AI4D Innovation Pillar project – SRAIS Mentorship

Work Package 1

Involves mentoring of AI developers, within 5 hubs (agriculture, health, education, climate and gender) to scale their solutions responsibly with the support of African Responsible AI and GEDI mentors.

Objectives

1. Employ the Responsible AI assessment tool to discuss with AI developers to establish the ethics of AI breaches and intervention
2. Conduct mentoring of AI developers using their own AI solutions to scale responsibly
3. Convene meeting of all mentors and traniners of mentors, within the CoP (Community of Practice) to discuss challenges, opportunities and desired revisions of the entire process
4. To author reports that track outputs and outcomes.

Expected outcome

1. AI innovators that are profifient in the scaling of responsible AI solutions
2. A group of mentors that are experienced in the metoring of AI developers to scale responsible
3. A vibrant CoP that transcends the current project
4. Tools and templates that are refinable for subsequent similar projects

Partners

• CEIMIA – Canada

Funder

• IDRC