Muhamed's Journey from Zindi to Ai Computer Vision

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire - April 9, 2025 - PRLog -- As a young schoolboy growing up in Cote d'Ivoire, Muhamed was into gaming. After school, while some of his mates preferred to play football in the streets, he would race home to play Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., overachieving his score each time. This game wasn't just a pastime for him, as it sparked a deep curiosity and fascination with software development.

"I'd always rush home, do my homework, and in my spare time… I was playing Super Mario Bros," he said. "Some people may think it was an addiction. But it wasn't just a game for me. It was me also trying to figure out how it worked.

With that fascination came his aspiration to become a software developer so that one day, he could create his own games. He nurtured this dream as he grew, such that by the time he was in high school, he took a major step by teaching himself Javascript. Before long, he was exploring the foundations of software development with the same fervor he once had playing Super Mario Bros. Still in school, he devoured the versatile, interpreted programming language used to make web pages interactive and dynamic, but also used for server-side development and many other applications.

A Major Shift Happened When he Encountered SIRI

Just like most Africans who use Android phones, Muhamed was used to Android phones until he held his first iPhone. Once introduced to SIRI, Apple's famous virtual assistant,  Muhamed was hooked by SIRI and how it was able to respond accurately to natural human prompts. This experience changed his interest of focus. His initial dream of building games had given way to a bigger thirst for knowledge- artificial intelligence.

Muhamed wanted to study Computer Science and Mathematics in Abidjan and attended  ESATIC (École Supérieure Africaine des TIC) – https://esatic.ci/. It's an engineering school, and the first two years are preparatory classes that are highly demanding. Enthralled in his studies he, one day, during a study session with his friend Emmanuel was introduced to Zindi Africa. Then, Zindi was a relatively new platform focused on hosting machine learning competitions for anyone keen to learn about Ai (coding) to proffer unique solutions to real problems. Emmanuel, who was one of the first Zindian in these challenges, is now a Zindi Ambassador....

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