GenAI for Africa

The main goal of this opportunity is to use Generative AI (GenAI) to solve important societal challenges in Africa. The initiative focuses on empowering local technology companies to create innovative solutions that address the specific needs of rural communities and women. Key areas include improving agriculture with AI, enhancing healthcare (including gender-sensitive approaches), optimizing infrastructure and urban planning, and advancing digital skills and personalized learning. The program encourages co-creation, living labs, and collaboration with existing EU projects, all within the African context.

• Projects must focus on applying GenAI to address challenges in agriculture, healthcare, infrastructure, or digital learning in Africa.
• Solutions should be tailored to the needs of rural communities or women.
• Proposals must involve local technology companies or start-ups in Africa.
• Projects should use co-creation or living lab approaches to engage communities.
• Collaboration with existing networks or EU projects is encouraged.
• Applicants must follow the specified proposal format (page limits and layout).

Examples:

• A start-up develops a GenAI tool to help rural farmers predict crop diseases using satellite data.
• A local tech company creates a multilingual AI-powered tutoring platform for girls in underserved areas.
• A project partners with a city to build a Digital Twin for optimizing water management after a natural disaster.

• Personnel costs
• Subcontracting
• Travel and subsistence
• Equipment (depreciation or rental)
• Consumables and materials
• Dissemination and communication
• Access to research infrastructure
• IPR and certification
• Audit costs
• Indirect costs (25% flat rate)
• Internally invoiced services

• Budget for this Call: 5.000.000€
• Number of Grants attributed: 2
• Maximum value per project: 2.000.000€
• Minimum value per project: 1.000.000€

• Applicants must be from countries listed as eligible in the Horizon Europe guidelines.
• Projects involving non-EU or non-Associated Countries must meet special provisions as outlined in the program guide.
• Applicants must demonstrate financial and operational capacity to carry out the project.
• Proposals must not fall under any exclusion criteria as described in the guidelines.
• Projects should involve local African technology companies, start-ups, or networks.
• Collaboration or partnership with existing networks or EU projects is encouraged.