Building Parts of Speech Capabilities in African Languages

​Join Zindi, Masakhane and Lacuna Fund to discuss advances in PoS tagging for Luo and Setswana, and meet the winners of the recent Zindi Masakhane PoS Challenge.

​5:00 - 5:05 pm | Introductions & opening remarks - Paul Kennedy, Zindi
5:05 - 5:10 pm | Introduction to Lacuna Fund & Meridian Institute - Jennifer Pratt-Miles
5:10 - 5:15 pm | Introduction to Masakhane - David Adelani
5:15 - 5:20 pm | Intro to Zindi challenge - Paul Kennedy & David Adelani
5:20 - 5:45 pm | Winner's approaches - Shatilov Aleksandr, Iheb Chaabane, Ahmed Attia (Zindians)
5:45 - 5:55 pm | Workshop-style Q&A & next steps - Paul Kennedy & David Adelani
5:55 - 6:00 pm | Invitation to get involved, wrap up - Paul Kennedy