Working Groups

Working Groups & Focus Areas

Collaborative platforms bringing together domain experts, researchers, and practitioners to drive ethical research, sovereign systems development, and data sharing standards across Africa.

COP In Summary

Welcome to the first Artificial Intelligence forum in Africa

AI has the potential to address challenges in sectors such as health, agriculture, climate, energy, and urban development. Our working groups bring together experts and practitioners to collaborate on responsible AI development across key sectors.

5 Working Groups
0 Research Papers
Data Systems

Data Working Group

Building robust, ethical, and scalable data systems for AI.

Design and improve data collection methods across sectors.
Build systems for secure data storage and sharing.
Analyze datasets to generate actionable insights.
Promote ethical data use and governance standards.
Mr. Muchiri Nyaggah
Mr. Brian Omwenga
Mr. Muchiri Nyaggah · Mr. Brian Omwenga
Data Working Group
Creative Economy

Creative Economy Working Group

Exploring how AI transforms creative industries and digital economies.

Experiment with AI in art, media, and storytelling.
Develop creative AI tools and applications.
Explore new business models for creators in the digital economy.
Mr. Erick Musyoka
Dr. Faith Njeri
Mr. Erick Musyoka · Dr. Faith Njeri
Creative Economy Working Group
Language & NLP

Language Working Group

Advancing AI for African languages through data, models, and deployment.

Advance NLP research for African languages.
Develop speech synthesis and recognition tools.
Document and preserve low-resource languages through technology.
Build multilingual datasets and evaluation benchmarks.
Dr. Lilian Wanzare
Prof. Edward Ombui
Dr. Lilian Wanzare · Prof. Edward Ombui
Language Working Group
Ethics & Policy

Ethics & Governance Working Group

Shaping policy, standards, and ethical frameworks for trustworthy AI.

Develop ethical AI frameworks and policy recommendations.
Promote responsible AI governance standards.
Facilitate dialogue between regulators and practitioners.
Support inclusive and transparent decision-making.
Amb. (Prof.) Bitange Ndemo, CBS
Martin Mbaya
Amb. (Prof.) Bitange Ndemo, CBS · Martin Mbaya
Ethics & Governance Working Group
Technical Sandbox

Sandbox Working Group

A technical playground for experimenting, building, and refining AI solutions.

Identify and evaluate emerging AI tools and platforms.
Build and test proof-of-concept prototypes.
Foster open-source collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Support sovereign infrastructure and compute initiatives.
Eng. Andrew Masila (PE)
Dr. Jude Mwenda
Eng. Andrew Masila (PE) · Dr. Jude Mwenda
Sandbox Working Group
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