[AI 4 Health - 💡 Ideathon]

[Chris Fourie]

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📢  AI 4 HEALTH - 💡IDEATHON  📢
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Thanks to Mercy Asiedu for an absolutely superb seminar last week! What an amazing end-to-end approach to AI for healthcare in Africa - addressing impactful problems from research to real-world implementation and productisation!

Catch the recording here https://youtu.be/L2KFdjRC-GI

For those looking for support of their own ideas to address healthcare problems in Africa using artificial intelligence or machine learning - join the SisonkBiotik AI 4 Health Ideathon!!!

We'll be having an info session today at 18:00 (UTC +2h) (add to calendar) + an ideathon seminar series over the next month on how to pitch your ideas and form an African AI startup!

🤩 At least $2000 and mentorship in prizes 🏆

More details here

https://www.sisonkebiotik.africa/events/ideathon

To participate sign up a team and submit a ~15min video pitch of your idea.

We have a great panel of judges and seminar presenters that include Pelonomi Moiloa, Jade Abbott,  Philip Grother, Julius Aroba and  Archie Arakkal

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