Artificial Intelligence Archives

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

IPAR is taking part in two working groups on the development of the national strategy on Artificial Intelligence

26 June 2023 by Grainroot

IPAR took part in the second workshop on the formulation of the national Artificial Intelligence strategy, which was held on 21 and 22 June 2023 in Dakar under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy (MCTEN). The organisation was represented by Seynabou Sall, a data expert, and Mouhamadou Dia, Communications Officer and … Read more

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

19 May 2023 by Grainroot

On Monday 15 May 2023, IPAR took part in an “expert panel on artificial intelligence as a driver of development in Africa” in Saly. Organised by UNICEF, the aim of this panel was to explore in greater depth the research and progress made in the use of new technologies in the region and how to harness them … Read more