UmojaHack Africa 2023, the single largest pan-African machine learning hackathon, took place 18-19 March 2023. The event brought together over 1000 students from 345 universities in 36 countries to build machine learning models for climate change. The winners of each challenge are: For the Rubik’s Cube Reinforcement Learning Challenge, the winners were Akram Badreddine Laissaoui…
SAJOREC to Foster Science, Technology and Innovation Co-operation
By PATRICK AMUNAVI The establishment of the Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre (SAJOREC) at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT), is set to enhance the region’s research in sustainable natural resources conservation, bio-medicine for universal health and modern agricultural techniques. Education Cabinet Secretary, Amb. (Dr.) Amina Mohamed announced during the official opening…
NIAP’s Promotion of Irrigation Best Practices to Boost Food Security Lauded
By PATRICK AMUNAVI The Principal Secretary, State Department for Irrigation, Prof. Fred Segor has lauded efforts being spearheaded by the National Irrigation Acceleration Platform (NIAP) in advancing knowledge sharing, learning and building synergies to promote and upscale irrigation best practices amongst small-scale farmers in Kenya, thus contributing to the attainment of the Government’s Big Four…
Kenya: County Officers Trained on Data Analytics
By Adhere Cavince Over 38 officers drawn from twelve counties are at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, JKUAT for a four-day training on health data analytics and geographic information systems for informed decision making in the devolved units. The participants will be equipped with skills and tools to collate, curate, analyze and…
Researchers share findings on African vegetables with Kenyan farmers
BY PATRICK AMUNAVI Kenyan and Germany researchers working under the Horticultural Innovation and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihood in East Africa (HORTINLEA) project have made significant achievements in generating knowledge on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs). This knowledge covers genetic diversity and seed systems, plant nutrition and fertilizer management, water management and irrigation, pest and…