Case Studies of AI for Good and AI for Development
Today the Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance presents a series of Case Studies on AI for Good in Africa and the Global South. These grew out of our work on Text […]
TDM Cases
Ethical Sourcing of African Language Data: Lanafrica and the NOODL licence
Over 2,000 African languages are spoken by approximately 1.4 billion people on the continent, showing how linguistic diversity underpins African democracy, development, and cultural life. As artificial intelligence becomes central
LATAM-GPT: A Culturally Sensitive Large Language Model for Latin America
LATAM-GPT is a groundbreaking large language model developed by the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) in Chile, in partnership with over thirty institutions and twelve Latin American countries. The
Blind South Africa: Apps for the Visually Impaired
An initiative led by Christo de Klerk at Blind South Africa focuses on promoting the use of accessible mobile and digital applications for blind and visually impaired people in South
A Talking Health Chatbot in African Languages: DSFSI, University of Pretoria
A project at the Data Sciences for Social Impact (DSFSI) group, University of Pretoria, led by Professor Vukosi Marivate, is developing a talking health chatbot in African languages to provide
Masakhane: Use of the JW300 Dataset for Natural Language Processing
The Masakhane Project showcases the transformative power of open, collaborative efforts in advancing natural language processing (NLP) for African languages. However, its reliance on the JW300 dataset—a vast multilingual corpus
Promoting AI for Good in the Global South – Highlights
Across Africa and Latin America, researchers are using Artificial Intelligence to solve pressing problems: from addressing health challenges and increasing access to information for underserved communities, to preserving languages and
