Synapse - Africa’s 4IR Trade & Innovation Magazine - 1st Quarter 2021 Issue 11

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NEWS

SA STARTUP ENVISIONIT DEEP AI WINS TWO CATEGORIES AT APPSAFRICA INNOVATION AWARDS South African medtech startup Envisionit Deep AI was one of the big winners at the AppsAfrica Awards 2020 after it won the HealthTech Award, and the Social Impact Award.

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nvisionit Deep AI was founded in 2019 by South Africa’s first paediatric radiologist Dr Jaishree Naidoo together with Terence Naidu and Andrei Migatchev. The Johanesburg-based startup uses artificial intelligence to streamline and improve medical diagnoses for radiologists. Its RADIFY solution -- which was trained and validated by radiologists -- highlights abnormalities across X-rays, ultrasound, MRI and CT scans. (Read this Synapse feature on the firm) AppsAfrica announced the winners of the 2020 edition in December. The awards aim to showcase leading ventures from across the continent each year and provide winners with industry recognition, global publicity, and potential investment. AppsAfrica Winners are also invited to join Africa Tech Summit in 2021 connecting with tech leaders, corporates, and investors at next year’s African and European Summits. AppsAfrica said the awards, which are now in their sixth edition, attracted over 500 submissions from 51 countries, with solutions launched by start-ups, established ventures, and corporates and for the first time were held online. Judging for the 12 categories was assessed by an independent panel of industry experts including media, investors, and leaders from the tech ecosystem. AppsAfrica founder Andrew Fassnidge said the 2020 edition of the awards had seen large increase of entries from sectors currently booming due to the effects of the pandemic, including HealthTech, Edtech, Gaming, Fintech, eCommerce and many Covid19 related entries with many great investment opportunities across the continent. ai

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Need for legal & regulator frameworks for AI governance in Africa: UNESCO

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AI tool developed to identify informal settlements

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InstaDeep, BioNTech partner to develop novel immunotherapies

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WEF launches Global AI Action Alliance

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Introducing MLCommons

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AfyaRekod, IndygeneUS partner on health data platform

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Servicetrace to train 100 Kenyan developers in RPA

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Bantu language spellchecker, Android keyboard launched

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ITU launches open research group on autonomous networks

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Wits, York University launch Africa-Canada AI & Public Health Data Consortium

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IBM launches Digital4Agriculture initiative

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2020 Space-tech Innovation Challenge Winners

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Wits could spawn the next tech giant. New VC explains how

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Kenya’s AICE to train 1000 AI engineers in 3 years

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Envisionit Deep AI scoops two categories at AppsAfrica awards

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How AI is taking on locust swarms in East Africa

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Lacuna Fund invests in African agricultural datasets for AI

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African projects selected for $10-million data.org challenge

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The Baobab Network joins The Deal Room

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3.2% increase in funding raised by African AI/IoT startups

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UP launches Engineering 4.0 facility

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Ghana’s OZÉ raises $700k seed round

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Gro Intelligence raises $85-million Series B round

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SA’s Aerobotics raises $17-million to scale AI for agriculture

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