2 November 2023

AI for Women in Aquaculture (AI4WA)

2 November 2023 by Grainroot

Project summary: Aquaculture plays an indispensable role in the livelihoods of the global population as a whole, from its various levels of production to its significant contributions to the economy. However, there is a wide gap in gender composition across the aquaculture value chain, and women’s involvement is more evident … Read more

Understanding gender bias in the development of artificial intelligence models in the African context

2 November 2023 by Grainroot

Country: Uganda Project summary Machine learning technologies such as automatic speech recognition systems, language models and machine translation systems are being developed to operate in environments where gender and other forms of bias and discrimination are present. These biases are present in … Read more

An artificial intelligence-based model for analysing gender inequality in STEM programmes and career prospects in Kenya

2 November 2023 by Grainroot

Aim of the project The aim of this study is to examine female students’ participation in STEM courses by investigating how gender inequality affects student placement and students’ perceptions of AI within STEM programmes and their potential career paths. Project summary Despite the … Read more

Digitalisation for Mama Mboga: Are women’s engagement and inclusion in agri-tech AI important? The experiences of women in Kenya’s informal agricultural sector

2 November 2023 by Grainroot

Project objective: The project will identify and highlight the barriers to women’s digital inclusion and examine ways of incorporating women’s perspectives into the development and application of agricultural AI systems, as well as in the associated policy processes. Project summary Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are being explored in Africa to increase … Read more

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analytics, Human Data Mining

2 November 2023 by Grainroot

Project objective The overall objective of the project is to develop a prototype multilingual machine translation system capable of detecting and mitigating gender bias in low-resource languages. Project summary AI systems replicate and reinforce existing social biases, a problem that is now widely recognised and studied. However, current research on … Read more

AI for Women in Aquaculture (AI4WA)

Understanding gender bias in the development of artificial intelligence models in the African context

An artificial intelligence-based model for analysing gender inequality in STEM programmes and career prospects in Kenya

Digitalisation for Mama Mboga: Are women’s engagement and inclusion in agri-tech AI important? The experiences of women in Kenya’s informal agricultural sector

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analytics, Human Data Mining

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