AI and Equality

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 2: System Requirements

In this webinar we look at how requirement setting should function as a bridge between vision and use: Aligning system features with cultural context, infrastructure gaps, and social expectations; Identifying constraints early on—connectivity, literacy, consent, power dynamics—and building around them and making conscious trade-offs between speed, scale, and equity. 

Open Studio: Steven Vethman | Reflecting on AI Equality Efforts: a collaborative, critical inspection of actionable recommendations for an intersectional approach | Steven Vethman

Join this special collaborative Open Studio with Steven Vethman where we will critically reflect on AI Equality practices and research efforts. We will start from the foundation that equality or fairness in the context of AI should go beyond technological fixes and honor the lived experiences of systemic discrimination and marginalization. But AI experts have asked: how? What exactly can I do?

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 4: Model Selection

In this webinar we dive into what inclusion and efficiency means ensuring the development or building of systems that don’t require technical expertise to interpret—ensuring that trust, oversight, and agency are accessible to all users. Whether a rural health worker, a student, or a community organizer, each person should be able to understand what a system is doing and why.