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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">African countries continue to face significant disparities in key human development indicators in areas like wellbeing, education, health and economic security. At the same time, the continent is experiencing a surge in the use of digital technologies such as smartphones and other data-driven devices, leading to a growing accumulation of electronic data related to health, agriculture, climate, social dynamics and governance, among other fields. The explosion of data presents a compelling opportunity to tackle Africa&apos;s challenges through data-informed solutions. Specifically, there is significant potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to contribute to innovations that can be exploited to improve Africa&apos;s development in several ways. However, there are capacity weaknesses among innovators and universities, undermining Africa&#x2019;s capacity to optimally harness the emerging opportunity. 

This project aims to establish the Makerere University Artificial Intelligence for Development Research Lab and position it as a multidisciplinary centre of excellence and a thought leader in responsible AI for development in Africa. It will support research and capacity building in the development and deployment of responsible AI to tackle challenges in priority development sectors in Uganda such as health, agriculture, climate and natural language processing. It will also contribute to the strengthening of a network of AI research and capacity-building labs in Africa.

This project is part of the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) program, a five-year partnership between IDRC and the United Kingdom&#x2019;s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to support policy, innovations and expanded leadership to spur safe and responsible AI development and use in Africa. The vision of the partnership is to support an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem that improves quality of life for all in Africa and beyond.</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Les pays africains continuent d&#x2019;affronter d&#x2019;importantes disparit&#xe9;s dans les principaux indicateurs de d&#xe9;veloppement humain dans des domaines tels que le bien-&#xea;tre, l&#x2019;&#xe9;ducation, la sant&#xe9; et la s&#xe9;curit&#xe9; &#xe9;conomique. Parall&#xe8;lement, l&#x2019;Afrique assiste &#xe0; une v&#xe9;ritable r&#xe9;volution dans l&#x2019;utilisation des technologies num&#xe9;riques, notamment les t&#xe9;l&#xe9;phones intelligents et autres dispositifs ax&#xe9;s sur les donn&#xe9;es. Cette &#xe9;volution entra&#xee;ne une croissance importante de la quantit&#xe9; de donn&#xe9;es &#xe9;lectroniques li&#xe9;es &#xe0; des domaines essentiels tels que la sant&#xe9;, l&#x2019;agriculture, le climat, la dynamique sociale et la gouvernance. L&#x2019;explosion des donn&#xe9;es offre une occasion unique de relever les d&#xe9;fis de l&#x2019;Afrique gr&#xe2;ce &#xe0; des solutions fond&#xe9;es sur les donn&#xe9;es. Plus pr&#xe9;cis&#xe9;ment, l&#x2019;intelligence artificielle (IA) dispose d&#x2019;un potentiel important pour contribuer &#xe0; des innovations qui peuvent &#xea;tre exploit&#xe9;es pour am&#xe9;liorer le d&#xe9;veloppement de l&#x2019;Afrique de plusieurs mani&#xe8;res. Toutefois, les capacit&#xe9;s des innovateurs et des universit&#xe9;s sont insuffisantes, ce qui compromet la capacit&#xe9; de l&#x2019;Afrique &#xe0; exploiter de mani&#xe8;re optimale les nouvelles possibilit&#xe9;s qui s&#x2019;offrent &#xe0; elle. 

Ce projet vise &#xe0; cr&#xe9;er le laboratoire de recherche sur l&#x2019;intelligence artificielle au service du d&#xe9;veloppement de l&#x2019;universit&#xe9; de Makerere et &#xe0; le positionner comme un centre d&#x2019;excellence multidisciplinaire et un leader d&#x2019;opinion en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA responsable au service du d&#xe9;veloppement en Afrique. Il soutiendra la recherche et le renforcement des capacit&#xe9;s dans le d&#xe9;veloppement et le d&#xe9;ploiement d&#x2019;une IA responsable pour relever les d&#xe9;fis dans les secteurs de d&#xe9;veloppement prioritaires en Ouganda, tels que la sant&#xe9;, l&#x2019;agriculture, le climat et le traitement du langage naturel. Il contribuera aussi au renforcement d&#x2019;un r&#xe9;seau de laboratoires de recherche et de renforcement des capacit&#xe9;s en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA en Afrique.

Ce projet s&#x2019;inscrit dans le cadre du programme d&#x2019;intelligence artificielle pour le d&#xe9;veloppement (IAPD), un partenariat de cinq ans entre le CRDI et le Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office du Royaume-Uni visant &#xe0; soutenir les politiques, les innovations et un leadership &#xe9;largi afin de stimuler l&#x2019;utilisation et le d&#xe9;veloppement s&#xfb;rs et responsables de l&#x2019;IA en Afrique. La vision de ce partenariat est de soutenir un &#xe9;cosyst&#xe8;me d&#x2019;IA inclusif et responsable qui am&#xe9;liore la qualit&#xe9; de vie de toutes et de tous en Afrique et ailleurs.</narrative>
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