Knowledge 4 All Foundation

Excited to launch two initiatives today 🎉: The #IndabaGrandChallenge and the IndabaX-AID4D Innovation grants. We hope researchers, students will drive forward projects and research that take on opportunities across our continent 🌍. See. deeplearningindaba.com/grand-challeng… Thread 👇🏾

If you want to apply for funding, do not miss @AI4Dev 's @siminyu_kat 's talk right now on the #IndabaGrandChallenge 's live stream here : youtube.com/c/deeplearning…

Olubayo Adekanmbi from MTN and Data Science Nigeria @DataScienceNIG on how AI ecosystems are created at the #AI4DNetwork Nairobi workshop run with the support of @IDRC_CRDI @Sida @ai4development. Read his interview and watch the video here ai4d.ai/blog-olubayo/

@WaleAkinfaderin is a K4A grantee within the #AI4DNetwork programme with the support of @IDRC_CRDI @Sida @ai4development. Listen to his great podcast on Predicting and Analyzing Law-Making in Kenya soundcloud.com/user-392982388…

We launched with @DeepIndaba via #AI4DNetwork a call for new projects on AI/ML with elements of development and #SDGs. With the support of @IDRC_CRDI @Sida @ai4development. Apply here deeplearningindaba.com/2020/ai4d-inda…

Watch our new mini documentary on the African chapter of Artificial Intelligence 4 Development and the new #AI4DNetwork to find out more about the African #AI research landscape @IDRC_CRDI @Sida @ai4development youtube.com/watch?v=9JUKWr…

K4A grant recipients @WaleAkinfaderin, Olamilekan Wahab and Olubayo Adekanmb, are successfully using #ArtificialIntelligence to digitize parliamentary bills in Sub-Saharan Africa and Specifically in Nigeria @AI4Dev. Read their recent interview techpoint.africa/2020/01/28/ai-…

With the Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Sub-Saharan Africa we are delivering 10 #MachineLearning mini projects from #ComputerVision to #AutonomousCars in Africa via AI4D #ai4development #AI4Dev see here the list ai4d.ai/project/

Check the recommendations for the funding bodies of the @EU_Commission with respect to an efficient implementation of large-scale long-term research initiatives in AI and similar fields humane-ai.eu/humaneai-polic…

Join our AI for the Common Good: F’AI’R Education Hackathon k4all.org/project/hackat… which uses #artificialinteligence for #OER with UK Science and Innovation, UCL, ANCSSC @UKSINet @ucl @ANCSSC1 #development #globalone #OneHumanity #NGO #alliance #globalsouth

Workshop on State-based User Modelling submissions are due Dec. 1st. Submit and spread the word! k4all.org/event/wsdmsum2… #WSDM2020 @WSDMSocial #MachineLearning

DEADLINE EXTENSION - due to a number of lastminute submissions we are extending the deadline for the AI 4 SDGs workshop to Monday 29th at k4all.org/even/ijcai19 #IJCAI #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #africa #AI4Dev @IJCAIconf #SDG #UNESCO

Bolanle Oladejo, University of Ibadan on her bluesky project to have synergy where African overcomes challenges to data sets, consultants and support to African PhDs #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/blog-bolanle

Hussein Suleman from University of Cape Town on AI as a tool for development problems #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/blog-hussein

Benjamin Rosman form University of the Witwatersrand on AI and development #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/benjamin-blog

INTERVIEW - Arthur Ernest Gwagwa, Strathmore University on why education in AI is important #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/arthur-blog/

INTERVIEW - Tejumade Afonja form AI Saturdays Lagos on her bluesky project for AI in Africa "to support other AI communities in other parts of Africa and the world. The other is to build an African food image dataset" #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/tejumade-blog/

INTERVIEW - Naser Faruqui from IDRC discussing AI and its impact for development "My bluesky is to ensure that Africans can fully contribute, participate and benefit from potential opportunities in AI" @IDRC_CRDI #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/blog-naser/

INTERVIEW - in this series of vlogs we had the pleasure to interview @siminyu_kat #AI4DNetwork #AI4D via @AI4Dev ai4d.ai/kathleen-blog

REMINDER - Send us a paper for the IJCAI 2019 AI4SDGs workshop k4all.org/event/ijcai19/ and come to Macao to present #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #africa #AI4Dev @IJCAIconf #SDG #UNESCO #videolectures