Prof. Vukosi Marivate is Director of the African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AfriDSAI), ABSA UP Chair of Data Science and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria, where he leads the Data Science for Social Impact group. His research focuses on Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Natural Language Processing (NLP), particularly for African and other low-resource languages. He co-founded Lelapa AI, the Masakhane Research Foundation, and the Deep Learning Indaba. His work spans social challenges in science, energy, public safety, and utilities, aiming to create AI for Africans by Africans. Vukosi is a member of the Independent Scientific Panel for AI for the UN and a member of the African AI Council at Smart Africa.