2024 Datathon

About 2024 DIRISA Datathon

The 2024 challenge was held at The Boardwalk and Gqeberha from 30 November to 4 December 2024. 10x teams participated n the challenge from various institutions from South Africa.

The participants had to complete 3x challenges:

Challenge 1: A South African Temperature Data Analysis and Modelling Challenge. This challenge is designed for data enthusiasts, students, and MATLAB users passionate about understanding climate trends. Throughout this challenge, the participants will work with real-world South African temperature data to draw insights that will empower them to understand local climate trends.

Challenge 2: In this challenge the students were tasked with working with health data provided by Altron to develop various solutions within the health domain.

Challenge 3: The students were tasked with creating a research poster based on challenge 2.

 

 The teams that participated in the datathon were:

    • Qhakaza High School
    • Sol Plaatjie University
    • African Leadership Academy (ALX) Africa
    • Mangosuthu University of Technology
    • WITS university
    • Walter Sisulu University
    • University of Mpumalanga
    • University of Venda
    • University of Zululand
    • University of Western Cape

The winners of the 2024 DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge were:

The top 3 winning teams in the technical challenge, sponsored by ALX and Boston, are:

                     1. Wits University

                     2. Sol Plaatjie University

                     3. University of Mpumalanga

The top 3 research poster winners, sponsored by ALX and Boston, are:

                     1. African Leadership Xcelerator(Alx)

                     2. Sol Plaatjie University

                     3. University of Western Cape

The winner of the MATLAB Challenge, sponsored by MathWorks and Opti-Num Solutions, is:

                    1. University of Western Cape

The most improoved team won by University of Western Cape.

Outstanding female participant won by Nokuphila Gumbi from Qhakaza High School.

Outstanding male participant won by Lungile Mawila from University of Mpumalanga.

Elagible teams for SITA internship, sponsored by Altron, are:

                     1. 1st Team Technical Winners

                     2. 2nd Team Technical Winners

                     3. 3rd Team Technical Winners

                     4. Best Team Winners

                     5. MATLAB Challenge Winners

The 5 Altron internships for selected students, sponsored by Altron, are awarded to:

                     1. Joash Paul (WITS)

                     2. Vutomi Mohube (UWC)

                     3. Makhosazane Malaza (UMP)

                     4. Lungile Mawila (UMP)

                     5. Palesa Mlimi (ALX)

                   JOB SHADOWING

                     4. Asemahle Ngiba (QHAKAZA)

                     4. Nokuphila Gumbi (QHAKAZA)

Prizes were sponsored by:

  • ALX 

  • ALTRON

  • BOSTON

  • MATHWORKS

  • Opti-Num Solutions

  • Korbicom Educational Trust