Open AIR

Principal Investigators:  A/Prof. Dick Kawooya, School of Information Science, University of South Carolina, USA, [email protected]    A/Prof. Tobias Schonwetter, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa, [email protected]  Co-Investigators:  A/Prof. Desmond Oriakhogba, Department of Private Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, [email protected]   Dr. Anthony Kakooza, Lecturer,...

Student Position: Digital Communications Assistant for the Open African Innovation Research (AIR) network at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario, Canada Hours per Week:  Flexible hours, from 5-10 hours per week. Duration: 6 months (with a possibility of extension).  Salary: Hourly rate commensurate with relevant experience. Start Date: March 2025  Number...

Open AIR’s North African hub, The Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo’s Onsi Sawiris School of Business, developed and launched the MENA Observatory on Responsible AI in February 2024. The Observatory will serve as a hub for...

This Open AIR Annual Report outlines the network's core activities in 2023-24 within our two main current initiatives: the Regulation for Innovation programme and the Inclusive Biomedical Innovation project. The Regulation for Innovation programme is focused on fostering improved African participation in policy processes...

Open AIR has just released a video, on our @Afrinnovation YouTube channel, highlighting the network’s current large research programme, “Regulation for Innovation Supporting Sustainable Development Goals”. The video also features our researchers’ activities, in support of the project, at the Transforming Africa conference in...