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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

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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

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Sexual Violence as a Political Tool During the Elections in Kenya
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Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analytics, Human Data Mining

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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

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Sexual Violence as a Political Tool During the Elections in Kenya
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ENI Award 2023: Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw honoured in the Young African Talent category

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Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw, un jeune chercheur de l’Université des sciences et technologies d’Addis Abeba (AASTU) en Éthiopie a reçu le Prix ENI 2023 dans la catégorie “Débuts dans la recherche : Jeunes talents d’Afrique”.Le prix ENI, initié en 2007 par la Société Nationale Italienne des Hydrocarbures (ENI), est devenu une référence internationale pour la recherche … Read more

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ENI Award 2023: Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw honoured in the Young African Talents category

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Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw, un jeune chercheur de l’Université des sciences et technologies d’Addis Abeba (AASTU) en Éthiopie a reçu le Prix ENI 2023 dans la catégorie “Débuts dans la recherche : Jeunes talents d’Afrique”.Le prix ENI, initié en 2007 par la Société Nationale Italienne des Hydrocarbures (ENI), est devenu une référence internationale pour la recherche … Read more

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Virtual launch of “Towards Afro-feminist AI”

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Pollicy, un collectif de technologie civique féministe primé d’Afrique de l’Est annonce le lancement virtuel de sa prochaine recherche intitulée “Towards Afro-feminist AI” (Vers une IA afro-féministe). L’événement en ligne aura lieu, le mercredi 11 octobre, à partir de 15h30 heure locale (GMT +3). La rencontre vise à favoriser des discussions significatives autour de la … Read more

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L’intelligence artificielle rencontre l’aquaculture à Offa : l’université Summit collabore avec l’Atom College of Fisheries and Agricultural Technology pour l’AquaAI

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Ces dernières années, la fusion de la technologie et de l’agriculture a donné lieu à des innovations révolutionnaires. Le secteur de l’aquaculture n’échappe pas à cette vague de transformation, l’intelligence artificielle (IA) jouant un rôle de premier plan dans le remodelage de son avenir. Les femmes sont de plus en plus sollicitées pour jouer un … Read more

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Empowering women in aquaculture: AI4WA is collaborating with Toke’s Farm

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Dans le domaine de l’aquaculture, une industrie traditionnellement dominée par les hommes, une agricultrice extraordinaire, Hajia Ramat Omosanya, fondatrice de Toke’s Farm, sert de phare d’inspiration. Son parcours remarquable témoigne non seulement du pouvoir de la détermination et du dévouement, mais met également en évidence le potentiel transformateur de l’inclusion des femmes. Hajia Ramat Omosanya, … Read more

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Why we must unlock the potential of data in a responsible and inclusive way

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By Adedeji Adeniran and Ezra Ihezie Adedeji Adeniran, Research Director, and Ezra Ihezie, Research Associate, at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSEA), explain why we must unlock the potential of data in a responsible and inclusive manner. In today’s digital age, data has become an invaluable asset, driving innovation, growth … Read more

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Expert panel on artificial intelligence as a driver of development in Africa

On Monday 15 May 2023, IPAR took part in an "expert panel on artificial intelligence as a driver of development” in Saly Read more

GRAIN is celebrating 8 March with its network on Gender and Artificial Intelligence

As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day, GRAIN is taking this opportunity to Read more

Call for papers for the first edition of the international conference on artificial intelligence for women in agriculture

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Submission deadline: Friday 13 October 2023 The first edition of the international conference on artificial intelligence for women in agriculture will take place from 23–25 October 2023 in a hybrid format at Kwara State University, Malete, on the theme “Climate-smart agriculture enhanced by AI: Towards the empowerment of …’ Read more

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Rentrée numérique Dakar 2023 : Dr Laure Tall plaide pour une IA inclusive, responsable et capable de produire des solutions durables

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Organisée les 12 et 13 septembre 2023 à Dakar par Gaindé 2000, la « Rentrée Numérique » avait pour objectif d’apporter aux acteurs publics, aux acteurs du privé et aux partenaires techniques un cadre d’échanges, de formulation et de mobilisation autour des grands enjeux du numérique. Dr Laure Tall, directrice de Recherche à l’IPAR a … Read more

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