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Gaidi Faraj, Lofred Madzou | Nurturing Africa’s AI Leaders through Math Olympiad

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM PST/PDT
Location
353 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305 | Room 119
Topics
Education, Skills
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Workforce, Labor
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The African Olympiad Academy is a world-class high school dedicated to training Africa’s most promising students in mathematics, science, and artificial intelligence through olympiad-based pedagogy.

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