Events
Community events calendar and international AI / NLP opportunities in Africa — updated weekly, with sponsored & grant-funded events highlighted.
Community Calendar
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 |
Upcoming Events
International Events updated weekly
With Sponsorship or Travel Grants
Deep Learning Indaba 2026
Date TBC
Africa's largest deep learning conference, bringing together machine learning researchers and practitioners from across the continent. Travel scholarships available for African researchers.
IndabaX Africa 2026
Date TBC
IndabaX events are community-organised deep learning workshops held across African countries, affiliated with the Deep Learning Indaba. Many editions offer local attendance grants.
Data Science Africa 2026
Date TBC
Annual summer school and workshop series focused on machine learning and data science for African development contexts. Financial support available for participants from low-income backgrounds.
AfricaNLP Workshop @ ACL 2026
Date TBC
The AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with major ACL conferences, focuses on NLP research for African languages. D&I travel grants are available through the ACL Diversity & Inclusion committee.
Masakhane Research Collaboration Calls
Date TBC
Masakhane periodically opens collaboration calls for African language NLP research. Funded participation and compute resources available for accepted participants.