CDAC Network

📣 CDAC Network members! Have you got your tickets for the Members AGA yet? It's the last few days to register to join us for the event on 3-4 Dec in Nairobi or online. 🗓️ If you haven't got your ticket yet, follow the link for details and registration > https://lnkd.in/eiiZKa38

📣 CDAC Network members! We are offering a free two-day training for practitioners on communication, community engagement and accountability on 4-5 December in Nairobi. 🌍 Practitioners from and operating in East Africa will receive priority, with a special focus on Sudan given its L3 status. Please share with anyone you know who might be interested and contact info@ cdacnetwork.org to sign up.

Excited to see so many people coming to CDAC Network’s 2024 Public Forum in Nairobi - we're now sold out in person! You can still tune in online to hear Nyalleng Moorosi, Patrick Gathara, and Monica Nthiga discuss how ethical AI, accountable data and community-driven tech can shift power and enhance equity in humanitarian action.

We are excited to announce some brilliant new speakers for CDAC Network's Public Forum! Patrick Gathara from The New Humanitarian and Monica Nthiga will be joining us alongside Nyalleng Moorosi for a conversation on community participation in data and AI. We are now sold out in person, but you can still join the event online 💻

💻 Do you want to learn about Community Crisis Intelligence? Now is your chance! Data Friendly Space collaborated with the Centre for Collective Intelligence Nesta, CDAC Network, and Humanitarian Leadership Academy to bring an e-learning course focused on Community Crisis Intelligence: Elevating Community Voices! This 1.5-hour course dives into the innovative world of Community Crisis Intelligence (CCI) – combining crowdsourced data with AI to revolutionise crisis response and recovery. 🔗 To access the course, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/daMwqfMV This course was supported by UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub

📰 AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides... Read insights from CDAC's Executive Director, Helen McElhinney, and others in this timely The Associated Press article: https://lnkd.in/eqz7uJPM #AI4good #HumanitarianTech

📢 Calling all changemakers: Let's shift the power in humanitarian data! 🌐 As the #WorldDataForum unfolds this week in Colombia, we’re thrilled to announce CDAC's collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data on the Data Values Advocates Program! In a world where data has the power to shape outcomes in conflicts and crises, we believe it’s time to shift the power – ensuring that communities have the tools, skills and platform to leverage data for their own needs. Now in its third cohort, the Data Values Advocates Program empowers grassroots advocates to transform how data is used in crisis-affected areas – focusing on equity, accountability and amplifying local voices✊ 🎯 But we can't do this alone! We're calling on potential sponsors and partners to join us in this journey. Your support can help us scale our impact, ensuring that data becomes a tool for empowerment, not exploitation. 👉 Discover more about this initiative and how you can support it: https://lnkd.in/egGeKCG5 #DataValues #HumanitarianData #DataEquity #Localisation #DataForGood #AI4Good #CommIsAid

What a great way to start the week, bringing together the 2024 #DataValues in Medellín for a workshop with Data4Change on data collection and visualization and what's next for them! If you're in Medellín for the #WorldDataForum, check the program to see where you can hear more from our advocates and join the #DataValues session on co-creating data action in the digital age on Thursday! Dig deeper on #DataValues in the new blog with the CDAC Network https://buff.ly/3YIwfqW

🚀 Announcing our keynote speaker for CDAC Network’s 2024 Public Forum: Nyalleng Moorosi! 🌍 Nyalleng, a senior researcher at The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), is a leading voice in rethinking AI to prioritise the needs of marginalised communities. With a passion for democratising AI, she’s dedicated to ensuring technology serves everyone. On 2 December at iHUB Nairobi & online, Nyalleng will share insights on how we can build accountable, community-centered AI that shifts power back to those most affected by crises. Grab your free ticket now: https://lnkd.in/e2muqTfd 🎟️ #HumanitarianTech #AI4Good #EthicalAI #InclusiveTech #DataForPeople #CommIsAid

💬 “Both frontline responders and communities say that information disorder is now a top security risk. They know how to navigate a fragile operating context, but they don’t know how to engage with and keep themselves from disinformation attacks.” – CDAC’s Executive Director Helen McElhinney speaking at today’s webinar to launch the Creating Hope in Conflict: a Humanitarian Grand Challenge report on Misinformation, Disinformation, and Hate Speech in Humanitarian Crises.   📖 Read the report: https://lnkd.in/dJdc4V7q #MDH #disinformation #HumanitarianAction #CommIsAid