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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Deep Learning Indaba artificial intelligence challenges</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Portefeuille IAPD-FCDO : Deep Learning Indaba AI Challenges (d&#xe9;fis d&#x2019;IA de la conf&#xe9;rence Deep Learning Indaba)</narrative>
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   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Le programme d&#x2019;intelligence artificielle pour le d&#xe9;veloppement (IAPD) est un partenariat entre le CRDI et le Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) du Royaume-Uni. Ce partenariat vise &#xe0; cr&#xe9;er un &#xe9;cosyst&#xe8;me de l&#x2019;IA inclusif et responsable en mettant &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle des innovations et en &#xe9;laborant des politiques en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA qui am&#xe9;liorent la qualit&#xe9; de vie de toutes et de tous en Afrique et ailleurs. Un renforcement efficace des capacit&#xe9;s et un &#xe9;change de connaissances, qui renforcent la visibilit&#xe9;, la pertinence et l&#x2019;influence des solutions que l&#x2019;IAPD soutiendra, sont essentiels &#xe0; la r&#xe9;alisation de cette vision. 

Ce projet vise &#xe0; renforcer la communaut&#xe9; africaine de l&#x2019;apprentissage automatique et de l&#x2019;intelligence artificielle en soutenant la conf&#xe9;rence Deep Learning Indaba (DLI). La mission de DLI est de veiller &#xe0; ce que les Africaines et les Africains ne soient pas seulement des observateurs et des b&#xe9;n&#xe9;ficiaires des progr&#xe8;s en cours dans le domaine de l&#x2019;IA, mais qu&#x2019;ils en soient aussi les cr&#xe9;ateurs actifs et les propri&#xe9;taires. Cette conf&#xe9;rence de proximit&#xe9;, dirig&#xe9;e par des Africaines et des Africains, vise &#xe0; combler le foss&#xe9; important qui existe entre les progr&#xe8;s technologiques r&#xe9;alis&#xe9;s &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle mondiale et la capacit&#xe9; et l&#x2019;expertise locales n&#xe9;cessaires pour s&#x2019;adapter et innover en utilisant des technologies d&#x2019;IA responsables dans toute l&#x2019;Afrique. Cela repr&#xe9;sente une expansion significative de la port&#xe9;e du r&#xe9;seau IAPD et permettra de progresser dans la promotion d&#x2019;une innovation responsable en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA qui r&#xe9;ponde aux d&#xe9;fis locaux et mondiaux. La conf&#xe9;rence permettra aux milliers d&#x2019;Africaines et d&#x2019;Africains et aux dizaines de collectivit&#xe9;s et de sections locales qui composent la communaut&#xe9; Indaba d&#x2019;acc&#xe9;der &#xe0; l&#x2019;enseignement et &#xe0; la recherche en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA sur l&#x2019;ensemble du continent. 

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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">The Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) program is a partnership between IDRC and the United Kingdom&#x2019;s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The partnership aims to create an inclusive and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem through the scaling of AI innovations and policies that improve the quality of life for all in Africa and beyond. Effective capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing, which enhances the visibility, relevance and influence of the solutions AI4D will support, are critical to achieving this vision.   

This project aims to strengthen the African machine learning and artificial intelligence community by supporting the Deep Learning Indaba (DLI) conference. The mission of DLI, an annual meeting of the African machine learning and AI community, is to ensure that Africans are not just observers and receivers of the ongoing advances in AI but are also active shapers and owners of these technological advances. This grassroots, African-led conference aims to address the significant gap between the technological advancements occurring globally and the local capacity and expertise to adapt and innovate using responsible AI technologies across Africa. This represents a significant expansion of the reach of the AI4D network and will enable progress to be made in promoting responsible AI innovation that addresses local and global challenges. It will make AI education and research accessible across the continent to the thousands of Africans and dozens of communities and local chapters that make up the Indaba community. 

AI4D will support DLI with scholarships to ensure attendees, in particular women and people with disabilities, have access to the event without financial barriers. It will also support an &#x201c;Ideathon&#x201d; program to generate solutions to annually set development challenges in the region and provide the winning ideas with mentorship and a financial award. Finally, the project will enhance the sustainability of the event through multi-year support, which will provide greater advance planning capacity and ensure growth in operational capacity.</narrative>
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