Category: Blog

Generative language models in algorithmic social life: Some concepts and considerations

ChatGPT, generative AI

12 January 2023

Assessing the gender dimensions of digital inequality for policy action

After Access 2022, background paper, digital inequality, digital policy, UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

1 November 2022

More clouds over Africa: What will they bring?

African Observatory on Responsible AI, African Union Data Policy Framework, AI4D, cloud computing, Google, Just AI, South Africa

29 October 2022

US blueprint for an AI bill of rights: Reflections from Africa

AI governance, Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (AIBoR), Data for Development Network (D4D), Global Index on Responsible AI, Responsible AI

13 October 2022

Can we still understand power in the digital economy through global value chains theory?

digital economy, digitalisation, global value chains, United Nations Conference of Trade and Development

30 September 2022

Mapping African Digital Infrastructures (Part 3): Understanding the motivations and challenges of African contributions to the Internet standards development

African digital infrastructures, African Open-Source Digital Infrastructures, digital skills, digital transformation, Internet Engineering Task Force

13 June 2022