MERL TECH News

• We’re hosting a 2-day workshop in Tanzania: AI for MERL Bootcamp 

  by Varaidzo Matimba on June 16, 2026

• Designing for safety: A down-to-earth conversation about AI safety in practice

  by Guest Post on June 3, 2026

• Old Problems, New Tech? Making Sense of AI Chatbot Performance Metrics

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on June 2, 2026

• Are we ‘listening’ or just collecting data?

  by Linda Raftree on May 26, 2026

• Community listening: A relational, people-first process that shouldn’t be turned into a tickbox exercise

  by Bárbara Paes on May 13, 2026

• Meet us in person at ICT4D Conference in Nairobi in May 20-22

  by Linda Raftree on May 11, 2026

• Kicking off a new learning group: AI and MERL in Latin America

  by Guest Post on May 11, 2026

• Event Recap: Evaluating the Climate & Socio-Environmental Impact of Data Centers

  by Guest Post on April 29, 2026

• No Impact Without Engagement: Towards Standardised Product Metrics for Social and Behaviour Change Chatbots

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on April 27, 2026

• Join us on May 28: Building a GenAI Sexual and Reproductive Health Chatbot in Senegal and Kenya – Technical and Operational Learnings

  by Cathy Richards on April 23, 2026

• Safety by Design: When AI Finds the Cracks, Who Falls Through Them?

  by Guest Post on April 22, 2026

• Event: Community listening – What have we learned about the role of technology?

  by Bárbara Paes on April 21, 2026

• Event: The Humanitarian AI Countdown – How is AI infiltrating humanitarian aid operations with Giulio Coppi

  by Quito T. on April 10, 2026

• Design is Dead; Long Live Design: How Designers in International Development are thinking about AI

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on April 8, 2026

• How to Participate in the AEA/MTI Virtual Hackathon 2.0

  by Zach Tilton on April 3, 2026

• Event: Evaluating the Climate & Socio-Environmental Impact of Data Centers

  by Cathy Richards on April 2, 2026

• Event Recap: Turning principles into actions – Made in Africa AI in MERL with Rebecca Mbaya and Dr. Mario Marais

  by Varaidzo Matimba on March 30, 2026

• Event: What are the resources we need to navigate AI, gender and MERL?

  by Guest Post on February 25, 2026

• Event recap: The Humanitarian AI Countdown and humanitarian knowledge production with Kristin Sandvik

  by Quito T. on February 20, 2026

• Research Digest 2: State of AI Adoption and Competencies for Evaluators for Made in Africa AI in MERL 

  by Varaidzo Matimba on February 10, 2026

• Bias in, bias out? How we’re understanding more about gender bias in LLMs

  by Savita Bailur on February 9, 2026

• Event: Turning principles into actions – Made in Africa AI in MERL 

  by Varaidzo Matimba on February 6, 2026

• Event: A conversation about AI in MERL in Asia, with Valentine Gandhi 

  by Bárbara Paes on February 5, 2026