Jade Abbott: Pioneering NLP and AI In Africa

iAfrikan BYTES
13/08/2024 13 min Temporada 1
Jade Abbott: Pioneering NLP and AI In Africa

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Join us in this episode as we meet Jade Abbott, CTO of Lelapa AI and Co-Founder of Masakhane. With a Master of Science in Computer Science, graduating cum laude, Jade delves into her pivotal role in NLP and her founding of Masakhane, A grassroots NLP community for Africa, by Africans and Lelapa AI, inspired by her experiences at the Deep Learning Indaba. She discusses the Indaba’s influence on fostering an African AI community and its future potential to enhance global research visibility. Recorded at the Deep Learning Indaba 2023 in Accra, Ghana.

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