First African Digital Humanism Summer School 2025
Carine P. Mukamakuza (1), Monika Lanzenberger (2), George Metakides (3), Tim Brown (1), Hannes Werthner (2) ((1) CMU Africa, (2) TU Vienna, (3) digital enlightenment)

TL;DR
This paper presents insights from the First African Digital Humanism Summer School 2025, focusing on AI's cultural, linguistic, and social challenges in Africa, emphasizing human-centered approaches in AI development.
Contribution
It introduces six case studies from the summer school that explore AI's ability to navigate cross-cultural and multilingual contexts in Africa.
Findings
AI's capacity to understand diverse cultural contexts
Importance of human-centered AI approaches
Case studies demonstrate practical applications in Africa
Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force across global societies, reshaping the ways we communicate, collaborate, and make decisions. Yet, as AI systems increasingly mediate interactions between humans, questions about the ability to take into account and understand culture, language, and context have taken center stage. This book explores these questions through a series of articles that try to assess AI's capacity to navigate cross-cultural, multilingual, and high-stakes policy environments, emphasizing human-centered approaches that balance technological innovation with social equity. It brings together six case studies from the First African Digital Humanism Summer School that took place in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2025.
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Taxonomy
TopicsEthics and Social Impacts of AI · Digital Education and Society · ICT in Developing Communities
