosi Marivate
Mary-Anne Hartley
2026
2026
WITS • Johannesburg, South Africa
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Benjamin Rosman
Tom Lawry
Kabelo Makwane
Tshilidzi Marwala
2027
2027
TBA • TBA
What drives us
Our values
Principles that guide how we run events, programs, and partnerships across the continent.
Inclusivity
We believe AI knowledge should be accessible to everyone, regardless of background or geography.
Impact
Every event, workshop, and partnership is measured by real-world outcomes for African communities.
Collaboration
We connect students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry to build bridges across the continent.
Innovation
We champion AI solutions built for African realities, from startups solving local challenges to researchers developing tools adapted to the continent's needs.
Our people
Meet the team
A volunteer core team of students, researchers, and young professionals across 8 teams, dedicated to growing Africa's applied AI community.
