Dear all, 

Here is link for the call to be scheduled by the end of August / early September.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-pre...-j5h7lftf

Thank you. 

Best regards, 

Émilie 

On 23 Jul 2025, at 14:41, Émilie Mespoulhes <emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr> wrote:

Dear all,

For your information, you have been all invited to join the mailing list (genai-for-africa@npafi.org). If you have not received the notification, please let me know. If you want to add someone to the mailing list, please contact me. 

Regarding the shared folder, here is the link and password. 

• https://cloud.onelab.eu/index.php/s/ZU6z84iQOUIH6nu
• Password: #ftM8zwxHgN

Another email will follow in order to schedule a call for end of August / early September.

Kind regards, 

Émilie 

On 23 Jul 2025, at 11:53, Serge Fdida <serge.fdida@sorbonne-universite.fr> wrote:

Dear all,

Thanks for your positive feedback regarding this possible response to the Africa Initiative III solicitation, although we cannot guaranty your participation at this stage as it will depend on the ability of each partner to contribute.

You will find attached the position document.

1) We target Smart agriculture as the main domain of application
2) We need to identify African needs, potential and gap analysis in this domain
3) We have to identify GenAI solutions developed in Europe
4) Three living labs will be used for our playground
5) We want also to have a training dimension

Deadline is october 2, thus very short.

African partners:
We’ll select only 3 living labs in Africa. Policy will not be first come first served but the best ones, properly argued. We have to involve one start-up per living lab as a partner (3 new partners to add). Please provide asap information about startup, living labs and engagement of local/regional stakeholders, with the objective to deploy GenAI solutions. The other 2 African countries could stay as a way to replicate the work in the future.

European partners:
@CNR/all: Identify EU GenAI solutions that have the potential to be used in the living labs. At this stage we need to be able to demonstrate that we have a good knowledge of the fields, tools and solutions.
@UTH/CLAN: you have a strong experience eon smart agriculture, you van help in identify the needs and solutions
@Fokus/INRIA: how would you like to contribute?

Emilie will send you a share folder where all information will be located as well as the exploder for the mailing list.
We know that the deadline is short and we are aware of the vacation the period ahead of us, therefore:

• let us know if you can’t fulfill your obligation
• send us information about what I mentioned above 
• wed’ll start populating the proposal
• we’ll set up a call for end of august / early september.

Best Regards
-serge

Sorbonne Université  

Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

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