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Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias
From Deep Learning Indaba to Algorithmic Sovereignty with Benjamin Rosman | 121
53 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Introducing Benji Rosman
The “African Angle” on AI
AI Adoption Across Africa: Hype vs. Reality
The Origin of Deep Learning Indaba
Is Indaba an Association?
How Associations Avoid Getting Stuck
Letting Members Lead: The Indaba X Blueprint
When Constraints Become a Competitive Advantage
The Pendulum Swings: Symbolic vs. Neural AI
Algorithmic Sovereignty Explained
Closing Thoughts
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Send us Fan Mail If you think the future of AI is being decided only in Silicon Valley or Beijing, this conversation will stretch your perspective. Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias sit down with Benjamin “Benji” Rosman—Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Founder of the Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute, and recently named to the Time 100 Most Influential People in AI for 2025—to explore how Africa is building its AI ecosystem from the ground up. From t...