A team of four Kenyan university students beat stiff competition from 163 countries across the globe to win the 2021 Microsoft’s annual global student technology challenge, Imagine Cup. The four, Khushi Gupta, Jeet Gohil, Dharmik Karania and Abdihamid Ali are fourth-year students from the United States International University (USIU) – Africa, undertaking Bachelors in Computer Science. The 19th edition of the competition brought together thousands of students from 163 countries across the globe reimagining tech solutions to impact their communities. The other three top teams were Protag from New Zealand, Hand-On Labs from the United States and Threeotech from Thailand. It combines Machine Learning, IoT, Analytics, and more to provide innovative functionalities for infant screening, mimicking the process of post-natal screening in a hospital.

Source: The Star May 30, 2021 08:37 UTC