Africa
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Africa"
WHO and UN Global Pulse are building a social listening radio tool to aid the COVID-19 infodemic response
WHO and UN Global Pulse are embarking today on a new venture to analyse content shared on public radio across the African continent to support infodemic monitoring.
Fusing AI into satellite image analysis to inform rapid response to floods
Teams at UNITAR-UNOSAT and UN Global Pulse apply AI to satellite imagery to quickly map flooded areas.
Building capacity to generate statistics from mobile phone records to support COVID-19 response
A few weeks ago, UN Global Pulse organized a series of webinars meant to assist National Statistics Bureaus in Africa with using mobile phone data to respond to, and to
UN entities partner to strengthen work to counter the COVID-19 infodemic
People worldwide will be better able to spot the difference between information and misinformation about COVID-19, as a result of a new co-operation within the UN system.
Using speech-to-text technology to support response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak has generated a vast amount of research to support detection, patterns of transmission, treatment, development of vaccines and impacts of the pandemic. At UN Global Pulse, we
New decade, renewed priorities for UN Global Pulse
It’s been a decade since UN Global Pulse was set up inside the office of the UN Secretary-General to unearth the power of big data and analytics to protect vulnerable
Building ethical AI approaches in the African context
The UN Secretary-General’s Strategy on New Technologies calls for the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies — like the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, blockchain, robotics, autonomous vehicles,
When Old Technology Meets New: How UN Global Pulse is Using Radio and AI to Leave No Voice Behind
This story is a contribution by UN Global Pulse to a new series launched by the UN Foundation. The #InnovationInAction series showcases the many ways the United Nations is innovating to better deliver
Unpacking the Issue of Missed Use and Misuse of Data
Just because data misuse is at the forefront of recent conversations, we shouldn’t ignore the harms associated with missed use. Lost opportunities to use big data to achieve the Sustainable
