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Deep Learning Indaba 2026

Name: Deep Learning Indaba 2026
Start: 2026-08-02
End: 2026-08-07
Location: Pan-Atlantic University

The Deep Learning Indaba 2026 is Africa’s flagship gathering for the machine learning and AI community. This year’s theme, 'Sovereign Intelligence. African Scale', centers on empowering Africa to build, steward, and guide its own AI systems and scientific direction. The event brings together students, industry practitioners, faculty, and entrepreneurs for a…

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1Speakers

23Sponsors

13Sessions

23Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Deep, in alphabetical order.

Pelumi Victor

Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions.

06:30–09:00
Breakfast
Uncategorized
08:00–18:00
Registration
Uncategorized
11:00–12:00
First-time Attendees Story Telling Mentorship Session
Panel
12:00–13:30
Lunch
Uncategorized
13:30–16:00
Building Faster Transformers with Triton: A Hands-On Introduction to GPU Kernel Programming
Tutorials
13:30–16:00
Introduction to Agentic AI: Building Conversational Agents with Persistent Memory
Tutorials
13:30–16:00
The Math Behind Neural Networks - Pelumi Victor
Tutorials
13:30–16:00
Understanding Model Alignment: Concepts and Practical Steps
Tutorials
16:30–18:00
Adversarial Thinking in AI Systems: Understanding and Mitigating Real-World Model Failures
Skills Session

Company intelligence

An audience of 23 companies, parsed from the program.

23 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room

0All threespeak · spons · exh

23Sponsoringsponsor only

0Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

Other roles1100%

Of 1 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Adaption Labs	Sponsor · Niger	-
2	Agency Fund	Sponsor · Limpopo	-
3	Aghcloud	Sponsor · Benue	-
4	AISCA Africa	Sponsor · Benue	-
5	Amini AI	Sponsor · Benue	-
6	Askya Investment Partners	Sponsor · Benue	-
7	Cassava AI	Sponsor · Nile	-
8	Cohere	Sponsor · Limpopo	-
9	DAIR Institute	Sponsor · Niger	-
10	Datawise Africa	Sponsor · Benue	-
11	Digital Umuganda	Sponsor · Benue	-
12	Equalyz AI	Sponsor · Benue	-
13	Google DeepMind	Sponsor · Mawenzi	-
14	Google Research	Sponsor · Mawenzi	-

Sponsors by tier

benue10

43% of 23

limpopo2

9% of 23

mawenzi5

22% of 23

niger3

13% of 23

nile1

4% of 23

zambezi2

9% of 23

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Crowdstrike×2 peers

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CAMLIS 2026	October 21, 2026	Arlington	2
NRF Big Show 2027	January 10, 2027	New York	2
AI & Big Data Expo North America 2027	May 24, 2027	San Jose	2

Deep Learning Indaba 2026

Breakfast

Registration

First-time Attendees Story Telling Mentorship Session

Lunch

Building Faster Transformers with Triton: A Hands-On Introduction to GPU Kernel Programming

Introduction to Agentic AI: Building Conversational Agents with Persistent Memory

The Math Behind Neural Networks - Pelumi Victor

Understanding Model Alignment: Concepts and Practical Steps

Adversarial Thinking in AI Systems: Understanding and Mitigating Real-World Model Failures

23 companies in attendance.