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Tejumade Afonja
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Tejumade Afonja
@tejuafonja
Ph.D Student at CISPA and Co-founder @aisaturdaylagos | General Chair @deepindaba 2025 | Fellow @datascifellows 2022 | ex Student Researcher @GoogleDeepMind
- 💃🏾 I'm excited to share that I have started a Student Researcher Internship position at @GoogleDeepMind in London. (Please check out my LinkedIn post) 🔗linkedin.com/posts/tejumade…
- My SR internship at @GoogleDeepMind has come to an end, and I'm now back in Germany 🇩🇪 to continue my PhD. I'm incredibly thankful for the opportunity. It has been a transformational one 🙏🏾. Big thanks to everyone who made time to hangout while I was in the UK ✨
- It was so great meeting up with my old boss after 7+ years!! Yewande reached out at one of my lowest point in my professional career, and gave me a job and tried to support me when I wanted to transition to AI full time and stayed in touch! [It all started on Twitter;)]Caught up with Teju today. Full circle moment 🫶. Met Teju while I was at Google and she was also one of the first people I personally hired. So proud of your growth @tejuafonja 🎉❤️
- Thank you all, so very much for your unwavering support. I see it all, and I deeply appreciate it 🫶🏾💃🏾 I'm excited to share that I have started a Student Researcher Internship position at @GoogleDeepMind in London. (Please check out my LinkedIn post) 🔗linkedin.com/posts/tejumade…
- Grateful for the opportunity to present my research at the recently concluded @elsa_lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI General Assembly in Brussels. Thank you to the ELSA coordination team for bringing us all together.
- I had an inspiring time at the @elsa_lighthouse Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning workshop in Bertinoro, Italy 🇮🇹 where I got to hangout with Privacy folks :) and also had the opportunity to present & discuss our recent work! Thanks to the organisers, speakers, and attendees.
- We had a lovely session today@AISaturdayLagos community despite the heavy downpour ☔ thanks to everyone who joined in-person and remotely🧡
- I'm incredibly honored, and excited to co-chair this year's @DeepIndaba. 📅We hope many of you will join us - application deadline closes soon! baobab.deeplearningindaba.com/indaba2025/app… 💸We're also seeking sponsors! See prospectus: canva.com/design/DAGeEeO… Please share widely - thank you!Meet @tejuafonja , one of the General Chairs of #DLI2025 and an inspiring member of our community. ✨ Tejumade’s journey in tech began with a Mechanical Engineering degree from @lautechofficial, followed by a Master’s in Computer Science from @Saar_Uni . She is currently pursuing
- I'm very honored to share the stage with incredible women shaping AI landscape in Africa 🌍. Thank you for the recognition ✨Meet the Women in AI Across Africa 🌍 From Southern, East, and West Africa, women are shaping AI, driving innovation, and transforming industries. Let’s celebrate their impact. #WomenInAI #AfricanTech #SheLeadsAI
- I lead an A-team @AISaturdayLagos! Incredibly driven humans with one mission. Teach. Research. Innovate. Thank you for inspiring me everyday and for 7 years of friendship ❤️.
- Overjoyed that our Paper "The World Wide recipe: A community-centred framework for fine-grained data collection and regional bias operationalisation" received a 🏆🌟Best Paper Honorable Mention Award🌟🏆 at @FAccTConference. A huge thanks to our @worlddishes2024 🌍 community 🎉
- I'm super excited to see you in a few days;) #DSA2025Confirmed for #DSA2025: Tejumade Afonja Doctoral researcher @CISPA_Helmholtz + co-founder of @AISaturdayLagos She’s leading the charge in ethical AI & privacy-preserving data science—AND is a 2025 General Chair at @DeepIndaba 2025! Learn More: bit.ly/DSA2025Ibadan
- We've received 91 responses so far, we're very excited to welcome you next week! There's still time to register your attendance! Link:Great News Lagos! Our co-founders will be teaching LIVE in {y}our City 😉. Join @tejuafonja & Femi for a hands-on session covering AI fundamentals, an end-to-end project walkthrough, and real-world insights. June 14, 2025 | 10AM-2PM WAT Register: forms.gle/uZ5WMHaDzrKF18…
docs.google.comDive into AI: from basics to building projects by AI Saturdays LagosJoin us for an engaging and practical session where you'll learn the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence and walk through how to carry out an end-to-end AI project. Date & Time: June 14, 2025 |...
