African language fund for AI

Project Summary

Language AI in Africa is currently lagging behind the rest of the World. This is a bottleneck for AI based solutions across several sectors including Agriculture.

We propose to create a language AI fund which will tackle 3 themes: data, models, and use cases.

By the end of this project, we will have unlocked language AI increasingly used in African countries for local innovation and for sustainable, locally appropriate NLP applications in areas such as better government services, better health, climate-smart agriculture etc.

Presentation of the Organization

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to harness AI to improve the lives and well-being of vulnerable communities: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/science-innovation-technology/artificial-intelligence