Why African communities should be training, and machines learning, or maybe not?

The project asks: “Who should own the data?” It envisions rural communities in the Global South as sustainable data enterprises and tackles the socio-economic challenges of data sovereignty to support scalable AI and long-term preservation. Participants engage in interactive sessions to design sustainable community enterprises grounded in ethical AI frameworks and data ownership models that drive economic growth. The project empowers communities to pursue sustainable AI development with tangible economic benefits.