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URL:https://www.clubofrome.org/events/ai-and-african-development-a-new-ren
 aissance/
SUMMARY:AI and African development: A new renaissance?
DESCRIPTION:Together with the Learning Planet Alliance\, the Club of Rome h
 osts this annual Ubuntu Learning Circle. Here\, members of the Circle\, ac
 ross Africa and beyond\, with various academic and professional background
 s convene for dialogues and discourses. Against the backdrop of the New Na
 rratives of Hope paper published by the Club of Rome\, this is an open dis
 cussion about the goals for African development. Since the paper’s publi
 cation in 2020\, there has been a pandemic end and the rise of generative 
 AI\, notably through ChatGPT and Dall-E\, which casts a different light on
  the future of African development. This discussion poses incisive questio
 ns about the world’s youngest continent grappling with the opportunities
  and challenges of this post-Covid 19 era.\n\nKey questions to be addresse
 d:  \n\n 	How to make new technologies more inclusive of Africa\, and ho
 w to correct the course of exclusive development as we embrace AI and othe
 r emerging technologies? e.g. including African languages in generative AI
  tools\nHow can we promote and delegate African technologies within Africa
 n societies?\n 	Given the research showing the inherent biases built into 
 new technologies\, is it possible to embed cultural sensitivity into gener
 ative AI and other new technologies? In other words\, can we create new te
 chnologies that don’t reproduce old prejudices of their makers? (Link to
  Goal of An Africa with a strong cultural identity). How can existing tech
  be transformed via contextual learning?\n 	Is African infrastructure deve
 loping fast enough to support the development of African AI?\n 	Can we shi
 ft the narrative? Do African tech companies and start-ups have the potenti
 al to sway the ongoing industrial revolution?\n 	What role(s) can African 
 women play in this transition period? What role(s) are they playing?\n 	Wh
 at can we do to further this agenda?\n 	What is the learning process and t
 he key education and research questions associated with the development of
  Africa-made contextual technologies as well for other global technologies
  being introduced and dispersed among African communities?\n\nSpeakers inc
 lude: Rika Preiser\, Associate Professor\, Stellenbosch University\, Anici
 a Peters\, Chief Executive Officer\, National Commission on Research\, Sci
 ence and Technology\, Namibia\, Lawrence Nderu \, Researcher\, Lecturer\, 
 and Chairman\, The Department of Computing at Jomo Kenyatta University of 
 Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Tariq Lawal \, Youth Fellow\, Learn
 ing Planet Alliance Moderated by Noor Alkhadhar \, Product Manager\, Lear
 ning Planet Institute.
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CATEGORIES:Cultural transformations
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