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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Advancing responsible artificial intelligence policies in Africa</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Faire progresser les politiques responsables en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;intelligence artificielle en Afrique</narrative>
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   <narrative xml:lang="FR">En tirant parti de la propagation rapide des infrastructures de communication, des gains en puissance de calcul et de l&#x2019;&#xe9;mergence des grandes donn&#xe9;es, l&#x2019;intelligence artificielle (IA) offre des possibilit&#xe9;s passionnantes pour promouvoir la croissance &#xe9;conomique et r&#xe9;soudre les principaux probl&#xe8;mes de d&#xe9;veloppement en Afrique. Toutefois, si l&#x2019;IA est appliqu&#xe9;e sans politiques et garanties appropri&#xe9;es, elle peut menacer les droits humains et exacerber les in&#xe9;galit&#xe9;s existantes. Ces risques sont accrus dans les contextes o&#xf9; la capacit&#xe9; institutionnelle &#xe0; gouverner et &#xe0; r&#xe9;glementer efficacement l&#x2019;IA est limit&#xe9;e. Alors que la demande et l&#x2019;utilisation des technologies de l&#x2019;IA augmentent, les d&#xe9;cideurs politiques des gouvernements, des organismes de recherche et de la soci&#xe9;t&#xe9; doivent faire face aux cons&#xe9;quences volontaires et involontaires des technologies de l&#x2019;IA. 

R&#xe9;cemment, on a assist&#xe9; &#xe0; une vague d&#x2019;initiatives politiques nationales, r&#xe9;gionales et mondiales visant &#xe0; d&#xe9;finir les conditions dans lesquelles l&#x2019;IA fonctionnera dans la vie sociale et &#xe9;conomique. En m&#xea;me temps, il existe une prise de conscience de la n&#xe9;cessit&#xe9; d&#x2019;&#xe9;laborer des cadres plus adapt&#xe9;s aux r&#xe9;alit&#xe9;s africaines. En mettant l&#x2019;accent sur les pays d&#x2019;Afrique australe, ce projet promouvra une IA responsable en produisant des connaissances de haute qualit&#xe9; pour &#xe9;tayer l&#x2019;&#xe9;laboration des politiques, en renfor&#xe7;ant les capacit&#xe9;s techniques et de gouvernance des responsables politiques afin de fa&#xe7;onner les discussions nationales et r&#xe9;gionales sur l&#x2019;&#xe9;laboration des politiques en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA et en &#xe9;tablissant des alliances avec d&#x2019;autres parties prenantes de la politique en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA. 

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. Le nouveau partenariat vise &#xe0; 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>
   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Leveraging the rapid spread of communications infrastructure, gains in computational power and the emergence of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) offers exciting opportunities for promoting economic growth and addressing key development problems in Africa. However, if AI is applied without appropriate policies and safeguards, it can threaten human rights and exacerbate existing inequalities. These risks are increased in contexts where there is limited institutional capacity to effectively govern and regulate AI. As demand for and use of AI technologies increase, policymakers in governments, research organizations and society must contend with the intended and unintended consequences of AI technologies. 

Recently, there has been an influx of national, regional and global policy initiatives intended to set the terms on which AI will function in social and economic life. At the same time, there is an awareness of the need to build frameworks more attuned to African realities. With a focus on countries in Southern Africa, this project will promote responsible AI by: producing high quality knowledge to inform policymaking; strengthening technical and governance capacities of policymakers to shape national and regional AI policymaking discussions; and building alliances with other AI policy stakeholders. 

This project is a 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 new partnership is to support an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem that improves quality of life for all in Africa and beyond.</narrative>
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