Grain, author on GRAIN

ADWIN, the world’s leading AI platform for the empowerment of African women

20 June 2025 by Grain

On 5 and 6 June 2025 in Abidjan, under the High Patronage of the First Lady, Dominique Ouattara, ADWIN (African and African Descendant Women Impact Network) was launched, the world’s first artificial intelligence-based platform dedicated to empowering one million African women and their descendants by 2030. Much more than a traditional network, ADWIN … Read more

Women and AI: a gap to bridge in order to build inclusive technology

18 June 202518 June 2025 by Grain

At VivaTech 2025, BDM attended a conference led by Leïla Grison, Chief Executive of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society. It was an opportunity to discuss a crucial issue: inequalities in access to AI between men and women, as well as ways to reduce them. … Read more

Why should women be among the pioneers of artificial intelligence in Africa?

30 May 2025 by Grain

By Fauziya Ali If the future of AI in Africa is to be one of empowerment, inclusion and peace, it must be designed with women in mind from the outset, not as an afterthought. Recently, in a sun-drenched co-working space in Nairobi, I watched Claudine, aged 23, typing lines of code … Read more

Message from the Secretary-General on the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day: «Gender equality in the digital transformation»

19 May 2025 by Grain

This World Telecommunication and Information Society Day marks the 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union. From the telegraph to radio, from the internet to artificial intelligence, technology has transformed the way we live, work and communicate. But its benefits remain deeply unequal. This year’s focus on equality … Read more

The 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is now open!

9 May 2025 by Grain

The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is your chance to take your agri-food business to the next level. We are delighted to announce that the competition is now open and will run until 10 June 2025. A total of US$160,000 will be awarded to young African entrepreneurs who have launched scalable, impact-driven businesses in the agrifood … Read more

GRAIN is training nearly a hundred people in Artificial Intelligence and Gender

6 March 2025 by Grain

On Friday 21 February 2025, around a hundred participants took part in the online training session on Artificial Intelligence and Gender organised by the GRAIN network (Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network). Indeed, as part of the GRAIN project and, in particular, the coordination of its network, face-to-face training sessions and … Read more

Online Training Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Gender

17 February 2025 by Grain

The GRAIN network (Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network) is organising a training session on Friday 21 February 2025, from 10.00 to 13.00 GMT on the Zoom platform, to build the capacity of stakeholders on the topic of artificial intelligence and gender. This virtual workshop will provide a platform to raise awareness and equip participants with the tools to … Read more

Grain network members receive training on incorporating gender considerations into innovations in Artificial Intelligence

25 April 202530 January 2025 by Grain

On Monday 29 January 2025, the GRAIN network organised an online training session focusing on «Artificial Intelligence and Gender» for the beneficiaries of the Grain project, who are also members of the GRAIN network. One of the aims of the training was to enhance participants’ understanding of the integration of … Read more

IPAR’s contribution to the analysis of the political, legal, institutional and ethical frameworks for responsible AI in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal)

9 January 20257 January 2025 by Grain

In issue 16 of the journal: focusing on IPAR’s contribution to the analysis of the political, legal, institutional and ethical frameworks for responsible AI in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal) 16 | 2024 Artificial Intelligence: A catalyst for sustainable development in Africa Part One: Ethics and public policy Published in the … Read more

Highlights from the GRAIN Members’ Workshop