From 35f86c3a1ca4172b7e62f47398b096bd949c13d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:18:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Added the Google WAXAL ASR Challenge --- competitions.json | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 47d5a7a..4385003 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6336,6 +6336,23 @@ "sponsor": "Bitgrit", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "Google WAXAL ASR Challenge", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/google-waxal-asr-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "nlp", + "audio" + ], + "launched": "26 Jun 2026", + "registration-deadline": "03 Aug 2026", + "deadline": "03 Aug 2026", + "prize": "$10,000", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "Google Research", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 65ad9b053b8beadb589bd2463d6d69b03a18f3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:25:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Added the GeoAI Aquaculture Challenge. --- competitions.json | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 4385003..3b3c0fd 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6353,6 +6353,22 @@ "sponsor": "Google Research", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "GeoAI Aquaculture Pond Identification Challenge by FAO and ITU", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/geoai-aquaculture-pond-identification-challenge/leaderboard?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "classification" + ], + "launched": "08 Jun 2026", + "registration-deadline": "07 Aug 2026", + "deadline": "16 Aug 2026", + "prize": "1,000 CHF", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "ITU", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 2e242e9074841b67168366b1a58799bad05384af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aaronjoel Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:00:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Added the R.O.A.D. Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge --- competitions.json | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 3b3c0fd..a8b60de 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6369,6 +6369,23 @@ "sponsor": "ITU", "conference": null, "conference_year": null + }, + { + "name": "R.O.A.D. Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/road-barbados-historic-handwriting-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "tags": [ + "supervised", + "ocr", + "nlp" + ], + "launched": "03 Jul 2026", + "registration-deadline": "05 Oct 2026", + "deadline": "05 Oct 2026", + "prize": "$25,000", + "platform": "Zindi", + "sponsor": "Reclaiming Our Atlantic Destinity (R.O.A.D.)", + "conference": null, + "conference_year": null } ] } From 27605d0dfde55438d3542b4714f9954086645dca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Joel Lontsi <1327793+aaronjoel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:28:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Fix ampersand in competition name --- competitions.json | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index ce9665d..b8207a7 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6444,7 +6444,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "GeoAI Aquaculture Pond Identification Challenge by FAO and ITU", + "name": "GeoAI Aquaculture Pond Identification Challenge by FAO & ITU", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/geoai-aquaculture-pond-identification-challenge/leaderboard?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", From 3c84731f15680a964c7df7779341ab313213e379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Joel Lontsi <1327793+aaronjoel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:32:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update prize amount from '1,000 CHF' to '$1,240' --- competitions.json | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index b8207a7..60eaad3 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6453,7 +6453,7 @@ "launched": "08 Jun 2026", "registration-deadline": "07 Aug 2026", "deadline": "16 Aug 2026", - "prize": "1,000 CHF", + "prize": "$1,240", "platform": "Zindi", "sponsor": "ITU", "conference": null, From 7f66d28c96efdb755467f390abc0ee8e70368bd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Carlens <7941504+hcarlens@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:32:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Update competitions.json --- competitions.json | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 60eaad3..5d7f3a0 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6410,7 +6410,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "Google WAXAL ASR Challenge", + "name": "Build Automatic Speech Recognition Systems for African Languages", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/google-waxal-asr-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", @@ -6444,11 +6444,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "GeoAI Aquaculture Pond Identification Challenge by FAO & ITU", - "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/geoai-aquaculture-pond-identification-challenge/leaderboard?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", + "name": "Identify Aquaculture Ponds in Satellite Imagery", + "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/geoai-aquaculture-pond-identification-challenge/?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", - "classification" + "classification", + "vision", + "satellite" ], "launched": "08 Jun 2026", "registration-deadline": "07 Aug 2026", @@ -6476,12 +6478,13 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "R.O.A.D. Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge", + "name": "Build Models to Transcribe Handwritten Historical Records", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/road-barbados-historic-handwriting-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised", "ocr", - "nlp" + "nlp", + "vision" ], "launched": "03 Jul 2026", "registration-deadline": "05 Oct 2026", From 438ff4238cc76fe805204b125b78bd274dd3af67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Carlens <7941504+hcarlens@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:33:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update competitions.json --- competitions.json | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/competitions.json b/competitions.json index 5d7f3a0..606f9d7 100644 --- a/competitions.json +++ b/competitions.json @@ -6410,7 +6410,7 @@ "conference_year": null }, { - "name": "Build Automatic Speech Recognition Systems for African Languages", + "name": "Automatic Speech Recognition for African Languages", "url": "https://zindi.africa/competitions/google-waxal-asr-challenge?utm_source=mlcontest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=compupdates", "tags": [ "supervised",