The winners of the inaugural Accra Mobility Prediction Hackathon, organized by Zindi Africa and powered by Yango Group, a global technology company specializing in daily services, have been revealed.
The event took place at The University of Ghana, Legon Campus on November 23rd, 2024.
Over 200 data science students and technology enthusiasts participated, both in person and virtually, in a competition that tasked them with developing advanced machine learning models to predict average traffic speeds in Accra at different times of the day.
Their goal was to address practical transportation issues highlighted by Yango's data science team.