Building Communities & Sharing Knowledge

As the lead speaker I presented concepts like LLM,RAG,Vector Search the why and technical details behind sophisticated chatbot solutions and how one could build one and adapt it to a specific usecase.

Leading the audio-visual and electrical support team to ensure seamless event operations, including equipment checks, live troubleshooting, and post-event technical wrap-up.

Contributed to building MentorHer, a mentorship platform and data-driven system that helps girls stay in school through guidance, role models, and long-term educational support.

Built product features for an educational media platform that connects African students to verified scholarship opportunities and professional mentorship.

Contributing to community web applications and digital platforms that strengthen the online presence of the Django ecosystem in Cameroon.

Supported DevFest Yaoundé and broader GDG community initiatives through content planning, publication, and event communication support.

As a volunteer at CITS 2024, I played a dynamic role within the Secretariat team, ensuring seamless coordination and effective communication among participants, organizers, and stakeholders.

Taught WordPress development to women and girls who are victims of violence, empowering them with technical skills for economic independence.

Appointed as Zindi Ambassador, leading machine learning competitions, data science workshops, and community mentorship to empower African AI talent across the continent.

Nerala was selected among the Top 100 African digital solutions out of 3,000+ candidate projects by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) for innovation in African language technologies.

Co-authored "LinguoNER: A Language-Agnostic Framework for Named Entity Recognition in Low-Resource Languages with a Focus on Yambeta", published in the peer-reviewed journal Informatics (MDPI).

Technical mentor and speaker for the FlutterFire Summer Camp, training developers on Flutter and Dart native platform channels, Firebase integrations, and mobile engineering.