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🎉 Call for Demos🎉 Are you working at the intersection of African knowledge systems and tech? Showcase your live demos, immersive exhibits, performances, & prototypes! Demo track celebrates & critically engages w/ African traditions through digital experiences #AfriCHI2025 1/2

🚨Deadline: June 1st for Case Studies track at #AfriCHI 2025 We invite submissions from industry, communities, the public sector, & academia. 📢 Share your projects, experiences, insights that bridge theory & practice 🤝 Foster collaboration & knowledge-sharing across #Africa

In Scientific American, Asmelash Teka & I ask: "In the age of unbridled AI hype, with the likes of Elon Musk claiming to build a “maximally truth-seeking AI,” how did we come to have less reliable speech recognition systems than we did before?" 🧵 scientificamerican.com/article/replac…

Today, we’re honoring the lives of the 32 Hokies who were tragically taken from their loved ones and the Virginia Tech community on April 16, 2007. On the 2025 Day of Remembrance, we're honoring the lasting impact they continue to have on our world. #VTWeRemember 🧡

📢 #AfriCHI 2025 Notes Submission Deadline Approaching! ⏰ Just a few days left to submit your short papers! 🗓️ Deadline: April 26, 2025 Don’t miss the chance to contribute to this year’s theme: “Recentering African Wisdom in HCI” 👉 africhi2025.org/call-for-parti… #HCI #AfricaInTech

Our call for papers is still open until May 20, 2025, 11:59 PM AoE ! Accepted papers will be presented at the Research in Africa Showcase session during the Deep Learning Indaba annual event in Kigali, Rwanda. Link to apply 👉deeplearningindaba.com/2025/publicati…

Are you an HCI expert? Share your knowledge and education methods with the African HCI community by submitting a proposal to the Courses track at #AfriCHI (4-8 November 2025). More info at africhi2025.org/call-for-parti… Deadline 15 June 2025. #CallForParticipation #HCI

#AfriCHI2025 is debuting LEAP Paper track. A Fast-track for previously peer-reviewed HCI papers but not published, now revised and ready for resubmission. Accepted papers will be included in ACM Digital Library & presented at Africhi25 Deadline: June 15! africhi2025.org/call-for-parti…

🔦Voices of AfriCHI🔦 Member of the #AfriCHI Advisory Committee, Prof. Nic Bidwell co-founded AfriCHI. Focusing on rural and Indigenous communities, she explores culturally and ecologically sensitive technologies, ensuring that innovations align with local values & sustainability

🚨#AfriCHI’25 Leap Track CfP 📅June 15 Do you have a previously peer-reviewed HCI papers aligned w/ "Re-centering African Wisdom in HCI"? Publish it through the #AfriCHI Leap Track! 📂 Submit a new version w/ original, reviews, rebuttal, cover letter 🔗 africhi2025.org/call-for-parti…

🚨Upcoming Deadlines Two exciting opportunities to be part of #AfriCHI 2025 📌 Case Studies: June 1st africhi2025.org/call-for-parti… 📌 Interactive Demos: June 2nd africhi2025.org/call-for-parti… Share your work with the broader HCI and tech-for-development community #TechForGood #Innovation

📣 Join us for a session on the transition to ACM Open - 100% open access - on Monday, June 2, 7-8pm UTC! Find details at sigchi.org/events/open-se…

✨ Design Tribes is not a workshop or a talk. It’s a collaborative design experience — and it’s happening live at #AfriCHI, brought by Webkeyz. Imagine a space where designers, researchers, thinkers, and change-makers come together to co-create.

We are almost there!! Now we need your voice and suppport more than ever!

Hey The New York Times, why don’t you publish headlines like this?

The #DLI Community Challenge winners will take home: 🥇 $3,000 🥈 $2,000 🥉 $1,000 Build something impactful. Get recognised. Get funded. Africa’s next big AI idea could be yours. 🌍💡We look forward to sharing the results with you !

Our Workshop calls are still OPEN! - DS4Health: Call for lightning talks - deadline 20 July. Human-AI Interaction in the Global Majority: Call for use cases – deadline 25 July. - AI for a Climate-Resilient Africa: Call for lightning talks – deadline 31 July. - AI for Business

Thank you Microsoft Research Africa for your support. We look forward to your participation in the conference.