Isaac Kofi Maafo

isaackofimaafo.bsky.social

10 October 2026 20:27

The representational gap is the real bottleneck. Without local-language data, off-the-shelf models fail on comprehension, not compute. Data strategy must come first: language identification, curating domain corpora in working languages, and treating representativeness as a procurement gate.

Vukosi Marivate

vukosi.bsky.social

25 August 2026 12:07

The Deep Learning Indaba is, and always will be, its people 🌍💡 @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social Reflecting on #DLI2026 at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria, I wrote about what makes this community unique and why its travelling nature matters. Read the post 👇 www.vima.co.za/2026/08/18/t... 1/

Ben Waber

bwaber.bsky.social

26 July 2026 23:20

Next was a compelling talk by Shaimaa Lazem on community-centered practices for African language digitization at @dsfsi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLM... (7/8)

Ben Waber

bwaber.bsky.social

26 July 2026 23:20

Next was an interesting talk by Jean Louis Fendji on the datafication blind spot in African AI policy at @dsfsi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVew... (13/14)

Vukosi Marivate

vukosi.bsky.social

18 May 2026 13:33

From Morekolodi Primary & Tsogo High, to WitsUniversity & RutgersU, to my current daily homes at U of Pretoria & Lelapa AI —thank you. To the pioneering students, lab members @dsfsi.bsky.social , and community builders at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social & MasakhaneNLP: you are the actual engine.