Dear Serge and all, The UN is committed to contributing to the development of the proposal. I would also like to share with you a talk I gave in 2023 at AIMS Rwanda. I hope it will be useful for the proposal preparation as we focus on Smart Agriculture. Looking forward to discussion with you in September.

Best regards, Louis

Le lun. 28 juil. 2025 à 10:25, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr a écrit :

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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Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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 mailto: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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Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical  to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

• UCT • "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one or two based in Cape Town » • UCAD • "UCAD rurale"  peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD) • SOTILMA farm comme startup • 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN)  & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR) • UMA • "We also have a local technological company that is interested and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. » • STR • "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. » • UN • response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr, a écrit :

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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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Dear all,

Gentle reminder: please apply to become one of the WP leaders by the end of the day.

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

Proposal deadline: 2 October (36 days left) Consortium We need at least 3 startups and living labs in Africa, if we do not have them, it will be a no-go and we will stop the proposal. UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline: Wednesday 3/9, EoB. We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal. Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the proposal sections and write in parallel. WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. Deadline: tomorrow Thursday 28/8 EoB. Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder. https://cloud.onelab.eu/index.php/s/ZU6z84iQOUIH6nu Password: #ftM8zwxHgN

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability. https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared. UCT "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one or two based in Cape Town » UCAD "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD) SOTILMA farm comme startup 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR) UMA "We also have a local technological company that is interested and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. » STR "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. » UN response from Louis about some possibilities Kind regards -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr, a écrit :

...

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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 mailto: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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Dear Serge and Emilie

thanks for the meeting and the minutes.

UTH can undertake one WP as needed. In addition, we can undertake the leadership of the preparation of Section 2 (Impact) and the compilation of Section 3 (Implementation).

Please let us know how to proceed.

Best regards

stavroula

On 28 Aug 2025, at 4:14 PM, Vitalis Ozianyi VOzianyi@strathmore.edu wrote:

Dear Émilie, Strathmore is interested in being a WP leader.

I will send the name of the startup we have identified before close of day.

Regards, Vitalis Gavole O. Lecturer | School of Computing and Engineering Sciences <> https://www.strathmore.edu/ Direct Line: +254 (0) 703 034184 Ext: 2184 Mobile: +254 (0) 707 113280 Enquiries: +254 (0) 703-034000/200/300 OR +254 (0) 730-734000/200/300 Email: vozianyi@strathmore.edu mailto:example@strathmore.edu Address: Strathmore University, Ole Sangale Road, Madaraka Estate, Nairobi, Kenya Visit Our Website https://www.strathmore.edu/ https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity https://x.com/StrathU https://www.youtube.com/user/StrathmoreUniversity https://www.linkedin.com/school/strathmore-university https://www.instagram.com/strathmoreuniversity https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6exkV0LKZMBrgX2n2t https://www.tiktok.com/@strathuni?_t=8rz1218slS3&_r=1

On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM Émilie Mespoulhes <emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr mailto:emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr> wrote:

...

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

Proposal deadline: 2 October (36 days left) Consortium We need at least 3 startups and living labs in Africa, if we do not have them, it will be a no-go and we will stop the proposal. UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline: Wednesday 3/9, EoB. We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal. Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the proposal sections and write in parallel. WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. Deadline: tomorrow Thursday 28/8 EoB. Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder. https://cloud.onelab.eu/index.php/s/ZU6z84iQOUIH6nu Password: #ftM8zwxHgN

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability. https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida <serge.fdida@lip6.fr mailto:serge.fdida@lip6.fr> wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared. UCT "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one or two based in Cape Town » UCAD "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD) SOTILMA farm comme startup 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR) UMA "We also have a local technological company that is interested and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. » STR "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. » UN response from Louis about some possibilities Kind regards -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes <emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr mailto:emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

...

