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Announcing the #AI4D Africa Innovation 2019 Winners
25 August, 2019
The AI for Development (AI4D) Initiative is pleased to announce the winners of the AI4D-Africa Innovation Call for Proposals 2019. Sign up and join us to celebrate the winners at Deep Learning Indaba 2019 at the #AI4D Network of Excellence Innovation Grant Award Ceremony: Tuesday, 27th August 2019 at 7 PM (Nairobi Time) (LOCATION UPDATE) […]
A roadmap for artificial intelligence for development in Africa
8 May, 2019
Based on the workshop ” Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa” – April 3-5, 2019 Nairobi, Kenya. Artificial intelligence is poised to enhance productivity, innovation and help countries across sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – helping to improve outcomes from health care to […]
lnteligencia Artificial y Desarrollo en America Latina: bases para una iniciativa regional
7 May, 2019
El crecimiento de la potencia computacional, la disponibilidad de grandes cantidades de datos abiertos y el progreso de los algoritmos han hecho que la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) se convierta en una de las tecnologías más prometedoras y desafiantes del siglo XXI. Sin embargo, varios países de la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) […]
December Review; AI4D- African Language Dataset Challenge // Bilan de decembre; Défi AI4D – Jeu de Données sur les Langues Africaines
4 February, 2020
The close of 2019 marked the second month of the AI4D African Dataset Challenge, an effort aimed at incentivizing the uncovering and creation of African language datasets for improved representation in NLP. This challenge is hosted on Zindi and has been ongoing since the 1st of November. Each month we take stock and award a […]
November Review; AI4D- African Language Dataset Challenge // Bilan de novembre ; Défi AI4D – Jeu de Données sur les Langues Africaines
23 December, 2019
On the 1st of November, we launched the AI4D-African Language Dataset Challenge on Zindi, an effort towards incentivizing the uncovering and creation of African language datasets for improved representation in NLP. This first phase of what is expected to be a two-phase challenge, is taking place over 5 months, November 2019 to March […]
AI4D – African Language Dataset Challenge // Défi AI4D – Jeu de Données sur les Langues Africaines
5 November, 2019
Getting started with programming is easy, a well-trodden path. Whether it be picking up the skill itself, a new programming language or venturing into a new domain, like Natural Language Processing (NLP), you can be sure that a variety of beginner tutorials exist to get you started. The ‘Hello World!’s, as you may know them. […]
UNESCO’s Dorothy Gordon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on International Development
25 July, 2019
IDRC’s President Jean Lebel invited Dorothy Gordon, the Chair of Information for All at UNESCO, to Montréal, where she shared her reflections on the potential impacts of artificial intelligence on international development. Here is a summary of her talk in Montréal in May 2019: To watch Dorothy Gordon’s whole presentation, click HERE. Listen to Dorothy […]
AI4D-Africa Innovation Call for Proposals – July 18th, 2019
12 June, 2019
Submit Your Proposal Today This Call for Proposals invites individuals, grassroots organizations, initiatives, academic, and civil society institutions to submit their proposals for mini-projects within the 2019 Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) initiative. In a recent AI4D workshop in Nairobi, the African community outlined a roadmap, including recommendations for capacity building, governance, and innovation for […]
Watch the Live #AI4D Knowledge Webinar: Introducing the 2019 Government AI Readiness Index
22 May, 2019
Technologies have had an undeniable impact on improving living standards, connecting us together, and increasing productivity. With the right policies and institutional arrangements, governments can ensure that the benefits of artificial intelligence are shared broadly. This one-hour webinar will introduce and ignite a dialogue on this year’s Government AI Readiness Index and its implications on […]
The Government AI Readiness Index 2019: More Equal Implementation Needed to Close Global Inequalities
21 May, 2019
In an era where AI-enabled systems already power a broad set of activities such as social media algorithms, autonomous vehicles, flight navigation systems, agricultural sensors, disease diagnosis, it is only poised to become ever-more pervasive. However, “AI can either accelerate the achievement of the [Sustainable Development] goals or entrench existing gaps,” says IDRC President Jean […]
Launch of the 2019 Government AI Readiness Index
29 April, 2019
Over the past few months, AI4D partner Oxford Insights, an international public sector consultancy specialising in AI, has been working with the IDRC to prepare the second edition of the Government AI Readiness Index. The Index measures governments’ readiness for implementing AI in their internal operations and in public service delivery. The 2019 edition of […]
Naser Faruqui from IDRC discussing AI and its impact for development
15 April, 2019
Naser in his work supports scientists and their innovations in developing countries to help solve their own problems. The confluence of bigdata, powerful computing and machine learning created a tipping point in powerful applications, and this can be transferred to development opportunities in the area of health, education and agriculture. My bluesky is to ensure […]
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December Review; AI4D- African Language Dataset Challenge // Bilan de decembre; Défi AI4D – Jeu de Données sur les Langues Africaines
4 February, 2020
The close of 2019 marked the second month of the AI4D African Dataset Challenge, an effort aimed at incentivizing the uncovering and creation of African language datasets for improved representation in NLP. This challenge is hosted on Zindi and has been ongoing since the 1st of November. Each month we take stock and award a […]
November Review; AI4D- African Language Dataset Challenge // Bilan de novembre ; Défi AI4D – Jeu de Données sur les Langues Africaines
23 December, 2019
On the 1st of November, we launched the AI4D-African Language Dataset Challenge on Zindi, an effort towards incentivizing the uncovering and creation of African language datasets for improved representation in NLP. This first phase of what is expected to be a two-phase challenge, is taking place over 5 months, November 2019 to March […]
Announcing the #AI4D Africa Innovation 2019 Winners
25 August, 2019
The AI for Development (AI4D) Initiative is pleased to announce the winners of the AI4D-Africa Innovation Call for Proposals 2019. Sign up and join us to celebrate the winners at Deep Learning Indaba 2019 at the #AI4D Network of Excellence Innovation Grant Award Ceremony: Tuesday, 27th August 2019 at 7 PM (Nairobi Time) (LOCATION UPDATE) […]
Naser Faruqui from IDRC discussing AI and its impact for development
15 April, 2019
Naser in his work supports scientists and their innovations in developing countries to help solve their own problems. The confluence of bigdata, powerful computing and machine learning created a tipping point in powerful applications, and this can be transferred to development opportunities in the area of health, education and agriculture. My bluesky is to ensure […]
Tejumade Afonja form AI Saturdays Lagos on Artificial Intelligence and the importance of local communities
7 April, 2019
Tejumade is among other things a community builder and very passionate about AI education. In the scope of AI Saturdays in Lagos she runs a Programme to democratize AI that goes through a curriculum for 16 consecutive Saturdays of teaching machine learning. My bluesky project for AI in Africa is support other AI communities in […]
Meet Kathleen Siminyu: One of Africa’s AI community women leaders
27 March, 2019
A little over 2 years ago, Muthoni Wanyoike and I started the Nairobi chapter of Women in Machine Learning and Data Science (WiMLDS). Kathleen Siminyu is the co-organizer of WiMLDS in Nairobi with her friend Muthoni Wanyoike, who leads a team at InstaDeep — an AI startup. Kathleen is the Head of Data Science at […]
