"I began to think more about how these data could serve a greater purpose beyond commercial use," says Adekanmbi, who lives in Lagos, Nigeria. "I felt it was time to make a difference."
"We try to demonstrate that, even with infrastructural gaps in Africa, we can still deliver the possibility of AI to everyone, everywhere," Adekanmbi says. "We have the talents and the raw data sets to use AI to improve the quality of lives of people who need it most."
Since the group's inception, Adekanmbi and his team have set up more than 100 AI learning clubs hosted by dedicated Data Science Nigeria tutors and volunteers at universities and community centres in 14 African countries, where people can come for weekly or bimonthly lessons in topics ranging from basic data-science literacy to expert-level machine-learning techniques.
Recent projects include a multilingual, voice-based chatbot that provides financial guidance to female business owners in Nigeria - for which Adekanmbi won a US$145,000 Global Grand Challenges grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2023.
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