Artificial Intelligence Archives

L’intelligence artificielle inclusive en Afrique de l’Ouest : où en sommes-nous ?

6 August 2026 by Grain

Les principaux enseignements de l’étude sur les politiques d’IA en Afrique de l’ouest Par Dr Marame Cissé, Dioulli Kane et Ndeye Magatte KEBE L’intelligence artificielle (IA) transforme progressivement les économies, les administrations et les services publics à travers le monde. En Afrique de l’Ouest, les gouvernements multiplient les initiatives pour tirer parti de cette révolution … Read more

Webinar: Presentation of the Regional Report on Inclusive and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Policies in West Africa

23 July 2026 by Grain

As part of its ongoing activities, the Gender and Responsible AI Network (GRAIN) is organizing a webinar to present the findings of its regional analytical report entitled: “Inclusive and Responsible Artificial Intelligence in West Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Policy, Legal and Institutional Frameworks in Senegal, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.” The webinar will … Read more

Artificial Intelligence and Online Violence: new GRAIN Study reveals the Digital Literacy Paradox

21 July 2026 by Grain

As African countries continue to invest in digital transformation and digital skills development, a new publication from the Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network (GRAIN) challenges a widely held assumption: that stronger digital literacy automatically protects women from online violence. Published in April 2026 under the title The Digital Literacy Paradox: Understanding Technology-Facilitated Violence Against … Read more

Co-creating Responsible Artificial Intelligence Through a Gender-Transformative Approach

10 July 2026 by Grain

As part of Phase II of the GRAIN project, a Red-Teaming workshop on the GEDI (Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Framework was organized to assess and strengthen the framework developed for the Smart Indigenous Weather (SIWA) application by the innovators, namely YUX Design, Kwara State University, DIPPER Lab, and Pixol. Discussions focused on several key … Read more

Gender Bias Evaluation in Machine Translation for Amharic, Tigrinya, and Afaan Oromoo

7 July 2026 by Grain

Entitled “Gender Bias Evaluation in Machine Translation for Amharic, Tigrinya, and Afaan Oromoo”, this study highlights the presence of gender bias in machine translation systems for three low-resource African languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, and Afaan Oromoo. It shows that translation tools often assign stereotypical gender roles to professions, even when the source text is gender-neutral. Conducted … Read more

L’Afrique francophone, avec NIYEL, lance son Cadre pour une IA Éthique, Inclusive et Responsable

7 July 2026 by Grain

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Dakar et Genève , le 6 juillet 2026 : Le Burkina Faso, le Sénégal, la Côte d’Ivoire, le Mali, la Guinée et le Bénin peuvent se féliciter à présent d’avoir mis en place leurs Lignes directrices pour une intelligence artificielle éthique, inclusive et responsable. Dans un contexte mondial où l’IA transforme nos modes … Read more

GRAIN has selected Kwara State University and its AI4WIA 2.0 project to jointly develop a GEDI matrix for use in the agricultural calendar.

13 March 202613 March 2026 by Grain

As part of Phase II of the GRAIN (Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network) project, KWASU has been selected to take part in the co-development of a GEDI (Gender – Equality – Diversity – Inclusion) matrix. This selection forms part of an initiative to support existing AI solutions with a view to integrating the principles of equality into them in a structured manner … Read more

A systematic review of the literature on the assessment and mitigation of bias in automatic speech recognition models for low-resource African languages

23 January 202622 January 2026 by Grain

Entitled «A systematic review of the literature on the assessment and mitigation of bias in automatic speech recognition models for low-resource African languages», this study highlights a major challenge for inclusive artificial intelligence: biases related to gender, accent, dialect and linguistic under-representation, … Read more

GRAIN II Call for Proposals: EmpowerHerAI

11 July 202510 July 2025 by Grain

Support for the scaling up of solutions that incorporate gender equality in the fields of agriculture, education and African languages. As part of the second phase of GRAIN (Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network), the «EmpowerHerAI» project, led by the consortium comprising IPAR, CSEA and Sunbird AI and funded by … Read more

Artificial intelligence at the heart of the inter-regional digital summit in Africa

11 August 2023 by Grainroot

The Inter-regional Digital Summit in Africa (S.I.N Africa 2023) will take place on 10 and 11 October 2023, with the theme «Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa». ’ The announcement was made by Cluster Digital Africa, the organiser of the event. The two-day conference will take place online and will address … Read more