Abdoulaye Diack
Program Manager AI and ML at Google Research
Abdoulaye Diack works as a Senior Program Manager at Google AI 🤖 in Accra, where he contributes to AI research and talent development initiatives. With 5 years in AI/ML and a background in engineering and management, he focuses on projects that aim to benefit Africa and other developing regions.
Abdoulaye’s recent work includes using AI to improve mapping in underserved areas, supporting African NLP research, and exploring AI applications in healthcare for resource-limited settings. Originally from Senegal, he is bilingual in French and English.
Abdoulaye studied Computer Science at Concordia University in Montreal and previously worked on projects at Google Brain 🧠. As a father of two, he’s motivated to explore how AI can address practical challenges in developing countries. Occasionally, Abdoulaye participates in public speaking events to share insights from his work in the field.
Interests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Computer Science
- Research + innovation + startups in Africa
- Digital transformation & AI Africa Ecosystem
Resources
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| Self Learning | Â |
| - Machine Learning Crash Course | Â |
| - Kaggle Courses | Â |
| - ML on Coursera | Â |
| - ML Learning by Jean de Nyandwi | Â |
| Education | Â |
| - African Masters of Machine Intelligence | Â |
| - CMU Africa - MS EAI | Â |
| Research Community | Â |
| - Data Science Africa | Â |
| - Machine Learning and Data Science Africa | Â |
| - Black In AI | Â |
| - Indaba Deep Learning | Â |
| - ML Collective | Â |
| - Global Center on AI Governance | Â |
| Startups | Â |
| - GFSA: AI First (Africa) - Google for Startups Accelerator | Â |
| - NVDIA Inception program for startups | Â |
| - ARM for startups | Â |
| - Google Black Founders Fund | Â |
| - Google for Startups Africa | Â |
| - Startups for Sustainable Development | Â |
| - Mozilla Ventures | Â |
| - Flapmax | Â |
| - Lacuna Fund | Â |
| - 216 Capital | Â |
| - Partech | Â |
| - Villgro Africa | Â |
| Engineering & Software Development | Â |
| - Google for developers - AI development | Â |
| - Google Cloud ML & AI courses | Â |
| - Google AI & ML architecture | Â |
Work
Abdoulaye works on research talent building programs and AI projects in Africa.
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| Google AI Residency in Accra, Ghana | Running a research residency program that helps launch the career of young African researchers at our Google AI site in Accra, Ghana |
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Mapping the world with AI Using cutting edge applied AI with a research team of Software engineer and scientists we work improve maps in Africa and the rest of the world open source the footprint |
| Google Brain team | Research Ops and cutting edge applied AI/ML research/projects |
| Google Research Outreach | Strengthening research @ labs, Startups and Universities in Africa through various Google and partners programs. |
 Speaker |
Abdoulaye, a polyglot speaker fluent in English and French, is an international speaker who tackles various topics related to Africa’s development in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). His talks delve into applied AI research, engineering, generative AI, the growth of tech startups, and fostering local talent in the AI space. |
