Announcing Port Harcourt School of AI Community's Newest Volunteer Instructors
Hello, community!
We are very thrilled to welcome the community's latest set of volunteer instructors. These volunteers will be tasked with sharing their knowledge with interested community members in our bid to make AI and data science education and technology decentralized and accessible.
In this post, we introduce these people, what they love about the community, and why they decided to take up this role.
To be clear, they are not exactly "experts" yet in the fields of AI and data science, but if there is one thing about great communities, it is that they are willing to place their members in a position of growth and endless opportunities.
Get to know each of them below.
Anga Koko
Anga is an software engineer (android) who until recently, lead the android development team at Gigasec services limited.
We asked Anga what he loves about the community and why he decided to take up the roles as a volunteer instructor. Here was his response;
"The Port Harcourt School of AI is dedicated and persistent in archiving her goals, and that is what I love about the community. It will be an honor to be part of the team driving the AI community in Port Harcourt."
While volunteering with us, Anga will be teaching interested community members how to perform Machine Learning in a mobile and edge-based environment, and as well building these systems with them. We are super excited to have Anga on the team!
Ebuka Achonwa
Ebuka is a software developer who has also done a lot of work with computer vision and integrating facial recognition libraries. He loves programming and building cool stuff. He also speaks Chinese and English and loves working on a team, meeting new people, and learning new things.
We asked Ebuka what he loves about the community and why he decided to take up the roles as a volunteer instructor. Here was his response;
"It is an honor to be called up, one of the reasons I wanted to be part of this awesome community was to grow with the community by contributing to it. I choose to teach Computer Vision and Deep Learning to support the narrative of Africa to move from being a billion users to next billion creators."
While volunteering with us, Ebuka will be teaching interested community members deep learning and computer vision-based applications, and as well as building these systems with them. We are super excited to have Ebuka on the team!
Chidiebere Chukwuemeka
Chidiebere is a researcher and data/business analyst at SPECeria Enterprise where he also serves as the chief executive officer.
We asked Chidiebere what he loves about the community and here was his response;
"What I like about the community: I'm always happy seeing people help others in the little way they can. But this community has not only helped newbies in a small way, but they also broke the scale with the way they handled their meetups from to enable AI lovers to find a path to thread. I've met so many groups but the consistency held by The Port Harcourt School of AI is something to cherish. Kudos guys!!"
We then proceeded to ask him why he decided to be a volunteer for our learning programs and here was his response;
"Why I want to be a part: No satisfying job beats that which impacts knowledge to a fellow. Like iron sharpens iron, so does the face of one man brightens another. I will want to brighten the faces others in the little way I can."
While volunteering with us, Chidiebere will be teaching interested community members Data Science/Data Analytics, and as well helping members apply the knowledge to impact their society along the way. We are super excited to have Chidiebere on the team!
Israel Ebonko
Israel is a recent graduate from the mathematics and statistics department at the University of Port Harcourt (Rivers State) looking to fully kick-start his career in Data Science and Machine Learning. He has made a lot of advances of participating in few Kaggle competitions and taking some online courses to teach himself. We are excited about the progress he has made and feel he is worthy of sharing his knowledge while developing his career as well.
We asked Israel what he loves about the community and why he decided to take up the roles as a volunteer instructor. Here was his response;
"What I am hoping to achieve through this program is more knowledge about AI and I will also want to gain experience. I believe also that by getting involved in the community, I will get enough exposure to the field and the practitioners who I can get to form relationships with that will prepare me for a career in the field."
While volunteering with us, Israel will be teaching interested community members topics on Machine Learning while being mentored by practitioners and mentors in the community, and as well helping members build impact-oriented Machine Learning projects. We are super excited to have Israel on the team!
Michael Egbujua
Michael is a digital marketing specialist at Epoxy Oilserv Nigeria Limited and he also builds front-end web applications. He applies analytics to his daily digital marketing processes as he is also a data science enthusiast.
We asked Michael what he loves about the community and here was his response;
"As an enthusiast of Data science and its application, I have come to see the endless possibilities embedded in the pursuit of this knowledge. I love the growth rate of the PH School of AI. I love the passion of team members as well as a commitment to a common goal.
We then proceeded to ask him why he decided to be a volunteer for our learning programs and here was his response;
"The future is now, so I decided to take up the role of volunteer instructor as it will be a catalyst to enhance myself with the "sexiest job of the century" as the best means to learn better is by helping with the little you can."
While volunteering with us, Michael will serve as a Data Analytics instructor for interested community members and will help members realize the possibilities of applying analytics for their various use-cases and applications. We are super excited to have Michael on the team!
These are our new set of amazing volunteer instructors and we will do what we can to make sure they achieve both their personal goals and those of the community. Welcome to the team, guys!