- 26 October 2023
- News GRAIN
Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw, a young researcher from Addis Ababa University of
Science and Technology (AASTU) in Ethiopia, has been awarded the ENI Award
2023 in the "Debut in Research: Young Talents from Africa" category.
The ENI Prize, initiated in 2007 by the Italian National Hydrocarbon Company (ENI),
has become an international benchmark for research in the fields of energy and the
environment.
"Beginnings in Research: Young Talents of Africa" is one of the six sections of the
ENI Prize, along with the Energy Frontiers, Advanced Environmental Solutions,
Energy Transition and Young Researcher of the Year awards, as well as the ENI
Innovation Recognition.
The aim of the "Debuts in Research : Young Talents from Africa Award" is to help
new generations of African researchers to emerge, by offering them the opportunity to
follow a doctoral course in cooperation with prestigious Italian universities and
research institutes, and by supporting their research and innovations on the various
scientific topics promoted by the ENI Award.
Natnael Tilahun Sinshaw is one of the beneficiaries projects selected following
GRAIN's call for proposals on "Improving inclusion and gender equality through AI
in Sub-Saharan Africa" and is currently working on a project entitled "Gender
diversity and equity in the AI ecosystem: an SLR of African languages.‘’
The project is part of the Gender Responsive Artificial Intelligence Network (GRAIN) initiative,
which aims to advance gender inclusion and equality in sub-Saharan Africa through
the development, responsible deployment and local innovation of artificial
intelligence. The GRAIN initiative is supported by the IPAR consortium, Sunbird AI
and (CSEA) funded by IDRC.
