Really honored to be featured in
@TIME
's list of the 100 most influential people in AI 2023! So proud to see our work at
@AminiTech
and our vision for
#Africa
highlighted here along the many people I've worked with and admire!
#TIME100AI
Last Week I had the opportunity to meet the father of decentralization
@VitalikButerin
along with other OGs in the Ethereum community at a private gathering
Thank you
@KateKallot
for making this possible, as I was able to ask some questions I had bottled up.🥹
GM
#ethereum
We're excited to announce we've co-led the seed round investment in
@AminiTech
with
@fcubedvc
. CEO
@KateKallot
and team are building the definitive source of truth for environmental data in Africa to help combat climate change. Read more on our website:
I declined moderating an all white males panel on the future of tech and AI earlier this year.
We, POC and women won’t be a diversity token for your panels and conferences anymore. If you want to it, do it right. Let us have a REAL seat at the table 👊🏾
.
@AminiTech
lève 2M$ pour résoudre la pénurie de données environnementales en Afrique
🗨️ "Il manque des données au niveau des sols, des inondations, de la sècheresse"
🎙️
@KateKallot
If you are that Woman that think you have no place in the Blockchain industry.
Think again❗️
You think it's hard?
Think again ❗️
In anticipation for the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY,
Be here
March 8th
6pm
Sponsor:
@TheBitbarter
#womenindefi
#wid
This triggered a crazy dance involving the French embassy and local police. During this mess, we learned that Kamau and the 'owner' have been pulling this scam for years on unsuspecting guests.
#ScamNetwork
Despite everything, Kamau has the audacity to ask questions about what the staff said and what tips I gave them. Beware of agencies with flashy social media profiles and large followings - they might not be what they seem.
#Scam
#kenya
#tourism
.
Victims are either bullied into paying twice out of fear or escape without reporting. It's a well-oiled scam operation. And shockingly, I still haven't received a refund from
@UnchartedKenya
.
#JusticePending
My family and I are safe now, but this experience was exhausting and traumatizing I urge everyone to be extra vigilant when booking holiday homes on the coast in
#kenya
. Share this thread to spread awareness and prevent such scams.
#ShareToSave
#TravelSafe
Announcing that Co-Founder is joining us in Sept for Converge22 in San Francisco. Come hear how Mara is driving awareness and adoption of Web3 development and adoption in Africa.
In November, I booked a holiday home for my family's Christmas week. The agent Kamau from
@UnchartedKenya
quoted me 570K KES for 7 nights, chef included. This was already double the normal rate which Kamau blamed on the high season.
#FraudWarning
#kenya
🇳🇬LAGOS🗣
🇰🇪NAIROBI 🗣
The FIRST Mara x Circle capacity-building event in Africa is here!
The roadshow will include hands-on workshops, panel sessions, blockchain talks and more🚀
To attend🇳🇬 register at
To attend 🇰🇪 register at
As we were about to leave, the owner, who's actually just a yearly tenant, called security to bar us from leaving, falsely claiming we hadn't paid. We were LITERALLY HELD HOSTAGES.
#HostageSituation
Hours passed without Kamau providing any proof of payment. He kept spinning stories, claiming he had business arrangements with the owner, cash flow issues, loads of lies.
#Deception
The plot thickens. When I confronted the agent Kamau about the payment issue, he claimed it was an 'office error' and would be resolved soon. Meanwhile, he was telling the owner that I hadn't cleared the payment.
#ScamTactics
The owner confirmed there were no such arrangements and that I had indeed been scammed. I reported Kamau to the police and booked another place to escape this nightmare.
#ScamAlert
#Reported
While I was out exploring the property, the housekeeper told my sister that the owner was inquiring about payment. I was surprised, given I had paid in full.
#TravelFraud
#kenya
Excited to be at
@Davos
next week! I'll be intervening on many panels at the intersection of AI and Climate. If you're around, let's connect!
#WEF2024
#Davos
#AI
#Climate
If you’re attending
#NeurIPS2020
join us at the
#WiML
social tonight. I’ll be co-hosting a session on Leading the Way for the Next Gen of Black Women in AI!
We are thrilled to announce that
#WiML2020
features participant-hosted socials that will take place pre/during/post the workshop in
#WiML
. Great opportunity to meet fellow participants in a fun and casual setting. Details here:
Excited to join
@richardkerris
team at
#NVIDIA
today!
Looking forward to being at the forefront of a greener AI revolution.
Starting now with
#GTC20
keynote!
Our team is growing.
Welcome to the
#NVIDIA
,
@KallotKate
Thrilled to have you joining our amazing
#DevRel
team.
Exciting times ahead - starting with
#GTC20
.
@nouks09
spent a few days with the
#Jetson
Nano 2GB from
@NVIDIA
! The feedback is very very encouraging
✅The setup is very simple but it takes a good two hours for everything to be operational
The community will meet Saturday for a coding night event at
@InnovHouseDakar
🤗 1/2
The next day, things got weirder. The housekeeper handed me her phone, and the owner was on the line asking about payment. I was shocked and confused.
