Sponsors

Sponsors – current and past

We are very thankful to all MIIA’s current and past sponsors that are helping to achieve our vision of establishing an innovative community and accelerator for Machine Intelligence and Data Science research and application to help transform Africa.

There are various types of sponsoring available to support MIIA’s mission and help grow the community and its activities. Become a sponsor and/or help us to get funding via any combination of the following options:

• Donations
• Grants
• Project-specific funding
• Technology/tools/platforms related donations

This page outlines below more details with respect to financial support and the various types of sponsoring available.

Technology Partners

MIIA is registered with SANGONeT and TechSoup Global. The SANGOTeCH online technology donation and discount portal is a partnership between SANGONeT and TechSoup Global, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organisation that assists nonprofits globally to access technology to deepen the impact of their work. TechSoup Global’s mission is working toward a time when every nonprofit and NGO on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential.

Our toolbox of machine intelligence and data science platforms and tools include both commercial and open source software. We envisage groups within the MIIA community to utilize a broad range of machine intelligence technologies.

Different Types of Sponsoring

There are various types of sponsoring available to support MIIA’s mission and help grow the community and its activities. Become a sponsor and/or help us to get funding via donations, grants, project-specific funding, and/or technology/tools/platforms related donations.

Donations

• Your donations are needed to help establish a community that can execute on the vision and mission of MIIA and help fast track Africa’s technological and socio-economic progress via the research and application of Machine Intelligence & Data Science technologies.

• Donations to MIIA can be made via Bank Transfers:
  • Bank Account Name: MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE OF AFRICA NPC
  • Bank Name: Standard Bank
  • Account Number: 283187794
  • Account Type: Business Current Account
  • Branch: Helderberg
  • Branch Code: 033012
  • BIC/Swift Code SBZAZAJJ

• Donations to MIIA can be made online via PayPal:
  • Single donations
  • Monthly recurring donations

• Donations to MIIA can be made online via GivenGain:
  • Single donations
  • Monthly recurring donations

• Start fundraising via GivenGain:

• Donations can also be send to us via check:
  • Make checks payable to:
    • Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa
    • Unit 20230, Bel’Aire Estate, Somerset West, 7130, South Africa.
  • Please include a note with an email address to mailing address so we can provide a tax receipt.

• See MIIA’s nonprofit organization registration number in the registration details below.
• Thanks in advance for your contributions which are very much appreciated and will help grow MIIA.
• Please send any questions or comments to us at info@miiafrica.org or the Contact page.

Grants

• MIIA is applying for grants and various types of funding that support its vision and mission to help transform Africa by solving African problems, supporting entrepreneurial activity, and help drive long-term inclusive and sustainable scientific, technological and socio-economic development on the continent.
• If you know of any applicable grants / funding that we should apply for, please send the relevant information to us at  info@miiafrica.org  or via the Contact page. Any inputs and recommendations in this regard are appreciated.

Project-specific funding

• We also cater for project-specific funding that address a specific problem or research area within the ambit of MIIA’s mission. This might include funding for new or existing projects registered on MIIA’s Projects page and be done in consultation with our partners (which might include business, nonprofit organizations, academic and research organizations, startup incubators, or government organizations).
• If you have any questions or requests in this regard, please send them to us at info@miiafrica.org or via the Contact page.

Technology/Tools/Platforms donations

• If you have or know of technology/tools/platforms that might be useful or relevant to MIIA in the execution of its operations and/or machine intelligence / data science related projects (and can be offered at a discount or for free), please send the relevant information to us at  info@miiafrica.org or via the Contact page. Any inputs and recommendations in this regard are appreciated.
• MIIA is also registered with SANGONeT and TechSoup Global. The SANGOTeCH online technology donation and discount portal is a partnership between SANGONeT and TechSoup Global, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organisation that assists nonprofits globally to access technology to deepen the impact of their work. TechSoup Global’s mission is working toward a time when every nonprofit and NGO on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential.

MIIA’s Registration Details: