Machine Learning and Data Science Redefining the African Continent

With the continuous evolution of technology and new developments arising from the need to integrate technology to efficiently deliver an excellent digital consumer experience, more women are taking charge by being part of this evolution through their involvement in local communities tailored to effectively share resources and current trends in data science and Machine Learning. The WiMLDS community which comprises of data scientist and machine learners aims at increasing representation of women data scientist into the tech space, the luck of therefore presented an opportunity to build up this local community where the majority are self taught and hence are able to keep up with the ever highly advancing technology. "We are all largely self taught so we found each other while looking for data science and machine learning communities to aid our learning journeys. There was no such community in existence and the opportunity presented itself to start a local chapter of Women in Machine Learning and Data Science. So we jumped at it and now it has been almost 2 years," says Kathleen Siminyu Head of data science at Africa's Talking.