MERL TECH News

• 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

• Designing Responsible AI tools: Launching the UX Design of AI Learning Group

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on February 3, 2026

• Research Digest 1: Made in Africa AI Principles and Enhancement of Evaluation Practice in Africa

  by Varaidzo Matimba on January 21, 2026

• The Humanitarian AI Countdown: How will AI change the way humanitarians produce knowledge with Kristin Sandvik

  by Quito T. on January 5, 2026

• From hype to pragmatism: building critical AI literacy for sexual and reproductive health professionals in Kenya

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on December 15, 2025

• Agentic AI: Governance, risks, and responsible deployment in the social sector

  by Linda Raftree on December 11, 2025

• Sharing our CoP Year in Review for 2025

  by Bárbara Paes on December 10, 2025

• It’s the end of 2025: where are we with GenAI and MERL?

  by Linda Raftree on December 9, 2025

• We learn in community: announcing more teaching by MTI!

  by Savita Bailur on December 3, 2025

• Join our End-of-Year CoP Meeting on December 10!

  by Bárbara Paes on December 2, 2025

• Tips and tensions: What does it look like to design organizational AI policies (Part 2)

  by Linda Raftree on December 1, 2025

• Event recap: The Humanitarian AI Countdown and operationalising responsible AI with Shivaang Sharma

  by Quito T. on November 24, 2025

• Tips and tensions: What does it look like to design organizational AI policies (Part 1)

  by Bárbara Paes on November 18, 2025

• Event recap: Evaluating LLMs for accuracy and inclusion

  by Savita Bailur on November 17, 2025

• Launch Recap: Made In Africa Artificial Intelligence Approaches In Monitoring, Evaluation, Research And Learning: A Practitioner Perspective And Landscape Study

  by Varaidzo Matimba on November 13, 2025

• Event: Climate-Responsible AI in Africa – Monitoring Environmental Impacts from Resource Extraction to Action

  by Varaidzo Matimba on November 11, 2025

• Event: Detecting gender bias in AI tools

  by Savita Bailur on November 4, 2025

• Launching our Made in Africa AI for MERL Landscape Study

  by Varaidzo Matimba on October 31, 2025

• Drafting Organizational AI Policies: Tips and Tensions

  by Bárbara Paes on October 23, 2025

• Meet our team at AEA Evaluation Conference in November

  by Bárbara Paes on October 15, 2025

• If AI solves problems as well as creates them, can one counteract the other?: Honest Discussions at the Intersection of AI and the SDGs

  by Savita Bailur on September 29, 2025

• The Humanitarian AI Countdown: How do humanitarian organizations operationalize Responsible AI with Shivaang Sharma (October 15th 2025  at 3pm BST/10am ET/ 5pm EAT)

  by Quito T. on September 24, 2025