Uncategorized | The Africa-Canada AI & Data Innovation Consortium

We are hiring: Chief Scientist

jdkong — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:27:12 +0000

We are hiring! are you passionate about using artificial intelligence to help governments and communities in the Global South prepare and respond to disease outbreaks? Are you passionate about working closely with governments, public health agencies, civil society and other actors to generate new knowledge and collaborations to inform practice and policies at subnational, national, regional and global levels?
Please come and join our network! We are looking for a chief scientist for our Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network (Global South AI4EP Network). Base salary: $80,000/year.

Link: /science/mathstats/acadic/wp-content/uploads/sites/220/2022/10/Job-Description-Chief-Scientist.pdf

We are hiring: communication and community engagement officer

jdkong — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:24:12 +0000

We are hiring! are you passionate about using artificial intelligence to help governments and communities in the Global South prepare and respond to disease outbreaks? Are you passionate about working closely with governments, public health agencies, civil society and other actors to generate new knowledge and collaborations to inform practice and policies at subnational, national, regional and global levels?
Please come and join our network! We are looking for a communication and community engagement offer for our Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network (Global South AI4EP Network). Base salary: $70,000/year.

Link: /science/mathstats/acadic/wp-content/uploads/sites/220/2022/10/Job-Description-Partnership-_-Communications-Officer.pdf

We are hiring: Network Manager

jdkong — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:22:04 +0000

We are hiring! are you passionate about using artificial intelligence to help governments and communities in the Global South prepare and respond to disease outbreaks? Are you passionate about working closely with governments, public health agencies, civil society and other actors to generate new knowledge and collaborations to inform practice and policies at subnational, national, regional and global levels?
Please come and join our network! We are looking for a network manager for our Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network (Global South AI4EP Network). Base salary: $80,000/year.

Link:/science/mathstats/acadic/wp-content/uploads/sites/220/2022/10/Job-Description-Network-Manager.pdf

The Power of Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa

jdkong — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:23:31 +0000

With the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines in many African countries and new variants on the rise, real-time delivery of reliable and comprehensive information is crucial for guiding government policies and practices. Supported by Canada’s International Development Center (IDRC) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) as part of the Global South AI4COVID program, the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium (known as ACADIC) is providing locally-nuanced data insights to inform public health decision making, as well as vaccination roll-out strategies. With a view to scaling up approaches across the continent, the team is leveraging big data and AI-based techniques in nine African countries, namely Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Cameroon national television travelled to the University of Buea, Cameroon to find out what our project that everyone is talking about in Cameroon is all about. Please find out what ACADIC team leader in Cameroon, Prof. Ngwa Gideon has to say!!

jdkong — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 02:35:14 +0000

Our team leader in Cameroon, Prof. Ngwa Gideon addressing dis- and miss-information about COVID-19 & COVID-19 vaccines in the most popular tv station in Cameroon

jdkong — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 02:31:20 +0000

The vice chancellor of the University of Buea on the day of the IDRC project launch emphasizing the importance of the work we are doing.

jdkong — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 02:24:15 +0000

We will be live on CRTV South West and Mount Cameroon FM on August 28, 2021 from 8-10 AM Cameroon time to answer the following questions:

jdkong — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 23:54:19 +0000

What is the IDRC-SIDA �첥��Ƶ led project about?
How are Cameroonians benefitting from the project?
How is the University of Buea benefitting from the partnership to fight COVID-19 with �첥��Ƶ and 8 other Universities in Africa?
Why is the Canadian International Development Agency helping Cameroon with COVID-19 by funding such an important project?

Cameroon Crtv interview: Prof. Ngwa Gideon, ACADIC team leader in Cameroon, shares how ACADIC is using AI and BIGData to inform COVID-19 response and policies in Cameroon.

jdkong — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:02:52 +0000

Toronto Star Interview: �첥��Ƶ leads team that uses artificial intelligence to fight COVID-19 in Africa

jdkong — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:44:57 +0000

A collaboration led by �첥��Ƶ is using artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to fight the spread of COVID-19 in Africa. Please click on the this link for the interview