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Deep Learning Indaba𝕏
South Africa

06 - 10 Jul, 2026

University of KwaZulu-Natal

A Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 is a locally-organised “Indaba” or conference that helps ensure that knowledge and capacity in machine learning are spread more widely across the African continent.

 Registration info

Academia
🔭
Ticket: R2000

Open

Deadline: Sat 30 May 2026 at 23:00:00 (+0200)

Acceptance: 2026-06-12T23:00:00.000+02:00

Industry
🛠
Ticket: R3700

Coming soon

Deadline: Sat 30 May 2026 at 23:00:00 (+0200)

Acceptance: 2026-06-12T23:00:00.000+02:00

Student
🎓
Free!

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Opening on Wed, 01 May 2026

Open until: Friday 29 May 2026 at 23:00:00 +0200

Present a talk
🎤
Free!

Coming soon

Deadline: Thu 30 Apr 2026 at 23:00:00 (+0200)

Acceptance: 2026-05-30T23:00:00.000+02:00

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Conference

Duration

Jul 06, 2026 - Jul 10, 2026

The conference will be a multi-day event featuring.

400+
attendees

connect with other researchers and practitioners

50+
speakers

attend a showcase of cutting-edge research and applied AI

4+
tutorials

receive a practical introduction to machine learning for beginners

50+
posters

share your work and get feedback from experts

2+
hackathon problems

get your hands dirty and learn from the best

News

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What people say about the Indaba𝕏

The incredible diversity of experiences and backgrounds of people in the AI and ML field. Everyone has a unique story.

The IndabaX is an amazing event that changed my perspective on how ML can be used in Africa. I am so glad I attended and I would recommend it to anyone.

My key take aways from the conference were in the academia side; I really enjoyed being in the Company of the people I have had around me. They were very intelligent group of People, ranging from the event organizers to the lectures whom shared their years of acquired experience with passion to my fellow students whom were also so accommodating and intelligent. The positive mindset I have acquired from the IndabaX conference was just what I needed to align my personal life with the research project I am currently working on; to know that there are similar minded people out there whom are also working on solving real life problems using science really reenergized me. I thank you kindly for the opportunity.

I enjoyed meeting different people, who are doing very different from what i do and seeing things from their perspective. The keynote were wildly helpful and interesting, so was the panel discussion. I realized that there is no one straight path in AI and ML and that a lot of us can take very different routes and sort of end up at the same place which is interesting.

I am an intermediate in research and reinforcement learning with interest in working in industry. Therefore, the whole conference was my key take away in a way. I attended all reinforcement learning related talks, from the foundations to the applied ML and industry. It was interesting how RL was first introduced before moving on to how it is applied. That was thoughtful and accommodating.

I think the conference did very well when it came to diversity and inclusion, this is highly attributed to the fact that it did not only focus on the technical side of things but included people from different background and cultures with different life experiences. How they came together towards working on solving real life problems really shows the success of this event.

In terms of people, I think there’s an even proportion amongst all genders and race. Including applied ML and industry was truly outstanding because not everyone wants to be in research and academia. The talks were so diverse that most industry were included.

Organising committee

photo of Anna Bosman

Executive Director

Anna Bosman

photo of Christopher Currin

Board of Directors

Christopher Currin

photo of Maria Schuld

Board of Directors

Maria Schuld

photo of Lydia de Lange

Executive Director

Lydia de Lange

photo of Elizabeth Booi

Programme Chairs and Marketing and Communication

Elizabeth Booi

photo of Lesego Makhafola

Marketing, communications and AI Fest

Lesego Makhafola

photo of Kwasi Darkwa

Marketing, communications and AI Fest

Kwasi Darkwa

photo of Nomonde Khalo

Marketing and Communication

Nomonde Khalo

photo of Moyahabo Rabothata

Marketing

Moyahabo Rabothata

photo of Kessel Okinga

Marketing and Application

Kessel Okinga

photo of Tshegofatso Shabangu

Marketing and Fundraising

Tshegofatso Shabangu

photo of Gail Vermaak

AI Fest

Gail Vermaak

photo of Robert Selemani

Hackathon and AI Fest

Robert Selemani

photo of Ahmed Ghoor

Programme Chairs and Hackathon

Ahmed Ghoor

photo of Mandlenkosi Zwane

Hackathon and Applications

Mandlenkosi Zwane

photo of Refiloe Shabe

Hackathon

Refiloe Shabe

photo of Thapelo Maupa

Fundraising, Sponsor Relations and Applications

Thapelo Maupa

photo of Thapelo Sindane

Fundraising, Sponsor Relations and Applications

Thapelo Sindane