AI for Local Impact
by Global Center on AI Governance
Latest episode
Ep 7: Making Space for Africa’s Languages in AI
Ep 7: Making Space for Africa’s Languages in AI
About this podcast
Welcome to AI for Local Impact, a podcast exploring how artificial intelligence is shaping development through real-world work supported by the AI4D programme.
Each episode goes beyond hype to examine practical uses of AI across the Global South. You’ll hear from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and builders working close to the ground.
This work is produced by the Global Center on AI Governance and funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Learn more at ai4d.ai.
Episodes
- Ep 7: Making Space for Africa’s Languages in AI · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 7Who gets to be heard in the digital age? In this episode of AI for Local Impact, we speak with Professor Vukosi Marivate to explore why language inclusion is central to…
- Ep 6: LLM's - All or Nothing for Africa · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 6Should Africa go all in on large language models, or is that a bet the continent can't afford to make? This episode brings you a spirited debate on one of the most pressing…
- Ep 5: Scaling AI Responsibly: AfriAI’s Vision for an Inclusive Future · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this episode of AI for Local Impact, we head to Tanzania to explore how the AfriAI Lab at the University of Dodoma is advancing responsible, inclusive AI across sectors such…
- Ep 4: Regulate or Innovate? The AI Debate · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this special episode, members of the AI4D Network debate on one of the biggest questions in AI today: Does regulation hinder AI innovation? One side says yes, regulation slows…
- Ep 3: How One Center Is Shaping Burkina Faso's AI Future · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode of AI for Local Impact, Prof. Tegawendé Bissyandé explores how the Centre of Interdisciplinary Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (CITADEL) in…
- Ep 2: Ghana's Responsible AI Lab Story · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode, Professor Jerry John Kponyo introduces us to the Responsible AI Lab (RAIL) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. RAIL isn't your…
- Ep 1: Inside Makerere's Centre for AI · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 1In Episode 1 of the AI For Local Impact Podcast, Dr. Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende takes us inside the Makerere University Centre for AI in Uganda. She walks us through some of their…
