AfricAIED 2024 Recap

The AfricAIED 2024 Workshop on AI in Education in Africa, held on July 8th, 2024, in Accra, was a tremendous success bringing together 18 speakers and 125 participants — 45 people in person and 54 online. We were also joined by 26 online participants from the AIED Conference in Brazil.

Key Highlights:

Keynote Address: Dr. Ayorkor Korsah delivered a compelling keynote on the transformative role of AI in education, setting the tone for the day's discussions.

Panel Discussion: The panel, featuring Ing. Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Ghana, Elohor Omonemu ,Vice President, Media & Curriculum, uLesson Education Limited, Fiifi Ammoa Hope, Assistant Headmaster (Academics), Mfantsipim School and Berthy Buah, Regional STEM Coordinator/GLOBE Country Coordinator, Ghana Education Service provided deep insights into localizing AI for STEM education in Africa. The discussion highlighted challenges and opportunities, sparking engaging conversations among attendees.

Hackathon Winners: The workshop was preceded by a one month long hackathon from May 21st to June 17th and challenged participants to build an open-source, AI-powered tool that enables students to prepare for the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) using any of open-source outputs from the Brilla AI project ,i.e. dataset, code, and models. The Hackathon had 47 teams with 121 team members. At the end, there were 12 submissions and 3 top teams. Our month-long hackathon concluded with presentations from the top three teams 

1st Place: Team Qube by Samuel Yawson

Project Overview - Qube

Qube leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create an immersive training experience for aspiring NSMQ champions. Qube transforms desktops into virtual quiz rooms where students hone their skills in a setting that mirrors the real competition, just like is done for externally organized contests prior to the National event, which schools have to set aside some funding for.

2nd Place: AdrianAI by Alhassan Mohammed Nuruddin

Project Overview - NSMQ Assistant

NSMQ Assistant is a specialized tutor designed to help students excel in the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ). It provides personalized, adaptive support tailored to each student's unique strengths and areas for improvement. The assistant utilizes advanced language models to deliver accurate, succinct, and insightful responses based on past quiz content.

3rd Place: Team Kernel by Alaa Abbas

Project Overview - ATQ (Ace The Quiz)

The solution is a web app designed to help students prepare for the competition by practicing with the flexibility of what/how they want to improve with guidance from an AI model for what they need to practice based on their previous performance. 

These innovative projects showcased AI solutions for educational challenges.

Brilla AI Presentations: Dr. George Jojo Boateng and the Brilla AI team presented progress on the  AI contestant for the NSMQ in preparation for the 2024 NSMQ.

We are grateful to our sponsors: Google and ETH for Development, speakers, panelists, and attendees for making this event a success. Stay tuned for more updates and future events from AfricAIED.

Links

Website: https://www.africaied.org/home 

Recap video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20AJa3wtwuE 

Full session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpAnjcn0ZV0