From 221f33be6c155892207e156f233772651860ee30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 12:40:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Added the Farm to Feed Recommendation Challenge, Zindi latest comp. --- competitions.json | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 9689ee4..2045ab1 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -3986,6 +3986,23 @@ "sponsor": "HUAWEI, interdigital, Next G Cloud, XFLOW RESEARCH, RelationalAI, ITU", "conference": "MCW Barcelona", "conference_year": 2026 - } + }, + { + "name": "Farm to Feed Shopping Basket Recommendation Challenge", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/farm-to-feed-shopping-basket-recommendation-challenge/leaderboard?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "forecasting", + "ranking" + ], + "launched": "02 Dec 2025", + "registration-deadline": "19 Jan 2026", + "deadline": "19 Jan 2026", + "prize": "€8,250", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "Digital Africa", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null + } ] } From cbf0103f47a5c5116e115c878655aebb033bc838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 09:24:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Added the Zindi Caribbean Voices Hackathon --- competitions.json | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 2045ab1..e5ab8df 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -4003,6 +4003,23 @@ "sponsor": "Digital Africa", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "Caribbean Voices AI Hackathon by UWI AI Innovation Centre", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/caribbean-voices-hackathon?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "forecasting", + "ranking" + ], + "launched": "17 Nov 2025", + "registration-deadline": "07 Dec 2026", + "deadline": "07 Dec 2026", + "prize": "$7,500", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "UWI AI Innovation Centre, CIBC, Infolytics, Data Axis, CTU", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 15c42b617991be0d826d1b9b888c7786826cf5dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 09:33:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Added the EY comp. --- competitions.json | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index e5ab8df..ebc85fd 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -4009,8 +4009,8 @@ "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/caribbean-voices-hackathon?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "forecasting", - "ranking" + "nlp", + "audio" ], "launched": "17 Nov 2025", "registration-deadline": "07 Dec 2026", @@ -4020,6 +4020,22 @@ "sponsor": "UWI AI Innovation Centre, CIBC, Infolytics, Data Axis, CTU", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "Urban Heat Island Challenge by Ernst and Young", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/urban-heat-island-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "geo" + ], + "launched": "17 Nov 2025", + "registration-deadline": "07 Dec 2026", + "deadline": "07 Dec 2026", + "prize": "$1,000", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "EY", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 4498abb025a55e3f24346a5a1b11e24ce3f19fc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 07:58:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Made a change to the EY challenge --- competitions.json | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index ebc85fd..a427753 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -4022,16 +4022,16 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "Urban Heat Island Challenge by Ernst and Young", + "name": "EY Urban Heat Island Challenge", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/urban-heat-island-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", "geo" ], - "launched": "17 Nov 2025", - "registration-deadline": "07 Dec 2026", - "deadline": "07 Dec 2026", - "prize": "$1,000", + "launched": "03 Dec 2025", + "registration-deadline": "31 Jan 2026", + "deadline": "31 Jan 2026", + "prize": "$3,500", "platform": "Zindi", "sponsor": "EY", "conference": null, From c5df0d176bd439362add90d05086fac20d04269a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Carlens <7941504+hcarlens@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:45:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Update competition names, prizes, and tags --- competitions.json | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index a427753..fb204a4 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -3988,29 +3988,31 @@ "conference_year": 2026 }, { - "name": "Farm to Feed Shopping Basket Recommendation Challenge", + "name": "Shopping Basket Recommendation", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/farm-to-feed-shopping-basket-recommendation-challenge/leaderboard?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "forecasting", - "ranking" + "classification", + "measurable", + "business" ], "launched": "02 Dec 2025", "registration-deadline": "19 Jan 2026", "deadline": "19 Jan 2026", - "prize": "€8,250", + "prize": "$9,700", "platform": "Zindi", "sponsor": "Digital Africa", "conference": null, "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "Caribbean Voices AI Hackathon by UWI AI Innovation Centre", + "name": "Build Speech Recognition Systems for Caribbean Voices", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/caribbean-voices-hackathon?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", "nlp", - "audio" + "audio", + "measurable" ], "launched": "17 Nov 2025", "registration-deadline": "07 Dec 2026", @@ -4022,11 +4024,14 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "EY Urban Heat Island Challenge", + "name": "Identify Urban Heat Islands on Satellite Data", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/urban-heat-island-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "geo" + "geo", + "climate", + "classification", + "measurable" ], "launched": "03 Dec 2025", "registration-deadline": "31 Jan 2026",