#Scam
🗣️Don't communicate what you do, communicate why you do it. -
@ICC_arbitration
's Claudia Salomon
🗣️Drive impact and lead with empathy. -
@KateKallot
Leading women discuss purposeful leadership at
#13WCC
. ⤵️
Excited to join
@WiredUK
Editor-in-chief next Monday for a virtual briefing on the future of AI ecosystems.
We will investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the AI ecosystem and explores some of the fascinating technology emerging from new markets.
Congratulations to
@KateKallot
for launching
@AminiTech
🛰️ - the single source of truth for African environmental data.
PS: Amini is also the first company that makes full use of the
@flooz_xyz
Gen-F intellectual property!
Yep, even us French have been anxiously watching and are now celebrating. Welcome back America, we’ve missed you. And you came back strong with a first Black, Asian, Woman VP. When does it get better than that?!
And yeah, I’m definitely relocating back 💙🇺🇸👏🏾
Mara is incredibly honoured to be a part of
#COP27
at the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference in Egypt🇪🇬
As a startup, this means a lot🧡
Our Chief Impact Officer & Co-Founder,
@KateKallot
, did her thing & gave a talk on Blockchain and its context within Biodiversity🧠
It’s reported that Stacey Abrams worked relentlessly to register over 800,000 new voters across Georgia who were affected by voter suppression in time for the U.S elections.
That is some impact 👏🏾🇺🇸
🌍
#GTC2024
highlights:
@AminiTech
data platform is transforming economies in Africa & the global south. Together with
@nvidia
&
@HP
, we're closing the digital divide with
#Z8
Fury Workstations & GPUs, tailored for local AI solutions. 🌱
🎯Join us in building a resilient world
Community: “We got Jetson, we don’t need money we just need you to share your knowledge, tell us what you see in the world and help surface our innovative applications”
👆🏾YES! Let’s show them that AI innovation happens from Africa too
#AI
#NVIDIA
#Jetson
#Africa
#Developers
Thanks to an amazing team of authors, we've just posted the official
@TensorFlow
Lite Micro paper on Arxiv:
Lots of juicy details about the design and tradeoffs involved, what worked and what didn't!
@timnitGebru
@JeffDean
To be bold, to be honest, to know your worth, to speak up for others, to do the thankless work, to pioneer the way, to suffer no fools, to be all they could only wish to be, wrapped in black womanhood is an affront to those who would rather see us cower than own our power 1/n
There is no immunity. If we start becoming too vocal and too visible it’s fine as long as we stay in the lines they draw for us. And if we don’t want to fit into that mould, we all know what happens.
@timnitGebru
@jovialjoy
"Achievement and acclaim,
@timnitGebru
@jovialjoy
@rajiinio
have learned many times over, do not provide immunity to racism, sexism, misogynoir, intimidation, censorship, or haterade."
🌍 Thrilled to announce Amini's partnership with
@HP
!
Together, we're tackling Africa's data scarcity, empowering smallholder farmers with the environmental insights they need.
A big step towards closing the digital divide. 🚀
#Amini
#HP
#DataForGood
#BlackHistoryMonth
is so important to recognise and educate ourselves about.
💥Tune into this special
#podcast
episode, out tomorrow! 💥
@KallotKate
talks about racial
#biases
in
#tech
and global collaboration as well as her advice and recommended resources.
Black women often get silenced. The truth bothers too much.
@timnitGebru
you’ve paved the way and carried the fight for so many of us and we stand behind you. Right here 👇🏾👊🏾
#wehaveavoicetoo
#spreadit
For every
@MarvelStudios
fans out there! The
@staceyabrams
moment is what got my heart. Another black women trailblazer. Just can’t get enough of it and definitely not scared anymore to re-immigrate to 🇺🇸 soon after this!
@ADELLEO
Still not, Kamau disappeared for 2 days turning off his phone and not honoring what he said to the police which was to refund in full by the 31st. So he is being summoned today. Tbh I don't even think he has the money. He would have used your downpayment to refund me. Sad.
FULL AMANDA GORMAN POEM:
“We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one ... There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
The 22-year-old is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history:
I have long admired
@timnitGebru
for her brilliance, moral courage, clear voice in speaking up for what is right, & influential scholarship. It is truly terrible that Google would do this.
In this thread, I want to share some of Timnit's work I love
Hey, important context to this:
1. After an all-department email thread of Pedro defending James Damore and condescending to women in the department, our union filed a successful grievance for sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment
#NVIDIAOmniverse
allows designers, artists, creators, and even AIs using different tools, in different worlds, to connect in a common world, to collaborate, to create a world together. Hear more from our CEO:
@alliekmiller
saw the list you’re compiling on LI. Any ways you can share please? Definitely don’t want them to hide behind the « we tried but didn’t find any women or POC to speak about AI ». Heard this too many times 🤦🏾♀️
@QuincyWandera
@UnchartedKenya
Still not, so I can't recommend them. They do another scam where they book you into a place, and when you check out, they tell you it has not been paid. Same people.