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Event 1:
AI Security and Discourse in Global Africa: A Community-led Dialogue
Date:
June 12 (Thursday)
7:00–8:30 PM East Africa Time / 9:00–10:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Platform:Â HiA Collab
Purpose:
To create an inclusive and continental space for African and African diaspora
communities to discuss the current conversations, concerns, and initiatives around AI
and security.
The session will be dialogical rather than didactic, fostering collective
exploration and listening.
Objectives:
• Understand local, regional, and diaspora narratives on AI and security.
• Explore how youth from different regions conceptualize risk, opportunity, and agency.
• Introduce comparative perspectives from outside Africa (USA, Brazil, China).
• Begin surfacing themes for deeper analysis in the June 12 webinar.
Hourly Schedule
Event 1: AI Security and Discourse in Global Africa: A Community-led Dialogue
(Schedule below in EAT Zone) |
Platform: HiA Collab
- 19:05 - 19:20
- Welcome and Introductions (participant inclusive)
- Karen Hoshino (Stanford University)
- 19:20 - 19:25
- Perspectives on AI and Security from the USA, China, Brazil
- Presented by Karen Hoshino & Fujie Zhang (Stanford University)
- 19:25 - 19:50
- Panelist Presentations (5 mins each)
- Rachel Magege (Pollicy), Essa Mohamedali (Tanzania AI Lab & Community), Femi Omere & Alexander Otuka (Hosted in Africa), Dr. José Cossa (Stanford University)
- 19:55 - 20:25
- Open Dialogue with Participants: Share Current Conversations,
Concerns, and Initiatives around AI and Security
- Moderated Discussion by Karen Hoshino & Fujie Zhang (Stanford University)
- 20:25 - 20:30
- Reflections, Key Takeaways and Closing Remarks | Overview of next
steps and announcement of Event 2
- Karen Hoshino & Fujie Zhang (Stanford University)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/Manaus
- Date: 12 Jun 2025
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
More Info
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Organizer
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Stanford University
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Website
https://ed.stanford.edu/ice Stanford Graduate School of Education is dedicated to solving education's greatest challenges. Through rigorous research, model training programs and partnerships with educators worldwide, we're pursuing equitable, accessible and effective learning for all. The International Comparative Education (ICE) concentration is a multidisciplinary, international, cross-national program that places educational problems into a comparative framework.
Other Organizers
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Hosted in Africa
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Email
welcome@hostedinafrica.com -
Website
https://www.hostedinafrica.com/ Hosted in Africa (HiA) is providing communities across the continent and diaspora with independent digital ecosystems, leveraging self hosted and open source technologies for a more autonomous way to experience the tech world.Inspired by uBuntu, HiA isn't just about disruptive innovation, it's about ensuring that our data and technologies remain anchored to what it means to be human. We are-empowering communities and regenerating holistic wealth and connection across Global Africa, one digital space at a time.
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AI 4 Afrika
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Website
https://www.ai4afrika.com/ We are a team of innovators magnifying Afrika's potential with AI driven solutions. We believe Afrikan voices, perspectives and experiences matter in the artificial intelligence discourse. For too long we've been ignored. AI 4 Afrika is working to fix this.
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Tanzania AI Lab & Community
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Website
https://ailab.co.tz/ Tanzania AI Lab & Community aspires to empower anyone in Tanzania to access the potential of AI for the growth of themselves and the nation.Exists to bring together and connect those passionate in AI and social impact to work together in facing the challenges around us.
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Pollicy
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Website
https://pollicy.org/ Pollicy functions at the intersection of data, technology and design to improve government service delivery.
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