On the 30th November 2022, RAIN-Africa organized a workshop on the theme “Responsible AI and Data Protection” with three invited panellists, Teki Akuetteh, Arthur Gwagwa and Dr. Bev Townsend. They shared their insight on the regulatory landscape and measures across Africa in the context of AI. Laud Ammah, co-founder of RAIN-Africa, opened the event by briefly introducing the RAIN Africa network
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On November 3rd, Executive Director of the IEAI, Caitlin Corrigan, and Responsible AI Network-Africa (RAIN-Africa) co-founder Jerry John Kponyo took part in the German UNESCO Commission’s workshop on “Ethical AI in Africa – What role can German development and research policy play?”. Prof. Kponyo gave a presentation on the success of RAIN-Africa and the recently
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RAIN-Africa brings a new edition of our workshop series this month on the theme “Responsible AI and Data Protection”. There will be interesting and insightful presentations from our three expert panelists as they share their insight on the regulatory landscape and measures across Africa in the context of AI. The event will take place on
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On June 28, Prof. Jerry John Kponyo, Dean of the Quality Assurance and Planning Office of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Responsible AI Lab(RAIL) and co-founder of the Responsible AI Network Africa conducted a compelling presentation on Responsible AI & Ethics from an African Perspective at the Institute for Ethics
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On June 21st 2022, Dr Peter Martey Addo, head of DataLab at the Innovation, Research And Knowledge (IRS) Directorate of the French Development Agency (AFD), delivered an exciting presentation on “Advancing The Responsible Adoption of AI at The Local Level”. Dr Addo stated that most of the data available for developing AI solutions are generated
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Date/Time: 21 June 2022, 12:00-13:00 (CEST) Place: Zoom – Registration Link: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Uof-uqqDkvGNBnZpKqQcXUvWqNGM2CxUKp Event: Responsible AI Network Africa – Conversations on AI with Peter Addo Title: Advancing the Responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Local Level Bio: Dr Peter Addo is an experienced data scientist, and has an extensive background in working with data, and
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RAIN-Africa hosted it’s first workshop for the year 2022 on the theme “Responsible AI Applications in Africa”. We had the pleasure of hearing from three researchers from Ghana, Uganda and Burkina Faso. Dr. Rose Nikibuule Her research focuses on the application of AI and Data Science to solve problems in the developing world. She uses AI
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Date: 07/04/2022 Time: 1:00 PM CEST Registration: Here RAIN-Africa brings to us it’s first workshop for the year 2022 on the theme “Responsible AI Applications in Africa”. There will be interesting and insightful presentations from our panelists as they share their current research works on the application of AI and Machine Learning in the African context.
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been awarded a grant to fund the establishment of a Responsible Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAIL). Prof. Jerry John Kponyo who is the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Scientific Director of the Lab, in his initial reaction to the news of the grant award is grateful
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The RAIN-Africa workshop was centered on AI and Smart Cities which took place virtually on 19th May. The guest speakers were Dr. Samah El Khateeb, Dr. Eric Tutu Tchao, Dr. Rachel Adams and Prof. Isaias Barreto Da Rosa and moderated by Prof. John Jerry Kponyo. Dr. Caitlin gave the welcome message and the discussions started Dr. Samah
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