About Sunbird AI

Sunbird AI is a non-profit organization that develops artificial intelligence systems for social impact in Africa. Led by some of Africa’s foremost AI experts, they aim to help social initiatives, public institutions and policymakers develop new AI technology for their own needs. They are physically co-located with the Makerere University AI Lab in Uganda.

Sunbird team members

Sunbird team members have experience of deploying several large-scale AI systems across the continent, having worked in air pollution monitoring, crop disease diagnosis, medical diagnosis, satellite image analysis, speech recognition in African languages and other domains. The team have carried out AI work in the academic, public and private sectors, and helped to set up the Makerere University AI Lab and Data Science Africa.