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   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle des innovations responsables en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;intelligence artificielle pour l&#x2019;&#xe9;ducation inclusive en Afrique</narrative>
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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Artificial intelligence (AI) can address challenges in African education by enhancing administrative efficiency, improving teaching and learning, and facilitating personalized learning. AI-driven assistive technologies can also promote inclusive education for learners with disabilities. However, AI innovations can also introduce new risks or amplify existing ones. Locally produced AI can foster the adoption of contextually relevant, responsible, ethical and inclusive innovations in Africa&apos;s education systems. 

Currently, there is limited knowledge of the state of African-led responsible AI initiatives, their impacts and ways to scale them for greater impact. Led by the African Population and Health Research Centre, the purpose of this research project is to contribute to scaling up responsible AI innovations in education. This project intends to deepen the understanding of the development, adoption and scaling up of African-led AI innovations. Building on a previous project that developed eight early-stage innovations that address exclusion in education systems, it will propose guidelines to support sustainable adoption and scaling up of responsible AI innovations in Africa&#x2019;s education systems. 

The project is a part of the Artificial Intelligence for Development program, a partnership between IDRC and the United Kingdom&#x2019;s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It aims to support policy, innovations and expanded leadership that spur safe and responsible AI in Africa. The vision is to support an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem that improves quality of life in Africa and beyond.</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">L&#x2019;intelligence artificielle (IA) peut relever les d&#xe9;fis de l&#x2019;&#xe9;ducation africaine en am&#xe9;liorant l&#x2019;efficacit&#xe9; administrative, en am&#xe9;liorant l&#x2019;enseignement et l&#x2019;apprentissage et en facilitant l&#x2019;apprentissage personnalis&#xe9;. Les technologies d&#x2019;assistance bas&#xe9;es sur l&#x2019;IA peuvent &#xe9;galement promouvoir l&#x2019;&#xe9;ducation inclusive pour les apprenantes et apprenants en situation de handicap. Cependant, les innovations en mati&#xe8;re d&#x2019;IA peuvent &#xe9;galement introduire de nouveaux risques ou amplifier ceux qui existent d&#xe9;j&#xe0;. L&#x2019;IA produite localement peut favoriser l&#x2019;adoption d&#x2019;innovations contextuellement pertinentes, responsables, &#xe9;thiques et inclusives dans les syst&#xe8;mes &#xe9;ducatifs africains. 

&#xc0; l&#x2019;heure actuelle, il existe peu de connaissances sur l&#x2019;&#xe9;tat des initiatives d&#x2019;IA responsable dirig&#xe9;es par les Africaines et les Africains, leurs r&#xe9;percussions et les moyens de les mettre &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle afin d&#x2019;avoir une incidence plus importante. Dirig&#xe9; par l&#x2019;African Population and Health Research Centre, ce projet de recherche vise &#xe0; contribuer &#xe0; la mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle des innovations en IA responsable dans l&#x2019;&#xe9;ducation. Ce projet vise &#xe0; approfondir la compr&#xe9;hension du d&#xe9;veloppement, de l&#x2019;adoption et de la mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle des innovations en IA dirig&#xe9;es par les Africaines et les Africains. S&#x2019;appuyant sur un projet pr&#xe9;c&#xe9;dent qui a mis au point huit innovations &#xe0; un stade pr&#xe9;coce visant &#xe0; lutter contre l&#x2019;exclusion dans les syst&#xe8;mes &#xe9;ducatifs, il proposera des lignes directrices pour soutenir l&#x2019;adoption durable et la mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle d&#x2019;innovations en IA responsable dans les syst&#xe8;mes &#xe9;ducatifs africains. 

Le projet fait partie du programme Intelligence artificielle pour le d&#xe9;veloppement, un partenariat de cinq ans entre le CRDI et le Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office du Royaume-Uni. Son objectif est de soutenir les politiques, les innovations et un leadership accru afin de stimuler une IA s&#xfb;re et responsable en Afrique. La vision est de soutenir un &#xe9;cosyst&#xe8;me d&#x2019;IA inclusif et responsable qui am&#xe9;liore la qualit&#xe9; de vie en Afrique et au-del&#xe0;.</narrative>
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