Stéphane AHOLOU-BAH

AI Scientist · Aspiring Researcher

I am driven by the application of artificial intelligence to real-world challenges: health, public safety, resource optimisation, and language processing. My goal is to design AI solutions that improve efficiency, decision-making, and accessibility.

Focus Areas

Machine LearningNLP & LLMsNeuroAIASR & SpeechHuman-Inspired AIAI for HealthAI Centered SystemsBackend & API

Technical Stack

PythonSQLDjangoTensorFlowPyTorchOpenCVScikit-ImageNumPyPandasPower BI

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence 10/2022 – 04/2026

IFRI · University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin ↗

Specialisation in AI & Data Science: Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, Data Analysis, Optimisation. Mathematics: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Probability, Algebraic Structures. Programming: OOP, Data Structures, Application Development. GPA: Y1: 16.02/20 | Y2: 15.62/20 | Y3: 15.45/20.

Baccalauréat — Science Track (Série C) 2022

CEG Pahou, Ouidah, Benin

Highest Honours (16.27/20).

Experience & Engagements

AI Consultant 04/2026 – Present

Agénce de Développement de Sèmè City, Cotonou, Benin ↗

Consulting and implementation of a programming & AI training programme for middle school students.

ML Mentor — IOAI 2026 Preparation Phase (Volunteering) 07/2026

Sèmè City ↗

ML mentor for the preparation phase of the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) 2026.

Operations Coordinator of iSheero AI Saturdays (Volunteering) 2026 – Present

iSheero ↗

Operations coordinator for the iSheero AI Saturdays community events.

Web & AI Developer — Internship 11/2025 – 01/2026

SharayTalent, Cotonou, Benin ↗

Django backend for an AI-driven talent management platform: automated CV extraction, psychometric analysis, and quiz generation. API design, database management and architecture.

AMLD Node Benin Ambassador & Coordinator (Volunteering) 2025 – Present

AMLD Africa ↗

Organising AMLD events in Benin to promote inclusive AI education as part of a pan-African initiative to democratise AI.

AI Engineering Intern 06/2025 – 09/2025

AdjibolaTech, Benin ↗

AI-based telemedicine solutions: real-time transcription and contextual medical assistance. ASR model adapted to African French accents in a medical context; WER reduced from 109.6 % to 20 %.

Backend Development Intern 07/2024 – 09/2024

Cabinet Jilmonde Consulting, Abomey-Calavi, Benin ↗

Web portal for a company that produces and sells newspaper articles.

Awards & Distinctions

Ambassador Certificate for Official Broadcast Organizing in Benin 2026

AMLD Africa 2026

Winner · LLMs for OHADA Law Innovation Competition 05/2025

Force-N (Senegal) · Zindi Africa ↗

Challenge organised after a training programme in AI & NLP. Built a legal Q&A system based on retrieval-augmented generation.

Benin Government Excellence Scholarship 2022

Government of Benin

Certifications

GCI World April 2026 04/2026 – 08/2026

Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory, University of Tokyo ↗

Computational Neuroscience - Summer School 2026 07/2026

Neuromatch Academy ↗

ML Engineering 04/2026

iSHEERO X DataCamp Program ↗

ACP Summer School 2025 08/2025

Association of Constraints Programming ↗

NeuroAI - Summer School 2025 07/2025

Neuromatch Academy ↗

Natural Language Processing & Large Language Models 04/2025

Force-N Senegal ↗

IBM Data Science Professional Certificate 2025

Coursera ↗