Call For Papers: Building a Just AI Ecosystem in Africa
January 30, 2024 12:27 pm Leave your thoughtsWhile artificial intelligence (AI) may have the potential to drive solutions to some of the greatest crises of our time,... View Article
Tag Archive: Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender Marked Me: The Value of Gender Analysis in AI Research
July 28, 2023 3:08 pm 1 CommentIn this blog post, Tidiane Ndoye shares how his experiences nurtured his passion for gender issues in health, and his... View Article
A Biostatistician’s Personal Journey through Gender Bias
July 28, 2023 2:21 pm 2 CommentsIn this blog post, Sylvia Kiwuwa Muyingo reflects on her early fieldwork collecting health information from HIV-affected communities in Uganda... View Article
Why are you talking to a blank screen?
July 28, 2023 1:41 pm 1 CommentIn this blog post, Mahlet Hailemariam shares her experiences of juggling online work, challenged by unreliable internet connection and power blackouts... View Article
Cook, Clean, Plan: A case for more gender-responsive policymaking
June 20, 2023 1:08 pm 5 CommentsThis is the third blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series. This blog series emerged from... View Article
Meet the Innovations Selected by Villgro Africa to Harness the Power of AI For Africa’s Development
August 31, 2021 2:14 pm Leave your thoughtsEarlier this year, we partnered with Villgro Africa to develop a call for innovations dubbed “Harnessing the Power of AI... View Article
Arabic Speech-to-MSL Translator – ICLR 2020
July 25, 2020 4:45 pm 1 CommentThe deaf population face many challenges in society. Apart from being unable to communicate with most people, they are often... View Article
Announcing the AI4D Africa Innovation 2019 Winners
August 25, 2019 3:46 pm 2 CommentsThe AI for Development (AI4D) Initiative is pleased to announce the winners of the AI4D-Africa Innovation Call for Proposals 2019.... View Article
A roadmap for artificial intelligence for development in Africa
May 8, 2019 7:12 am Leave your thoughtsBased on the workshop ” Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa” –... View Article
Deep Learning Indaba releases 2nd edition report
March 26, 2019 2:13 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Deep Learning Indaba is an organisation and a community whose mission is to Strengthen African Machine Learning. Today it... View Article
Positive feedback to Network idea in Morocco
November 25, 2018 3:53 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Africa at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguérir, Morocco was the first public event... View Article