Promoting data-driven community transformation for sustainable development
We are working with young people in the lake region to build capacity, evidence, governance and innovations needed to ensure data and AI work for communities.
Build capacity
Govern
(Rights, accountability & responsibility)
Innovate
(Public-interest platforms, Social enterprise)
Generate evidence/lessons
Scale
(Influence/ Advocate)
IDL Thematic Pillars
Capacity
Building the skills and agency of young people and grassroot organizations to generate, use evidence, and meaningfully participate in data, AI and digital transformation
Governance
Advancing data & digital rights, digital safety, accountability and responsible data and AI; including building community movements’ power to participate and hold systems accountable
Innovation
Co-creating, testing and scaling public-interest data and AI solutions to actual community challenges and advance inclusive participation in the digital economy.
- Digital Rights, Safety and Data Governance
- Data and AI Capacity
- Digital Rights, Safety and Data Governance
- Data and AI Innovation Labs
- Evidence, Learning and Systems Change
Public-Interest Tech
IDL supports local innovators, STEM institutions, civil societies, decision makers and communities to co-create, test and scale responsible data and AI solutions to public-interest challenges
IDL incubates and tests community-focused, responsible technology solutions, supporting their scaling and commercialisation.
Ijue Data Yako Initiative
The Problem
Kenya's Data Protection Act (2019) is landmark legislation, but without grassroots enforcement, it remains an abstraction for most community organizations, the second largest holders of community data after the government agencies.
IDL Fix
IDL translates complex legal frameworks into actionable organizational procedures, moving organizations from abstract understanding to formal ODPC registration and operational compliance. For us, Compliance is not a checkbox but a culture shift
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