It’s TL;DR Tuesday and this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode features Dr Ernest Mwebaze, Executive Director of Sunbird AI, who talks about the impact that his community engagement initiatives have had on the research landscape in Uganda.
Ernest works at Sunbird AI which is using AI-enabled technology to achieve positive social impact across Africa by helping social initiatives, public institutions and policymakers develop new systems and technologies for a range of applications. In this TL;DR Shorts episode, Ernest talks about the Makerere AI and Data Science Research Lab.
Ernest reflects on his involvement in creating the Makerere AI Lab, and how its existence sparked a community of research in Uganda that has grown and created a career path in technology for societal good for many researchers, while also providing a platform to showcase the impact that data science and computational research can have on solving the challenges facing communities in Africa.
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