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= Current Programs= | = Current Programs= | ||
== | == EQUAL Compute Network Initiative (2025 - Current)== | ||
In 2025, Mozilla Foundation received a grant from IDRC and FCDO, and working alongside GIZ, and the Gates Foundation, to collectively work on advancing the design and implementation of the EQUAL Compute Network, aimed at bridging the AI compute divide between the Global South and North. | In 2025, Mozilla Foundation received a grant from IDRC and FCDO, and working alongside GIZ, and the Gates Foundation, to collectively work on advancing the design and implementation of the EQUAL Compute Network, aimed at bridging the AI compute divide between the Global South and North. | ||
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Starting with Africa, over the next three years, Mozilla Education will be collaborating with University of Cape Town to design, test, and scale an equitable, sustainable, and interoperable compute-infrastructure model. This model will enable African researchers and innovators to access, share, and utilize advanced computing resources for responsible AI research and development. | Starting with Africa, over the next three years, Mozilla Education will be collaborating with University of Cape Town to design, test, and scale an equitable, sustainable, and interoperable compute-infrastructure model. This model will enable African researchers and innovators to access, share, and utilize advanced computing resources for responsible AI research and development. | ||
'''Funders:''' The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) | '''Funders include:''' [https://idrc-crdi.ca/en The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)] and [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)] | ||
===== 2026 Activity ===== | ===== 2026 Activity ===== | ||
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* Designed the network model: Designed the compute network model, indicating how the demand and supply actors can collaborate to ensure equitable distribution. | * Designed the network model: Designed the compute network model, indicating how the demand and supply actors can collaborate to ensure equitable distribution. | ||
* Demonstrated Viability: Showed that multi-sector collaboration on compute redistribution can work when convened around shared principles rather than market dynamics alone; work recognized at Global AI Summit on Africa panel. | * Demonstrated Viability: Showed that multi-sector collaboration on compute redistribution can work when convened around shared principles rather than market dynamics alone; work recognized at Global AI Summit on Africa panel. | ||
== Responsible Computing Challenge (2018-current) == | == Responsible Computing Challenge (2018-current) == | ||