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Past Events<\/h1>\n

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2019 DIRISA Datathon<\/span><\/h4>\n

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2019-12-01 | 2019-12-05<\/h6>\n

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The 1st Annual DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge was held in December 2019 and had a general theme to allow students to be able to come up with solutions from any research area. Find more information about the 2019 DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2020 DIRISA Datathon<\/span><\/h4>\n

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2021-07- 26 | 2021-07-29<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 2nd Annual DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge was held from 26-29 July 2021 virtually. The theme for the datathon was \u201cFinding a South African Solution for the Covid-19 pandemic\u201d. Find more information about the 2020 SDC here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2021 DIRISA Datathon<\/span><\/h4>\n

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2021-11-29 |2021-12-03<\/h6>\n

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The theme for the 2021 datathon was Quality education. The students were tasked with using open data to develop solutions within this themes. Find more information about the 2021 DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge here <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2022 DIRISA Datathon\u00a0<\/h4>\n

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2022-11-26 |2022-12-02<\/h6>\n

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The annual DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge was held from 26 November 2022 to 2 December 2022 at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria. The theme for the 2022 Datathon was \u201cUsing Social Media Data to find innovative solutions\u201d. Find more information about the 2022 SDC here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 5th SDC focused on Youth Unemployment and developing solutions to tackle this major problem in South Africa. More informatin about the 2023 Datathon can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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.. More informatin about the 2024 Datathon can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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