African AI & Equality Toolbox | AI4KSL: Building Kenyan Sign Language Datasets with Communities

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Discover one of the videos in the African AI & Equality Toolbox, strategic initiative empowering African stakeholders—including policymakers, technologists, civil society actors, and communities—to shape Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that are inclusive, contextually relevant, and grounded in human rights.

Developed by Women at the Table and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), and adapted from the global AI & Equality Human Rights Toolbox Initiative in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this African version provides practical tools, guidelines, and methodologies to support equitable AI development across Africa.
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The KSL experience demonstrates that language AI can serve human rights and linguistic justice when developed with genuine community participation throughout the lifecycle. This approach results in more culturally authentic, community-controlled, and sustainable systems that empower rather than marginalize linguistic communities, creating technology that truly serves the right to language and cultural expression.

This case study analyzes research conducted by Dr. Lilian Wanzare, Dr. Joel Okutoyi, Dr. Mildred Ayere and Dr. Maureen Kang’ahi of Maseno University, examining Kenyan Sign Language across Kenya, HomaBay, Siaya, Kisumu, Kakamega and Vihiga counties in Western Kenya, between 2023 - 2024. This research was supported by #EduAI Hub at the University of Lagos as part of a project under AI4D Africa. AI4D is a collaborative initiative by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Sweden.

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