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DIRISA
Student Datathon Challenge 2025<\/h1>\n

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2025 DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge Starts In<\/h3>\n

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ABOUT EVENT<\/h2>\n

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News and events<\/h2>\n

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We are excited to share that Altron has backed the DIRISA Student Datathon 2024! Read more about their support and the impact of this year\u2019s AI-driven challenge here<\/a><\/p>\n

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We are excited to announce that ALTRON is once again one of the sponsors for the DIRISA Student Datathon Challenge 2024.<\/p>\n

The ALTRON team will be providing the dataset that will be used by the students and also providing internships opportunities in 2026 for the selected students!<\/p>\n

Thank you ALTRON!<\/p>\n

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The DIRISA Datathon organisers are excited to announce BOSTON as one of the sponsors of the challenge.<\/p>\n

BOSTON will be providing the datathon with infrastructure, datasets and software solutions that the students will be using throughout the competition.<\/p>\n

As part of the sponsorship, the BOSTON team will be providing the 1st team technical with training voucher.<\/p>\n

Thank you BOSTON!<\/p>\n

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We are excited to announcment our partnership with Mathworks and Opti-Num Solutions who will be creating a MATLAB challenge for the datathon.<\/p>\n

Mathworks and Opti-Num Solutions will be sponsoring gifts and training voucher to the value of 750 Euros to the winning student team.<\/p>\n

Thank you Mathworks and Opti-Num Solutions!<\/p>\n

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We are thrilled to announce that ALX Afica has joined us as a proud sponsor of the DIRISA Datathon!<\/p>\n

ALX Africa will be sponsoring the 2nd team, best female, best male and 1st place research with Data Science Course Vouchers.<\/p>\n

Thank you ALX!<\/p>\n

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Sponsors<\/h1>\n

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