Following the aCall for proposals – GRAIN Under the call for proposals on “Improving inclusion and gender equality through Artificial Intelligence in sub-Saharan Africa”, launched by GRAIN, nine (9) projects were selected from around fifty applications received.
These projects were proposed by teams led by six women and three men from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya (2), South Africa, Nigeria (2) and Ethiopia (2). The beneficiaries come from six universities, a public-interest research consortium, an NGO and a non-profit organisation.
The selected projects cover the following topics:
- Gender and speech technology
- Epistemic justice; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); studies in science, technology and society (STS); and public policy
- Research into economic development, economic regulation, gender and public policy.
- Research into artificial intelligence (AI) and digital justice
- Artificial intelligence and precision farming
- Agricultural technology transfer, gender and rural development
- Artificial intelligence, computer vision, natural language processing
- Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analysis, Human Data Mining
The teams are from the following organisations:
- Makerere University (https://www.mak.ac.ug/)
- Core23lab (https://core23lab.org/)
- Centre for African Epistemic Justice (https://epistemic-justice.org/)
- Data Economy Policy Hub (https://www.dataeconomypolicyhub.org/)
- Summit University (https://www.summituniversity.edu.ng/home.php)
- Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (https://www.dkut.ac.ke/)
- Kwara State University ( https://mykwasu.kwasu.edu.ng/)
- American College of Technology (ACT) (https://www.actamericancollege.com/)
- Debre Markos University (http://www.dmu.edu.et/)
This call for proposals, launched in October 2022, invited submissions of projects addressing the use of AI to tackle issues relating to gender inclusion and equity in sub-Saharan Africa.
The selected teams will join the GRAIN (Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network) network in Africa, a network of individual researchers, research and advocacy organisations, social innovators and think tanks. The GRAIN network is led and facilitated by a consortium of strong and innovative research institutions comprising IPAR (Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale), CSEA (Centre d’Etude des Économies d’Afrique) and Sunbird AI. The Network for Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence (GRAIN) is a research network focusing on artificial intelligence for gender equality and inclusion. It aims to advance gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa through the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence innovations.
GRAIN’s intervention strategy is based on three pillars:
– The development of the “Network for Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence” (GRAIN) based on an inclusive and sustainable model; ;
– Capacity-building and advocacy on responsible AI for gender equality for network members and stakeholders; ;
– The implementation of a research programme on responsible AI for gender equality.
The network forms part of the Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa (IAPD Africa) programme, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to the tune of 1,225,700 Canadian dollars over a period of three years.
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