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Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR): Recognizing Africa’s role in the global knowledge economy.
Joined July 2012
Merci de nous avoir rejoints pour la Conférence Annuelle #OpenAIR 2025! Un merci tout particulier à Dr. @HerveMboa qui nous a rappelé que l’Afrique peut adapter et réinventer les pratiques technologiques importées, et que l’innovation commence dans nos propres makerspaces. Les
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Thank you for joining us at the 2025 #OpenAIR Annual Lecture! Special thanks to Dr. @HerveMboa reminded us that Africa can adapt & reinvent imported tech practices, innovation begins in our own makerspaces. “#Makerspaces can be a catalyst for #AI innovation in Africa.” Huge
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Félicitations à Dr. @di_luvs_u, chercheuse Open AIR, pour la brillante soutenance de sa thèse de doctorat. Son travail réinvente la protection de la vie privée en Afrique comme relationnelle, collective et communautaire, proposant un cadre décolonial de protection des données
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Huge congratulations to Dr. @di_luvs_u, Open AIR researcher, on the successful defence of her PhD thesis. Her work reimagines privacy in Africa as relational, collective & communal, offering a decolonial framework for data protection grounded in African realities. #OpenAIR
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Things can get better. Makerspaces constitute a concrete Utopia for addressing infrastructural challenges in low-resource contexts "Makerspaces can be a catalyser for ai innovation in africa" Dr. @HerveMboa
#makerspaces
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#Openness has become a fundamental characteristic to build sustainable and scalable solutions - Encourage inclusion - Improve ownership - Consider traditional knowledge in the development AI solutions @HerveMboa
#traditionalknowledge #AIInnovation
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Key Takeaways #OPENAIR Annual lecture The way forward! Decolonized appropriation Africa has the power and the ability to reject what does not correspond to the realities of her people. Imported Practices can be TRANSFORMED, ADAPTED and REINVENTED to suit the needs of the
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Did you know that the discourse pushing the AI Narrative fails to consider local realities in Africa, posing even more challenges hindering the advancement of AI Applications across the continent? Dr. @HerveMboa explains in this insightful lecture
Happening now! The #OpenAIR Annual Lecture 2025 is underway at @uOttawa, featuring Dr. @HerveMboa speaking on “Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age.” Stay tuned as we share key takeaways from this engaging session #AIinAfrica #InnovationJustice #DigitalInclusion
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Happening now! The #OpenAIR Annual Lecture 2025 is underway at @uOttawa, featuring Dr. @HerveMboa speaking on “Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age.” Stay tuned as we share key takeaways from this engaging session #AIinAfrica #InnovationJustice #DigitalInclusion
We’re excited to invite you to the 2025 Open AIR Annual Lecture at @CDTSuOttawaCLTS Theme: Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age: Openness, Communication & Technocoloniality When: Oct 23 from 11:30–12:50 PM EST Where: 57 louis Pasteur, Fauteux Hall 302 Speaker: @HerveMboa
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Grande nouvelle! Les chercheurs d’#OpenAIR ont obtenu un financement de 750 000$ CA du @IDRC_CRDI et du @FCDOGovUK pour un nouveau projet: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation. (Catalyser le potentiel de l’IA en Afrique grâce à l’innovation en matière de
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Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through...
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Big news! Open AIR researchers have secured CAD 750K from @IDRC_CRDI & @FCDOGovUK for a new project: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation. Led by @chythepenguide, the team is exploring how IP can empower Africa’s AI ecosystem. Read more:
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Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through...
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Le réseau @Afrinnovation accueille 7 nouvelles chercheuses et nouveaux chercheurs de niveau doctoral et postdoctoral dans le cadre du programme de bourses de la reine Elizabeth, volet Chercheurs de niveau supérieur (BRE-CNS) – Afrique de l’Ouest. https://t.co/wmHmIcxLDo
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Nous sommes ravis de vous inviter à la Conférence annuelle Open AIR 2025 au @CDTSuOttawaCLTS Thème: Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age: Openness, Communication & Technocoloniality (Repenser l’innovation à l’ère de l’IA en Afrique: ouverture, communication et
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Comment la propriété intellectuelle peut-elle stimuler l’#ActionClimatique? Les chercheurs du réseau #OpenAIR ont obtenu une subvention de partenariat de 2,5 M$ du @SSHRC_CRSH pour le Partenariat Canada-Afrique sur la PI pour l’Action Climatique, faisant progresser la justice
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Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded $2.5 million CAD through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Grants program to...
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How can IP fuel #ClimateAction? Researchers from #OpenAIR have landed a $2.5M @SSHRC_CRSH Partnership Grant for the Canada-Africa Partnership on IP for Climate Action, advancing climate justice through inclusive innovation Led by @uOttawa's Profs. @jdebeer & @chidi_oguamanam
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Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded $2.5 million CAD through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Grants program to...
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Félicitations au Prof @chidi_oguamanam d'Open AIR pour l'obtention d'une subvention Savoir du @SSHRC_CRSH! Son nouveau projet collaborera avec les communautés autochtones afin de s'assurer que leurs voix influencent la gouvernance de la propriété intellectuelle et de l'innovation
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Congrats to Open AIR’s Prof. @chidi_oguamanam on receiving a @SSHRC_CRSH Insight Grant! His new project will work with Indigenous communities to ensure their voices shape how IP and innovation are governed in Canada and beyond. 🔗 https://t.co/WbxJWZZe2U
#OpenAIR #SSHRC
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From the rapid digitization of genetic resources to evolving international legal frameworks, the stakes for Indigenous self-determination in knowledge governance have never been higher.A new research...
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L’IA peut transformer l’avenir de l’Afrique – si le droit de la PI évolue aussi. Des chercheurs d’@Afrinnovation ont reçu un financement du @CRDI_IDRC pour repenser la gouvernance de l’IA et de la PI en faveur d’une innovation inclusive. #IA4D
https://t.co/C6sJq0Fp3Y
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AI can transform Africa’s future – but only if IP law keeps pace. @Afrinnovation researchers have secured funding from @IDRC_CRDI to reimagine AI & IP governance for inclusive innovation. #AI4D Read more: https://t.co/d52VDZj3WN
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Nous sommes ravis de vous inviter à la Conférence annuelle Open AIR 2025 au @CDTSuOttawaCLTS Thème: Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age: Openness, Communication & Technocoloniality (Repenser l’innovation à l’ère de l’IA en Afrique: ouverture, communication et
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