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AI Machine Learning Engineer of the Year
Technical AI Experts
AI Machine Learning Engineer of the Year
The AI Machine Learning Engineer of the Year is the definitive individual honor awarded to an exceptional technical expert who excels at the intersection of data science, software engineering, and production-grade AI in Africa. This award recognizes the ultimate algorithmic trailblazer who designs, trains, and optimizes sophisticated machine learning models, successfully transitioning them from experimental code into high-throughput, scalable systems that deliver predictive power and intelligent automation at scale.
Accepting Nominations
11 nominees
Winner
Dr. Ciira wa Maina
Chair of Data Science Africa | Building AI for Agriculture, Bioacoustics & African Sustainability
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Moustapha Cissé
CEO, Kera Health | Founder, AMMI | Ex-Head of Google AI Accra building ethical AI for Africa
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Dr.Shikoh Gitau
Human-centered AI, digital systems, AI policy & research
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Kipngeno Koech
Creator, ClassRepAI | Computer Science Student using AI + NLP to automate class representation tasks
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Dr. Abdigani Diriye
Co-founder, Odola | Ex-IBM Research Africa | PhD CS | Building AI + FinTech for financial inclusion in Africa
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Joseph Rwanda
Production ML + AI Agents Engineer | Building LLM Automation Pipelines for Rwanda
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Dr.Chao Mbogho
Computer Scientist and Tech Education Researcher
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Njeri Rionge
Kenyan tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Wananchi Online
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Henry Muchiri
AI Engineer | Machine Learning Specialist
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Dr.Deogratias Mzurikwao
AI Researcher & Lecturer in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence
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Jade Abott
Machine learning engineer building African language AI systems.
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