<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Do
you believe in digital equality and recognise the need for data justice to
underpin the adoption of advanced technologies for them to be truly developmental
and transformative? Are you interested in how, as a continent and globally, we
can promote Just AI – and in conducting research on how this can be achieved
through ensuring rights-preserving regulatory frameworks? How can we create a
safe, secure, and trusted environment for the developmental application of AI
and what economic and social regulations are required to ensure a better
distribution of the opportunities for innovation as well as mitigation of risks
associated with the uneven impacts of known harms?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RIA’s
Africa AI4D Policy Project invites applications for fellowships of three, six
or 12 months. The research agenda for the next three months will focus on Just
AI in three thematic areas: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sustainable
development and the circular economy</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Security
and trust</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data
and algorithmic governance</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><b>How
do I apply?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applicants
should submit, by 7 July 2021:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a
CV of max two pages long plus list of publications, </span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">the
names of two references,</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">two
recent writing examples (no older than one year) – one academic and one
informal in style, and</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a
motivation/cover letter, including a research idea of relevance to AI policy in
Africa.</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submit
your documentation to the HR Manager: admin@researchICTafrica.net</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">More details <a href="https://researchictafrica.net/2021/06/28/africa-ai4d-policy-project-call-for-fellowships/">here</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best Wishes,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Allan</span><br></p></div>