KeynoteMain Auditorium
Opening Keynote← AI4Africa 2026
Programme
20–23 Jul 2026 · Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos · all times WATVersion 1 · published 29 Jun 2026, 01:00 WAT
MON 20 Jul
- 08:30to 09:30
- 09:30to 11:00Paper sessionHall ASession 1: Natural Language ProcessingAn Ensemble Method for Machine Translation for Smallholder Farmers — Babatunde Ndlovu A Scalable Microservice Design for Low-Resource Languages Across Nigerian Universities — Chiamaka Danjuma A Mixed-Methods Study for Low-Resource Languages in Resource-Constrained Hospitals — Temitope Boateng A Mixed-Methods Study for Machine Translation in Sub-Saharan Africa — Folake MoyoPaper sessionHall BSession 2: Natural Language ProcessingA Scalable Microservice Design for Machine Translation for Smallholder Farmers — Adaeze Asante Reinforcement Learning for Low-Resource Languages in Resource-Constrained Hospitals — Temitope Boateng
- 11:00to 11:30BreakCoffee Break
- 11:30to 13:00Paper sessionHall ASession 3: Artificial Intelligence & Machine LearningEdge-Cloud Collaboration for Reinforcement Learning for Under-Resourced African Languages — Wanjiru Lawal A Scalable Microservice Design for Reinforcement Learning Using Locally Collected Datasets — Thandiwe Kamau A Lightweight Transformer Approach for AI for Social Good in Low-Bandwidth Environments — Wale Boateng Graph Neural Networks for AI for Social Good in Low-Bandwidth Environments — Adaeze Fashola
- 13:00to 14:00BreakLunch
- 14:00to 15:30PostersExhibition HallPoster SessionA Scalable Microservice Design for Sentiment Analysis Across Nigerian Universities Reinforcement Learning for Sentiment Analysis at National Scale A Scalable Microservice Design for Machine Translation for Smallholder Farmers
- 18:30to 21:00SocialSenate Building CourtyardWelcome Reception
TUE 21 Jul
- 08:30to 09:30KeynoteMain AuditoriumKeynote 2
- 11:00to 11:30BreakCoffee Break
- 13:00to 14:00BreakLunch
WED 22 Jul
- 08:30to 09:30KeynoteMain AuditoriumKeynote 3
- 11:00to 11:30BreakCoffee Break
- 13:00to 14:00BreakLunch
- 16:00to 17:30PanelMain AuditoriumPanel: The Future of African Research Infrastructure