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Dec 12, 2022

Afro-Feminist AI Governance: Challenges and Insights from the 2022 Internet Governance Forum

At the 2022 Internet Governance Forum, Pollicy had a productive and thought-provoking discussion on the emerging field of Afro-Feminist AI Governance. As AI technologies become increasingly embedded in everyday life, and especially in the Global South, there is a need to ensure that these technologies are designed, deployed and managed…

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Afro-Feminist AI Governance: Challenges and Insights from the 2022 Internet Governance Forum
Afro-Feminist AI Governance: Challenges and Insights from the 2022 Internet Governance Forum

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Dec 1, 2022

Breaking down barriers to data literacy for marginalised communities in Uganda

Breaking down barriers to data literacy for marginalised communities in Uganda King Leticia (pronouns they/them)* , works for one of the leading and pioneer marginalised communities organisations in Uganda. Like many of their community members, they continue to shy away from research and data when designing projects. To them, there…

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Breaking down barriers to data literacy for marginalised communities in Uganda
Breaking down barriers to data literacy for marginalised communities in Uganda

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Nov 28, 2022

Feminist Movement Building at the IGF 2022: Pollicy’s participation

Feminist Movement Building at the IGF 2022: Pollicy’s participation This year, Pollicy is actively taking part in the 2022 Internet Governance Forum happening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia starting today November 28th to December 2nd. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals…

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Feminist Movement Building at the IGF 2022: Pollicy’s participation
Feminist Movement Building at the IGF 2022: Pollicy’s participation

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Oct 31, 2022

Formalizing the role of intermediaries in Digital Creative Industries in Africa

From the 17th to 20th of October 2022 Pollicy together with other partners from across Africa took part in the first ever Pan African Forum for intermediaries in the Digital Creative Industries under the Fak’ugesi Festival at the Tshimologong Precinct under Wits University in Johannesburg. As part of this forum…

Africa

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Formalizing the role of intermediaries in Digital Creative Industries in Africa
Formalizing the role of intermediaries in Digital Creative Industries in Africa
Africa

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Oct 31, 2022

Rethinking our approach to analyzing Digital Creative Industries (DCIs) in Uganda

A considerable wealth of data exists on the more established sectors of Uganda’s economy including agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Despite the continued growth of creative industries including digital creative industries (DCIs) in the country over the years, there remain significant data gaps on the sector which in many ways hampers…

Creative

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Rethinking our approach to analyzing Digital Creative Industries (DCIs) in Uganda
Rethinking our approach to analyzing Digital Creative Industries (DCIs) in Uganda
Creative

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Oct 13, 2022

Big Data, Little Data, and Everything in Between at this Year’s DataFest Africa

“The more people access or use data in Africa, the more concerns arise over misuse or unethical use of data and the need to promote data governance on the continent.”- Alice Namuli, DataFest Africa main event keynote speaker Countries across the African continent continue to take positive strides towards the…

Data

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Big Data, Little Data, and Everything in Between at this Year’s DataFest Africa
Big Data, Little Data, and Everything in Between at this Year’s DataFest Africa
Data

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Oct 3, 2022

The Digital Divide Extends to Language: What Now?

Introduction More than 5 billion people globally now have some form of access to the Internet and/or digital platforms. Their use ranges from social media platforms including WhatsApp or Facebook to localized applications for micro-loans and crop projections. Yet, keyboards are not designed for many non-English languages, especially those that do…

Internet

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The Digital Divide Extends to Language: What Now?
The Digital Divide Extends to Language: What Now?
Internet

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·Sep 10, 2022

What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?

“If someone sends you a 20MB dataset file and claims they have sent you big data, send them a link to this blog post” Why? That might be a large dataset but it isn’t big data. So what is big data then? Big data refers to data that is so…

Big Data

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What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?
What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?
Big Data

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Aug 30, 2022

What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?

“If someone sends you a 20MB dataset file and claims they have sent you big data, send them a link to this blog post” Why? That might be a large dataset but it isn’t big data. So what is big data then? Big data refers to data that is so…

Big Data

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What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?
What is big data, anyway? And how is it impacting people’s livelihoods in 2022?
Big Data

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Aug 10, 2022

Meet the Fellows: Reflections on lessons, skills and growth during the 2022 Pollicy Fellowship Programme

Since 2017, we have been running a fellowship program that aims to introduce students and young professionals to civic technology initiatives while enabling them to utilise their development skills to create innovative data products and/or initiatives by the end of their fellowship. Beyond the fellowship, some of these young fellows…

Civictech

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Meet the Fellows: Reflections on lessons, skills and growth during the 2022 Pollicy Fellowship…
Meet the Fellows: Reflections on lessons, skills and growth during the 2022 Pollicy Fellowship…
Civictech

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