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UmojaHack Africa 2022

· 5 min read
Ahmed Bargady

30 Countries, 200 Universities, 2000 Students. Africa's biggest inter-university hackathon will be even bigger in 2022!

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Description​

This hackathon is divided into 3 parts:

  1. Advanced: UmojaHack Africa 2022: African Snake Antivenom Binding Challenge
  2. Intermediate: UmojaHack Africa 2022: Monthly Insurance Claim Prediction Challenge
  3. Beginner: UmojaHack Africa 2022: Faulty Air Quality Sensor Challenge

Rules​

  • As this is a learning challenge, aside from the rules in the Terms of Use, NO other particular rules apply. This challenge is open to all and not restricted to any country.

  • You may participate in this competition as an individual or in a team of up to 4 people.

Code must not be shared privately outside of a team. Any code that is shared, must be made available to all competition participants through the platform. (i.e. on the discussion boards).

The Zindi user who sets up a team is the default Team Leader. The Team Leader can invite other data scientists to their team. Invited data scientists can accept or reject invitations.

Dates​

  • Open for registration until 18 March, 2022.
  • Hackathon will be held on 19 & 20 March, 2022.

How to participate​

  • Saturday 19 March: Join the Session HERE. Stream ID: 859 6688 8212, Password: Uhack22

  • Sunday 20 March: Join the Session HERE. Stream ID: 882 9932 7429, Password: Uhack22

Challenges​

BEGINNER​

UmojaHack Africa 2022: Faulty Air Quality Sensor Challenge

Check the Link

INTERMEDIATE​

UmojaHack Africa 2022: Monthly Insurance Claim Prediction Challenge

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ADVANCED​

UmojaHack Africa 2022: African Snake Antivenom Binding Challenge

Check the Link

Prizes​

  • Advanced:

    • 1st place: $1,200
    • 2nd place: $1,000
    • 3rd place: $800

  • Intermediate:

    • 1st place: $1,000
    • 2nd place: $800
    • 3rd place: $600

  • Beginner:

    • 1st place: $800
    • 2nd place: $600
    • 3rd place: $400

  • Additional non-monetary prizes for teams and participants on the weekend, including learning and career opportunities from the competition generous sponsors.

  • $100 for the top-ranked user/team per country.

note

Only one prize per university is awarded.

Agenda​

Day one agenda​

  • 08:01 - 08:10 GMT Day one welcome address - Celina Lee, Co-Founder & CEO, Zindi
  • 08:10 - 08:15 GMT Schedule for the day - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 08:15 - 08:20 GMT Roving Reporter check-in: Kenya, Ruth Nduta, Kenya
  • 08:20 - 08:30 GMT Speaker session: NVIDIA - Kate Kallot, Director, Head of Global Developer Relations & Emerging Areas, NVIDIA
  • 08:30 - 08:40 GMT Speaker session: Absa Retail & Business Bank - Gavin Cope, Head: Advanced Analytics and Insights, Absa Retail & Business Bank
  • 08:40 - 08:50 GMT Winner’s perspective - Idriss Tondji, Machine Intelligence graduate student at AMMI, Past UmojaHack Africa Winner
  • 08:50 - 09:10 GMT Technical orientation: The problem to solve - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 09:10 - 09:15 GMT Let the hack begin - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 09:15 - 12:00 GMT Hack! Hack! Hack!
  • 12:00 - 12:25 GMT Lunch & embracing the Zindian spirit - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist & Sokhar Samb, Senegal
  • 12:25 - 12:35 GMT Introduction to Google Colab - Chris Perry, Product Lead, Google Colab
  • 12:35- 12:55 GMT Technical conversations about the challenge
  • 12:55- 17:10 GMT Hack! Hack! Hack!
  • 17:10- 17:15 GMT Roving Reporter check-in: Tanzania - Tony Mipawa, Tanzania
  • 17:15- 17:25 GMT Speaker session: H2O.ai - Sri Satish Ambati, CEO, H2O.ai
  • 17:25- 17:30 GMT Zindi stream sign off - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer,Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist

Day two agenda​

  • 08:01 - 08:10 GMT Roving Reporter check-in
  • 08:10 - 08:15 GMT Schedule for the day - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 08:15 - 08:25 GMT Speaker session: Google AI - Moustapha Cisse, Research Scientist & Head of Google AI Center, Accra
  • 08:25 - 08:35 GMT Speaker session: InstaDeep - Karim Beguir, CEO, InstaDeep
  • 08:35 - 08:40 GMT Roving Reporter check-in: Nigeria - Tejumola Asanloko, Nigeria
  • 08:40 - 08:45 GMT Team progress updates & day two well wishes - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 08:45 - 12:00 GMT Hack! Hack! Hack!
  • 12:00 - 12:10 GMT Speaker Session: EXPLORE Data Science Academy - Shaun Dipnall, CEO, EXPLORE Data Science Academy
  • 12:10 - 12:15 GMT Roving Reporter check-in: Sudan - Lina Yasin, Sudan
  • 12:15 - 17:00 GMT Hack! Hack! Hack!
  • 17:00 - 17:15 GMT Competition close & Roving Reporter check-in - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist, Leo Dzingarai, Zimbabwe
  • 17:15 - 17:25 GMT Announcements of winners & prizes - Sam Masikini, Ambassador, Zindi & Software Developer, Computer Systems Engineer & Data Scientist
  • 17:25 - 17:30 GMT Closing remarks - Celina Lee, Co-Founder & CEO, Zindi

For more informations​

Check the official Guide: UmojaHack Africa 2022 GUIDE