The SIVIO Institute is a Mozilla IRL Fund Awardee. It has developed a tool to measure the effectiveness of financial inclusion policies aimed at Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) – a critical first step in ensuring the success of smaller businesses.
AirQo, a research initiative at Makerere University and 2024 Mozilla Technology Fund Awardee, has announced the AirQo African Air Quality Prediction Challenge. The competition invites data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts worldwide to use satellite data to create innovative models predicting air quality (PM2.5 levels) across Africa.
In preparation for the launch of the next phase of the Responsible Computing Challenge in South Africa, the team held a series of in-person meetings with universities in the Western Cape and Gauteng to discuss regional topics and focus areas relating to education and responsible technology.
Wezesha na Kabambe is a chatbot for smallholder farmers that isn’t reliant on internet connectivity and works on basic mobile or “feature” phones. Its creators hail from four different universities in Kenya, the U.K., and the U.S. and are the recipients of a Mozilla Common Voice grant.
At the Data Futures Lab, we work to shift power in the data economy from a few companies to many users, builders, and communities across the technology spectrum. This year, through our Prototype Fund, we set out to explore how data donation initiatives were modeling alternatives to top down or exploitative data relationships.
This is a profile of Mozilla Technology Fund awardee CheckFirst. Through their CrossOver project, they have been investigating disinformation peddled through algorithmic content recommendations on platforms such as Google News, Twitter, and YouTube in eight French-speaking countries and regions.
