From 6a802a250deb1ca7ff41c42c8262bf90e5aad192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:05:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 01/10] Added the lastest EY competition to mlcontest. --- competitions.json | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 1eef766..18bb0e1 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5659,6 +5659,25 @@ "sponsor": "Gates Foundation", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "EY Biodiversity Challenge", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/ey-biodiversity-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "classification", + "science", + "measurable", + "geo" + ], + "launched": "27 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "25 May 2026", + "deadline": "25 May 2026", + "prize": "$3,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "EY", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 659a6b251bc5f8c69880d25afbd75bc7dfdada13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:12:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Added the African Trust Safety LLM Challenge. --- competitions.json | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 18bb0e1..211b4d1 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5678,6 +5678,22 @@ "sponsor": "EY", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "The African Trust & Safety LLM Challenge", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/the-african-trust-safety-llm-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "llm", + "subjective" + ], + "launched": "20 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "20 Apr 2026", + "deadline": "20 Apr 2026", + "prize": "$5,000", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "CASSAVA, AMINI, meetkai, Qhala, LELAPA AI, MTN, Lanfrica, vodacom, orange ethio telecom, World Sandbox Alliance, Masakhane, MOZISHA, Pawa AI, APHRC, TOUMAI, Digital Umuganda, airtel, capsele, AXUM, TELECOM, awarri, DATA SPIRES fBIS", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 0fd8418629795da1fff572a7421c17c58e0a9981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:17:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Added the AI4EAC Health Challenge. --- competitions.json | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 211b4d1..18b045b 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5694,6 +5694,23 @@ "sponsor": "CASSAVA, AMINI, meetkai, Qhala, LELAPA AI, MTN, Lanfrica, vodacom, orange ethio telecom, World Sandbox Alliance, Masakhane, MOZISHA, Pawa AI, APHRC, TOUMAI, Digital Umuganda, airtel, capsele, AXUM, TELECOM, awarri, DATA SPIRES fBIS", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "AI4EAC Climate & Health Risk Prediction Challenge [BEGINNER]", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/climate-health-risk-prediction-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "prediction", + "geo" + ], + "launched": "28 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "prize": "$7,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "AI4EAC", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From eda7643b77bed9dfb9aa1179c22bf928e0ffd9d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:19:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 04/10] Added the AI4EAC Finance challenge. --- competitions.json | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 18b045b..1dbc91a 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5711,6 +5711,22 @@ "sponsor": "AI4EAC", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "AI4EAC Liquidity Stress Early Warning Challenge [BEGINNER]", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/liquidity-stress-early-warning-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "prediction" + ], + "launched": "28 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "prize": "$7,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "AI4EAC", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 6576c4d97f35c0b1a1217fbf2a8f38eae3dea64c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:25:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 05/10] Added the Intermediate AI4EAC challenge to mlcontest. --- competitions.json | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 1dbc91a..42c983b 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5727,6 +5727,22 @@ "sponsor": "AI4EAC", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "AI4EAC Skills2Job Intelligent Career Pathways Challenge [INTERMEDIATE]", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/skills2job-intelligent-career-pathways-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "classification" + ], + "launched": "28 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "prize": "$7,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "AI4EAC", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From a851b288c3c3cb64eadd33448c174c231cc588e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:26:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Added the Advanced AI4EAC challenge to mlcontest. --- competitions.json | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 42c983b..5972ea5 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5743,6 +5743,22 @@ "sponsor": "AI4EAC", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "AI4EAC Bean Flowering Detection Challenge [ADVANCED]", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/bean-flowering-detection-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "computer vision" + ], + "launched": "28 Mar 2026", + "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "deadline": "29 Mar 2026", + "prize": "$7,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "AI4EAC", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 72308b939f10a6dacdaefac985e0e8cc09d7f009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Joel Lontsi <1327793+aaronjoel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:42:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 07/10] Remove difficulty levels from competition names --- competitions.json | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 2de27d6..b0a8c82 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5856,7 +5856,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Climate & Health Risk Prediction Challenge [BEGINNER]", + "name": "AI4EAC Climate & Health Risk Prediction Challenge", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/climate-health-risk-prediction-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", @@ -5889,7 +5889,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Skills2Job Intelligent Career Pathways Challenge [INTERMEDIATE]", + "name": "AI4EAC Skills2Job Intelligent Career Pathways Challenge", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/skills2job-intelligent-career-pathways-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", @@ -6073,11 +6073,11 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Bean Flowering Detection Challenge [ADVANCED]", + "name": "AI4EAC Bean Flowering Detection Challenge", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/bean-flowering-detection-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "computer vision" + "vision" ], "launched": "28 Mar 2026", "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", From 80873c72c9494a351c28bcb0fb146dfcfc13fc8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Joel Lontsi <1327793+aaronjoel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:51:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Update sponsors list for competition --- competitions.json | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index b0a8c82..7a97d94 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5833,7 +5833,7 @@ "deadline": "20 Apr 2026", "prize": "$5,000", "platform": "Zindi", - "sponsor": "CASSAVA, AMINI, meetkai, Qhala, LELAPA AI, MTN, Lanfrica, vodacom, orange ethio telecom, World Sandbox Alliance, Masakhane, MOZISHA, Pawa AI, APHRC, TOUMAI, Digital Umuganda, airtel, capsele, AXUM, TELECOM, awarri, DATA SPIRES fBIS", + "sponsor": "CASSAVA, AMINI, meetkai, Qhala, LELAPA AI, MTN", "conference": null, "conference_year": null }, From 2e6693e1d9803b283a2e8a5bff6122fb588de31e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Carlens <7941504+hcarlens@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:02:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Tweak competition names --- competitions.json | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 7a97d94..bbb95a2 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5786,7 +5786,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "EY Biodiversity Challenge", + "name": "Predict Frog Species from Climate Variables", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/ey-biodiversity-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", @@ -5822,7 +5822,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "The African Trust & Safety LLM Challenge", + "name": "Identify LLM Failure Modes in African Contexts", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/the-african-trust-safety-llm-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "llm", @@ -5856,11 +5856,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Climate & Health Risk Prediction Challenge", + "name": "Classify Climate-sensitive Deaths", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/climate-health-risk-prediction-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "prediction", + "tabular", + "measurable", + "classification", "geo" ], "launched": "28 Mar 2026", @@ -5873,11 +5875,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Liquidity Stress Early Warning Challenge [BEGINNER]", + "name": "Predict Household Financial Stress", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/liquidity-stress-early-warning-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "prediction" + "classification", + "measurable", + "tabular" ], "launched": "28 Mar 2026", "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", @@ -5889,11 +5893,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Skills2Job Intelligent Career Pathways Challenge", + "name": "Recommend Occupations Based on Skills", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/skills2job-intelligent-career-pathways-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "classification" + "classification", + "recommendation", + "measurable" ], "launched": "28 Mar 2026", "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", @@ -6073,11 +6079,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "AI4EAC Bean Flowering Detection Challenge", + "name": "Identify Bean Plants in Images", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/bean-flowering-detection-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "vision" + "vision", + "classification", + "measurable" ], "launched": "28 Mar 2026", "registration-deadline": "29 Mar 2026", From 7bb0e5f6cc1d622d2637fe0fe5931ff9bd0722eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Carlens <7941504+hcarlens@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:06:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Update competitions.json --- competitions.json | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index bbb95a2..cab0b46 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -5826,7 +5826,8 @@ "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/the-african-trust-safety-llm-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "llm", - "subjective" + "subjective", + "safety" ], "launched": "20 Mar 2026", "registration-deadline": "20 Apr 2026",