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Our PI, Prof. Vukosi Marivate, shares his reflections on DLI 2026 in Lagos, tracing the history of travelling knowledge-sharing across Africa and the path forward for grassroots AI research.
The recording of our recent seminar is officially live!
Big news from San Diego: research from our lab picked up multiple international awards at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), one of the most competitive venues in NLP.
Dr Idris Abdulmumin at the Deep Learning Indaba 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Moyahabo Rabothata, a PhD student supported by the AI4D African Languages Lab, is attending the Deep Learning Indaba 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Most modern Large Language Models (LLMs) are built behind closed corporate doors.
by Nontokozo Manukuza
The recording of our last seminar is now available.
Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬 | 2–7 August 2026
We have an exciting double-feature lined up for Monday, 27 July 2026, and we want to personally invite you all to join us.
