PyData Kampala-a community of developers and users of open source data, science and engineering tools in Kampala invites you to its March Meetup to be hosted by the Makerere University Innovation Pod (Mak UniPod).
Date and Time: Friday 24th April 2026, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. EAT prompt.
Speaker: Kabuye Andrew Benjamin, Agricultural Scholar and Strategist
Topic: Precision Agriculture: A driver to agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
About the Speaker
Kabuye Andrew Benjamin is an agricultural scholar and strategist focused on making farming more adaptable, resilient, sustainable, and equitable. With a Master’s in Animal Science and a role as a research assistant at Makerere University, he applies data-driven and precision agriculture approaches.
Through Helix Nutriscience, he connects research to practical farming by designing feasible, data-informed systems using agroclimatology, economic analysis, predictive modelling, and open-source tools.
His work helps farmers in East Africa shift from intuition-based to evidence-based practices, aiming to improve productivity, resilience, and profitability through intelligent use of data.
What to expect
Attendees will gain practical knowledge of designing and implementing end-to-end, reproducible data pipelines.
The session will cover: methods for scalable data acquisition, cleaning, and integration; techniques for managing heterogeneous datasets; and approaches for deploying AI systems in environments with limited resources.
To attend register: https://forms.gle/eeXbuY5H1XAReTSv8