Call for Papers on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Consumer-facing Technologies
Submissions Due June 15, 2024
The world’s longest-standing scientific conference on information technology management, the Hawaii Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS) is inviting participation at...
The State of AI-Driven Humanitarian Big Data Governance and Law in...
Introduction
In 2020, Ethiopia, a country that has faced a refugee crisis primarily because of long-term conflicts, experienced a deadly war that displaced many Ethiopians...
Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence – Southern Africa
Open AIR has two co-hubs in Southern Africa: the Intellectual Property Unit (IP) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and the University of...
AI and Gender in Africa
By: Nagla Rizk
AI and Gender in Africa The original version of this essay was written as a section in a paper titled “Integrating Africa...
Covid-19 Digital Health Innovations: The African Context
By Chukwuka Okwuosa, Nailah Ramsoomair, and Chidi Oguamanam
“Dealing with health and economic challenges of Covid-19 has made one point abundantly clear for African countries...
Artificial Intelligence in Africa: An Overview of ongoing Open AIR Activities
By Nagham El Houssamy and Nadine Weheba
This is part one in a three part series. For part two, click here. Part three can be...
7 Ways that African States are Legitimizing Artificial Intelligence
By Jake Okechukwu Effoduh
Several reports on States’ adoption of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) across the world have indicated that African countries have a “slow” or...
Open AIR Research into 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies and Artificial Intelligence:...
By Nagham El Houssamy and Nadine Weheba
This is part two in a three part series. For part one, click here. For part three, click...
Alemshet Addisalem (Alex)
Alemshet Addisalem (Alex) is pursuing his Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. His Ph.D. project explores the intersection of big...
Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence – North Africa
Open AIR's Northern African hub, the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo, is conducting research on open...