Deep Learning Indaba 2026 — Lagos
📅 Sunday, 2 August 2026 → Friday, 7 August 2026 in 17 days
10th annual Deep Learning Indaba — Africa's premier AI/ML gathering. August 2-7, 2026 at Pan-Atlantic University (PAU), Lagos, Nigeria. 2026 theme: "Sovereign Intelligence. African Scale." 1,000+ participants from 45+ African countries. Includes keynotes, tutorials, workshops, panels, research showcases. Co-hosts the AARC (Akili African Robotics Community) Robotics Workshop. Annual gathering rotates across Africa (2023 Kampala, 2024 Dakar, 2025 Nairobi/Pretoria, 2026 Lagos).
The Deep Learning Indaba is Africa's flagship gathering for artificial intelligence and machine learning, now in its tenth edition and hosted at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria. The 2026 theme, "Sovereign Intelligence. African Scale," centres on Africa's ability to build, steward and understand its own AI systems, data and scientific direction.
Who it's for
Students, researchers, faculty, industry practitioners, entrepreneurs and policymakers from across the continent — and anyone wanting to connect with Africa's AI community. A virtual-participation option runs alongside the in-person event.
Programme
The week-long programme combines:
- Keynotes from leading academic and industry researchers
- Tutorials and skills sessions for hands-on learning
- Workshops on focused research and applied topics
- Research-paper presentations (the Indaba publications track)
- African Datasets and African Start-ups showcases
- Community Initiative sessions, mentorship and networking
The detailed programme is published on the organiser's site.
