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ADAI Circle
Also known as Africa Deep Artificial Intelligence Circle, Adai Circle
A refugee-founded technology education organisation established in Dzaleka in 2020, teaching artificial intelligence, data science, and software development, with an innovation hub that offers internet access.
History
ADAI Circle — Africa Deep Artificial Intelligence Circle — was established in Dzaleka on 2 February 2020 by Byamasu Patrick Paul and Amisi Hassan Jospin. It concentrates on artificial intelligence and data science, alongside software development and hardware design. Its innovation hub also offers internet access, which is otherwise scarce and expensive in the camp.
MIT partnerships
Co-founder Amisi Hassan Jospin’s route ran through MIT’s Emerging Talent programme, and the organisation has adopted the MIT Bootcamps model for its annual hackathon. In 2023, ADAI Circle connected with MIT’s Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) initiative, piloting the Responsible AI for Computational Action curriculum with students in the camp — covering skills such as chatbots and natural language processing.
Context
ADAI Circle is one of several refugee-founded technology education initiatives in Dzaleka, alongside TakeNoLab and the Dzaleka AppFactory.
References
Sources
- 1MIT RAISE: Teaching 25 Million Students AI Is Something You Build
DEEP Education Network
- 2"We Offer Another Place For Knowledge"
Mirage News
- 3Adai Circle Malawi
Dzaleka Connect
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People
Amisi Hassan Jospin
Refugee AI researcher, machine learning developer at Rexplore Research Labs, MIT Emerging Talent fellow, and co-founder of ADAI Circle.
People
Byamasu Patrick Paul
CEO and Chief Research Scientist at Rexplore Research Labs, tech educator, and co-founder of ADAI Circle in Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
Education
Dzaleka AppFactory
A software-development training programme launched in Dzaleka in 2017 through Microsoft 4Afrika and UNHCR's Connectivity for Refugees initiative.
Education
Education in Dzaleka
Public, private, community, and post-secondary education in Dzaleka, including the Malawi curriculum and long-running scholarship and digital-learning programmes.
Institution
Refugee-led organisations in Dzaleka
Organisations founded or led by refugees that provide education, advocacy, technology, livelihoods, arts, protection, and mutual support within Dzaleka and beyond.
People
Remy Gakwaya
Burundian technologist and educator who founded TakeNoLab in Dzaleka and helped expand access to coding and digital skills in the camp.
Place
Dzaleka Refugee Camp
A long-established refugee settlement in Dowa District, Malawi, opened in 1994 and now home to a large, multilingual community from the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.
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