AfriClimate AI

AfriClimate AI is a grassroots community dedicated to harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence for a sustainable, prosperous and climate-resilient Africa

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

✨🌍 Exciting news from the Heart of Africa! Introducing AfriClimate AI: blending AI with Climate Science for a sustainable, prosperous, and resilient Africa. 🌱 Join us in this journey to shape a climate-resilient Africa. Learn more: https://t.co/RYjLmbV1GZ #AfriClimateAI

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

Thrilled to join the @ClimateChangeAI 2026 Virtual Summer School as a partner!

We can’t wait to contribute African perspectives on AI-powered weather forecasting and climate resilience, and learn alongside an incredible global community.

#ClimateAI #AIforClimate

[Climate Change AI @ClimateChangeAI]

Excited to announce the fourth @ClimateChangeAI Summer School (virtual, July 19–August 22, 2026)! 🎉

Are you an #AI or #DataScience expert who wants to tackle #ClimateChange? Are you a #climate expert trying to use #ML in your work?

Register here 👉 https://t.co/uwScMMk9zj

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Read the full release here: https://t.co/EB2p2yNEx2

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

Africa should help shape the future of AI weather forecasting—not just consume technologies developed elsewhere.
Excited to partner with @OxfordPhysics and welcome Dr Shruti Nath as Research Lead to help build the next generation of forecasting systems for Africa.

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

We are excited to share that Sabrina AMROUCHE, our visionary co-founder, and our flagship initiative, Afrinet, founded by Sabrina, have been featured in Le Point, one of France’s major news magazines!

Read the full article: https://t.co/p9xOi1d1WW

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🌍AfriClimate AI is excited to announce our upcoming seminar!

"Assessing the Impact of Carbon Tax Policy on Renewable Energy Investment: The Potential Use of AI with a Special Focus on Developing Countries" with Narindra RALEFOMANANA

🔗 Register: https://t.co/qmBCT3G4sB

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Announcing:🌍 AfriNet: Connecting Africa Through Climate Data 🌱

AfriNet is an AfriClimate AI initiative focused on revolutionizing African climate data collection.
The collected data will be freely available to researchers and students in Africa.
more

https://t.co/St18hdoGvn

[Bunmi Akinremi @bumie_rose]

From being a typical workshop attendee to being part of the workshop organizers @AfriClimateAI 🫣😁.

Met the full team for the first time in person @DeepIndaba 2024🤭. From engaging Rendani during his presentation at a workshop last year to saying ‘yes, we can do a community’🤭

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🌍 We're excited to share our journey at this year's Deep Learning Indaba in Senegal!

Special thanks to our amazing team, partners TAHMO @DeepIndaba, sponsors @instadeepai, and the media @FRANCE24 @iafrikan for amplifying our work:

Read the full blog🙌
https://t.co/b6yexH2067

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Lightening session presentations at Deep Learning Indaba 2024

Presenters
- Grace Muthoni Kaimburi
- Bibiane Danille Tsemo
- ISSOUF TOURE

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🌎Fireside chat with Ilan Price ongoing at AfriClimate AI workshop Deep Learning Indaba 2024.

Topic: "Towards next generation of Medium Range Forecasting Models"

Ilan Price is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind.

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Keynote session ongoing at Africlimate session at the Deep Learning Indaba 2024

"Advances in ML-based Weather Prediction" by Jason Hickey. Jason Hickey is leads the Google Research office in Accra, Ghana.

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

Lightening Session ongoing at Africlimate AI workshop at Deep Learning Indaba 2024

- Presenter: Andrews Ata Kangah

- Topic: Combating Climate Change Due to Galamsey: Geospatial Image Data Classifier for Localizing Illegal Mining Sites

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

Fireside chat ongoing at the Climate AI workshop Deep Learning Indaba 2024 on "Harnessing Remote Sensing Data for Positive Impact in Africa"

With
- Ibrahim Salihu Yusuf, Instadeep
- Fabrice Zapfack, data354
- Brian Halubanza, PhD, Mulungushi University

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🌎Keynote session ongoing at Africlimate AI workshop at @DeepIndaba 2024

- Topic: "Africa's Data Scarcity"

- Keynote speaker : Dr. Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, AIMS Network Research Chair in Climate Change Science at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

Day #3 at the Deep Learning Indaba
We reunited with our community and presented the progress we’ve made over the past year and shared exciting insights into our future projects during the community session.

For more details, please visit : https://t.co/9weQdhCNfu

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🪘Announcing another workshop speaker at the Deep Learning Indaba AfriClimate AI workshop:
- Sabrina AMROUCHE, the Head of Data Science at ZYTLYN Technologies, who is passionate about applying AI in climate science.

For more details, please visit : https://t.co/9weQdhCfpW

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🌍Announcing our fourth speaker 🌍

- Ibrahim Salihu Yusuf, an AI Research Engineer at InstaDeep,

Join us for an enriching fireside chat on "Harnessing Remote Sensing Data for Positive Impact in Africa".

For more details, visit : https://t.co/9weQdhCfpW

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

🌍Announcing: AfriClimate AI workshop organisers 🌍

Last year, we came together to start AfriClimate AI and we unite again in our birthplace. This is the first time the entire team will meet in person, and we couldn't be more excited! 🌱

Learn more: https://t.co/9weQdhCNfu

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🪘Announcing our third invited guest of AfriClimate AI workshop at the Deep Learning Indaba 🪘

- lan Price , a research scientist at Google DeepMind

📅Friday, September 6th at 11 AM

Learn more: https://t.co/9weQdhCfpW

[AfriClimate AI @AfriClimateAI]

🪘Our second workshop speaker 🪘
at the Deep Learning Indaba
- Dr. Jason Hickey, Google Research lead in Accra, Ghana who has dedicated decades of experience in AI to solving Africa's unique challenges.

Learn more: https://t.co/9weQdhCfpW