How does AI help fight COVID19 in Africa? ACADIC Director, Professor Jude Kong talks with DW news about how AI-based algorithms are helping to predict future cases in South Africa through ACADIC collaboration. Please click here for the interview
ACADIC researchers say they were surprised to find social media use was related to a higher spread rate of COVID-19 early on. “This highlights the need to consider the dynamic role that social media plays in epidemics", says the Director of ACADIC, Jude Kong. Media Coverage of the research findings CTV - https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/misinformation-on-social-media-linked-to-higher-spread-of-covid-19-in-new-study-1.5466846 The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/pandemic_drinking_and_swearing_outbreak/ CTV […]
On March 19, 2021 ACADIC participated in a press conference with the Premier of Gauteng. This event was highly covered by main media outlets, and during prime times.A member of the Department of Health gave a public presentation, which included the results from our policy paper. This is captured in the full coverage of the […]
Below are links to recent media mentions between Jan-Mar 2021 Major Newspapershttps://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/experts-remain-concerned-about-rate-of-covid-19-related-hospitalisations-in-gauteng/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/covid-19-gauteng-cautiously-optimistic-as-infections-show-downward-trend-20210129 Radio & TV https://twitter.com/i/status/1355091394138959872https://twitter.com/GautengProvince/status/1355089444982972417https://omny.fm/shows/afternoon-drive-702/covid-19-second-wave-trends-in-gauteng https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/gauteng-is-ready-for-the-covid-19-vaccine-says-makhura-c5457219-2bb2-472d-8161-7ddd37799466
Status of the Second Surge & Modelling for Vaccination Rollout Press Conference of the Provincial Coronavirus Command Council – 29/01/21 Presented by M.Kawonga and B.Mellado View Presentation Slides
27 January 2021 - Wits University Consortium will research predictive modelling and forecasting of the transmission of COVID-19 in Africa, using Artificial Intelligence. The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (Wits) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with York University in Canada that will lead to the creation of the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence Data […]