DSFSI Podcast
Conversations on data science, AI policy, and social impact in Africa — exploring the ideas, people, and policy shaping the continent’s digital future.
Podcast Ep. 1 · April 16, 2026 · 44:27
Navigating South Africa's AI Future — Sovereignty, Justice, and Ubuntu
An in-depth exploration of the 2026 Draft South Africa National AI Policy, algorithmic sovereignty, decolonial AI justice, and the concept of Ubuntu AI.
AI Policy Algorithmic Sovereignty Ubuntu AI Decoloniality AfriDSAI South Africa
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Earlier episodes created by DSFSI via NotebookLM or recorded at DSFSI events.
Panel Recording October 15, 2024 · 1:14:38
Panel: AI, Industry and R&D
Panel from the UP–Sweden AI Workshop (30 Sep 2024) on the role of industry in AI and R&D, moderated by Prof. Vukosi Marivate.
Listen →Panel Recording October 9, 2024 · 1:03:09
Panel: Low Resource Languages and LLMs
Panel discussion from the UP–Sweden AI Workshop (30 Sep 2024) on building large language models for low-resource African languages.
Listen →NotebookLM October 3, 2024 · 8:44
Analysing Public Transport User Sentiment
Mini-dissertation podcast for Rozina Myoya — exploring Twitter data to analyse public transport commuter sentiments in Sub-Saharan Africa using multilingual NLP.
Listen →NotebookLM October 1, 2024 · 16:51
Izindaba-Tindzaba: Machine Learning News Categorization for isiZulu and Siswati
Revisiting Izindaba-Tindzaba — annotated datasets for low-resource languages tackling text classification for isiZulu and Siswati news.
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