Zindi hosts the largest community of African data scientists, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges using machine learning and AI. We connect data scientists with organisations, and provide a place to learn, hone your skills and find a job. We want to transform the African continent and showcase African data science talent to the world
Study, join discussions and hackathons
Start your journey or master skills on real world problems with our various study resources.
Practice, earn money and build your reputation
Join competitions for both prize money and knowledge. The higher you place, the more your reputation grows.
Find a job and grow your professional network
Our partners regularly post job opportunities. Find your next career opportunity today.
Current competitions
Fossil Demand Forecasting Challenge
Can you forecast the watch units required by Fossil, four months into the future?
$5 000 USD
~2 months to go
Helping Uganda
Layer.ai Air Quality Prediction Challenge
Can you use Sentinel 5P data to predict air quality in Kampala for AirQo?
$3 000 USD
3 months to go
Alvin Smart Money Management Classification Challenge
Can you classify purchases recorded on Alvin into different categories?
$3 000 USD
20 days to go
Microsoft Rice Disease Classification Challenge
Can you identify disease in images of rice grown in Egypt?
$3 000 USD
~1 month to go
DataFest Africa Noise Pollution Classification Challenge
Can you predict noise levels in Kampala?
$1 000 USD
Starts in 2 days
Laduma Analytics Football League Winners Prediction Challenge
Can you predict the outcome of a football match based on historical data?
$2 000 USD
2 months to go
Trailblazers Open to All Qualification Challenge
Build a model and complete your Zindi profile to qualify as a Trailblazer
1 000 Zindi Points
3 months to go
Trailblazers Nigerian Qualification Challenge
Build a model and complete your Zindi profile to qualify as a Trailblazer
1 000 Zindi Points
3 months to go
Helping Uganda
Makerere Fall Armyworm Crop Challenge
Can you determine if maize crops have been affected by the fall armyworm pest?
$1 000 USD
19 days to go
Trailblazers Kenyan Qualification Challenge
Build a model and complete your Zindi profile to qualify as a Trailblazer
1 000 Zindi Points
3 months to go
Trailblazers South African Qualification Challenge
Build a model and complete your Zindi profile to qualify as a Trailblazer
1 000 Zindi Points
3 months to go
Helping Africa
Inclusion Financière en Afrique
Pouvez-vous prédire qui en Afrique est le plus susceptible d’avoir un compte bancaire?
Connaissances
Active
Helping Africa
Financial Inclusion in Africa
Can you predict who in Africa is most likely to have a bank account?
Knowledge
Active
by #ZindiWeekendz
Spot the Mask Challenge
Can you predict whether a person in an image is wearing a face mask? #masks4all
Knowledge
Active
by #ZindiWeekendz
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: It’s not a Question
Analysing social media sentiment towards vaccines
Knowledge
Active
by #ZindiWeekendz
Urban Air Pollution Challenge
Can you predict air quality in cities around the world using satellite data?
Knowledge
Active
by #ZindiWeekendz
COVID-19 Tweet Classification Challenge
Can you identify tweets about coronavirus without using keywords?
Knowledge
Active
Helping Kenya
Local Ocean Conservation - Sea Turtle Face Detection
Create a model that detects the bounding box around a sea turtle’s face
Knowledge
Active
Helping Tunisia
Computer Vision for License Plate Recognition Challenge
Use computer vision to detect and recognise Tunisian vehicle license plates
Knowledge
Active
Helping Tunisia
Flight Delay Prediction Challenge
Predict airline delays for Tunisian aviation company, Tunisair
Knowledge
Active
Learn and master
Technical
A reflection on the Google NLP Hack Series
30 Jun 2022, 07:41
Womxn in Big Data South Africa: Female-Headed Households in South Africa Challenge Tutorial
23 Jun 2022, 14:05
Data skills
Learn how to build and deploy deep learning models for disaster risk monitoring with NVIDIA
16 Jun 2022, 06:02
Stories from our community
“I am currently working with Qhala and Mtoto News to put winning Zindi solutions into production, and building a chatbot that incorporates those models. I’m developing a great love for natural language processing (NLP).”
Lawrence Moruye
Data scientist intern at Qhala, #12 on Zindi
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See how Zindi can help your organisation
Solve a problem
We work with you to define and set up your machine learning challenge. Our community of data scientists solves the challenge through a competition and you receive the winning solutions.
Find the best talent
With thousands of skilled individuals across data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data engineering specialisations, Zindi helps you find the best talent.
Build Your Brand
Zindi hosts the largest community of data scientists in Africa. For organisations wishing to build their brand amongst this unique audience, Zindi is the place to go.
Improve your organisation’s skills
Build your organisation’s skills by hosting a hackathon on Zindi. Hackathons are short, fun, problem-solving sprints, usually run over 1–3 days designed to challenge your organisation’s skills and foster collaboration.