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I'm excited to share my latest policy brief publication in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Security Studies - IPSS's Tana Papers 2024 series! In this paper, I investigated how AI and Big Data can strengthen climate resilience and disaster preparedness, drawing on the lessons I gathered from Kenya and Ethiopia’s response to the 2019–2021 desert locust crisis. I argue that tailored national AI strategies, robust data infrastructure, and ethical frameworks must be developed, alongside cross-sector and continental collaboration, to ensure AI’s transformative potential is harnessed responsibly and effectively. It was a pleasure working with the editing team at IPSS, I'm grateful to be published amongst some amazing researchers. For the full publication visit IPSS's website here: https://lnkd.in/eaVcndXP #AI #Policybrief #AIpolicy #DisasterPreparedness #DesertLocusts #AfricanAIpolicy