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The 2nd Annual DIRISA Datahon was held from 26-29 July 2021. The theme for the datathon was “Finding a South African Solution for the Covid-19 pandemic”.<\/p>\n
The teams that participated in the datathon were:<\/p>\n
WITS University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
University of Johannesburg (UJ)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
University of Mpumalanga (UMP)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
North West University (NWU)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Central University of Technology (CUT)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
University of Zululand (UniZulu) and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Vaal University of Technology (VUT).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The winners of the 2nd annual DIRISA Datathon were:<\/p>\n
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1st Place – University of Johannesburg (UJ) . Solution – Predicting herd immunity date for Covid19<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
2nd Place – WITS University. Solution – Understanding how certain factors impact community ability to get vaccines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
3rd Place – University of Zululand (UniZulu). Solution – Covid19 Risk Map for South Africa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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