EAC and Germany launch second AI challenge targeting 20,000 East Africans
Through AI4EAC, the EAC and Germany are seeking to build on these efforts by placing emerging technology and young innovators at the centre of the region’s digital transformation. The post EAC and Germany launch second AI challenge targeting 20,000 East Africans appeared first on KBC Digital .
The East African Community (EAC) and Germany have launched the second edition of the EAC Artificial Intelligence Challenge, known as AI4EAC, aiming to involve 20,000 East Africans in developing AI skills and solutions for regional issues. The initiative, which targets skilling and innovation across the eight EAC Partner States, has secured US$50,000 in prize funding and introduces a new Ebola Response Challenge to enhance disease outbreak detection, preparedness, and response using AI.
This comes as the EAC enhances regional capacity in technology and health security, building on Germany's previous cooperation in pandemic preparedness, including lessons from the Ebola outbreak. EAC Deputy Secretary General Andrea Aguer Ariik highlighted the importance of equipping East Africans with relevant skills and fostering stronger partnerships to harness AI for regional development, job creation, and improved public services.
The challenge, open to innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs across the region, also brings in new strategic partners like Equity Group Holdings and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to strengthen collaboration in AI research, digital skills development, and innovation. The EAC has emphasized the need for regional cooperation in health emergencies, and AI4EAC aims to build upon existing initiatives by centering emerging technology and young innovators in the region's digital transformation.
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