Data Science and AI Training Program For Girls and Young Women

ENabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise (ENGAGE) in Data Science creates a health-focused machine learning training program at the University of Nairobi (UoN) in partnership with the University of San Francisco California (UCSF) for girls and young women to reduce the biases created by men in data science.

This foundational work helps strengthen the pipeline and impact of women to improve health in their communities.

ENGAGE aim is to develop a machine-learning training program focusing on public health and infectious diseases at the University of Nairobi. The project specifically targets girls and young women and includes outreach training programs in 6 regions in Kenya.

University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and infectious diseases is recruiting girls in Kenya to train them on data science and artificial intelligence with the view to using knowledge and skills to solve public health problems in their localities. We are targeting girls from TVeT and undergraduate students taking STEM courses with great aptitude in mathematics and are from less privileged economic backgrounds. This a fully sponsored training with internship.

This is a four-week long residential training for young women undertaking Undergraduate and Diploma course in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, with strong foundation in Mathematics and are interested in developing skills in Al and Data Science.

Who can Apply?

To be eligible you must meet all the following requirements:

• A final-year female student enrolled in a Diploma STEM course
• Economically disadvantaged young woman from rural areas in the following regions: Coast, South Eastern, Eastern, Rift Valley, Central, Western and Nyanza
• A young woman with a strong foundation in Mathematics or Statistics
• A young woman interested in pursuing a career in Al and Data Science

Training Period

Monday, 5th August to Friday, 30th August 2024

Venues:

• Pwani University
• Kabarak University
• South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU)
• Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST)
• Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology (DeKUT)
• Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology(JOOUST)