How unfortunate!

26.06.2025 09:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m at the Africa AI Village at the AI+ Expo and just learned about Nkenne, an app devoted exclusively to learning African languages. So excited to try this app out!

apps.apple.com/us/app/nkenn...

04.06.2025 16:56 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Very interesting piece @eff.org @maasiveowl.bsky.social While “smart” deterrence may be marketed as progress, we must ask: progress for whom, & at what cost to privacy, dignity, linguistic diversity? 👉https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/watching-you-many-tongues-ai-surveillance-diverse-africa-nbmaf/

04.06.2025 21:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Alliance highlights data access as key for implementing the AU’s Continental AI Strategy - African Alliance for Access to Data Data access is a critical component for implementing the African Union's Continental AI Strategy. To realise this point, tpecific text can be added to the implementation plan for the Strategy

Africa's Continental AI Strategy now has an implementation plan. The African Alliance for Access to Data (I'm convenor), urges the plan to reference: the relevance of Right to Information systems, Open Science & work towards Guidelines on access to data. dataalliance.africa/alliance-hig...

28.05.2025 14:13 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society

The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy

ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

16.03.2025 19:40 — 👍 19    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 2

Governing emerging technology in Africa Join the Atlantic Council's Democracy + Tech Initiative on March 10 at 9:00 am ET for the launch of Governing Emerging Tech in Africa: Approaches from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zambia.

Looking forward to speaking at the Governing Emerging Tech in Africa event today at 3:00 PM CAT! We’ll discuss #AI, #cybersecurity, #techgovernance, & #digitaltransformation across Africa. Join us!

Join us! Register now: dfrlab.org/event/govern...

@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @dfrlab.bsky.social

10.03.2025 11:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0