FATES of Africa

For the FATES of Africa: A co-developed pipeline for responsible AI in online learning across Africa focuses attention on a population that is vast on a global scale, yet is often left behind: namely, online learners in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Our partnership will develop a ‘how-to’ pipeline for protecting and championing responsible AI among SSA online learners: from the conception of an online learning idea, through iterative design and development, until the moment of scale. We will deliver a comprehensive programme of consultation across the edtech ecosystem in SSA. Finally, an openly available Toolkit will be published, alongside policy and academic papers, as outputs from this project.

In partnership are cross-sector colleagues from around the globe with, among other named team members:
- Nora McIntyre as Principal Investigator in University of Southampton;
- Sebastian Stein, Indu Prasad Bodala, and Zhaoxing Li as Co-Investigators in University of Southampton;
- Natalie Tegama and Tim O'Riordan as Participants in University of Southampton;
- Judy Van Biljon as team lead with Mc Donald van der Merwe for UNISA (University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika);
- Adele Botha as team lead for Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
- Richard Marett as team lead with Junaid Mubeen for Whizz Education UK & Kenya;
- Raïssa Malu as team lead for Investing In People ASBL DRC, and
- Teresa Cerratto Pargman as team lead for Stockholm University.

Contact: fates@soton.ac.uk
Visit the Responsible Ai UK website: https://rai.ac.uk/research/international-partnership-projects/