The lack of localized training data of sufficient quality is one of the major obstacles for localized AI innovation in Africa and Asia. Therefore, Open for Good focuses on localized training data in Africa, Asia and beyond. Training data that is locally relevant and the related technical questions are often overlooked by initiatives which work on access to AI. Open for Good therefore provides a platform for the coordination and exchange of good practices that is currently needed.
We are making training datasets openly available, helping existing open training datasets to be found and supporting their maintenance.
We convene members of the community to discuss the latest developments around the collection of datasets and applications of AI, support the development of standards where needed, and share successful examples.
That’s why we’re committed to open, non-discriminatory and localized training data for artificial intelligence and machine learning. With our members, we ultimately aim at creating training data commons.
The <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms is a global, multidisciplinary and feminist coalition of academics, activists and technologists prototyping the future of Artificial Intelligence & algorithmic decision-making...
Established in February 2010, Access to Knowledge for Development (A2K4D) is a center for research on knowledge, digital technologies and inclusive development in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa...
Digital India Foundation is a policy think-tank promoting Digital Inclusion, Cyber Security, Mobile Manufacturing, Domestic Consumption, Software Products and Smart Cities. Since its inception in 2015...
The <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms is a global, multidisciplinary and feminist coalition of academics, activists and technologists prototyping the future of Artificial Intelligence & algorithmic decision-making. We work at the regional and multilateral level to transform norms and standards that guarantee a future of coded inclusion with gender and race equality at their center. We do this in order to achieve and strengthen robust, resilient 21st century democracies.
Our immediate focus is the debiasing of the dataset and therefore the algorithm. Our goal is the active correction of bias by means of data, algorithm & model, one piece of which is the active collection of inclusive, local, and feminist data so that we all can thrive.
For more information on our actions, see: <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms
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Makerere University
FAIR Forward / GIZ
To be the leading institution for academic excellence and innovations in Africa by providing innovative teaching, learning, research and services responsive to National and Global needs.