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes <emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr mailto:emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr> wrote:

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 mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto: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 > > <HORIZON_CL4_2025_04_HUMAN_08_proposal_synopsis_v0_2.docx>

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https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

Proposal deadline: 2 October (36 days left) Consortium We need at least 3 startups and living labs in Africa, if we do not have them, it will be a no-go and we will stop the proposal. UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline: Wednesday 3/9, EoB. We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal. Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the proposal sections and write in parallel. WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. Deadline: tomorrow Thursday 28/8 EoB. Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder. https://cloud.onelab.eu/index.php/s/ZU6z84iQOUIH6nu Password: #ftM8zwxHgN

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability. https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared. UCT "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one or two based in Cape Town » UCAD "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD) SOTILMA farm comme startup 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR) UMA "We also have a local technological company that is interested and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. » STR "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. » UN response from Louis about some possibilities Kind regards -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr, a écrit :

...

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

...

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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 mailto: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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Dear Serge, all

It is fine with us! We will start dtafting the wp and xoordinate with the living labs Stavroula

On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 at 2:17 PM, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

This is what we suggest for WP allocation. Thanks for those who responded. Please let us know in case of real issue with our suggestion. This means that you will be in charge for editing the part related to your WP.

WP1: African needs analysis: STR FOKUS (? if participation is confirmed)

WP2: Identification of EU solutions CNR (SBD) UMA

WP3: Co-construction of GENAI solutions UCLAN UN

WP4: Experimentation in Living Labs UCAD UTH

WP5: Sustainability UCT SU

WP6: Dissémination and exploitation INRIA UCAD

WP7: Management SU

Best -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 29 août 2025 à 09:23 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder: please indicate your availability for the next call *by today noon (CEST)*.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

• Proposal deadline: 2 October (*36 days left*)
• Consortium
  • We need at least* 3 startups and living labs *in Africa, if we do
  not have them, it will be a *no-go* and we will stop the proposal. - UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. - Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. - If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. - *Deadline*: Wednesday 3/9, EoB.
  • We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in
  Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal.
• Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the

proposal sections and write in parallel.

• WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP

leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. - *Deadline*: *tomorrow* Thursday 28/8 EoB.

• Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with

what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder.

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

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

• *UCT*
  • "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one
  or two based in Cape Town »
• UCAD
  • "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby
  DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD)
  • SOTILMA farm comme startup
  • 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en
  Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR)
• UMA
  • "We also have a local technological company that is interested
  and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. »
• STR
  • "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and
  working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. »
• UN
  • response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for *Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).*

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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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Dear all, It's fine. Will we utilize the shared document on OneLab, or employ an offline method?

Best regards, Bamba.

-- Prof. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Département de Mathématiques et Informatique http://per-edmi.ucad.sn/~gueye/

[1492173129964_PastedImage] http://ascii.org.sn/ ________________________________ De : Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr Envoyé : vendredi 29 août 2025 11:16 À : genai-for-africa@npafi.org genai-for-africa@npafi.org; Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr Objet : [Genai-for-africa] WP allocation Re: Africa Initiative III - GenAI

Dear all,

This is what we suggest for WP allocation. Thanks for those who responded. Please let us know in case of real issue with our suggestion. This means that you will be in charge for editing the part related to your WP.

WP1: African needs analysis: STR FOKUS (? if participation is confirmed)

WP2: Identification of EU solutions CNR (SBD) UMA

WP3: Co-construction of GENAI solutions UCLAN UN

WP4: Experimentation in Living Labs UCAD UTH

WP5: Sustainability UCT SU

WP6: Dissémination and exploitation INRIA UCAD

WP7: Management SU

Best -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 29 août 2025 à 09:23 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr, a écrit : Dear all,

This is a kind reminder: please indicate your availability for the next call by today noon (CEST). https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

* Proposal deadline: 2 October (36 days left) * Consortium * We need at least 3 startups and living labs in Africa, if we do not have them, it will be a no-go and we will stop the proposal. * UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. * Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. * If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. * Deadline: Wednesday 3/9, EoB. * We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal. * Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the proposal sections and write in parallel. * WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. * Deadline: tomorrow Thursday 28/8 EoB. * Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder.

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

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability. https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

* UCT * "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one or two based in Cape Town » * UCAD * "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD) * SOTILMA farm comme startup * 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR) * UMA * "We also have a local technological company that is interested and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. » * STR * "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. » * UN * response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

Sorbonne Université Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr, a écrit : Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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.orgmailto: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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Dear , When I click on the shared link, I get the error File not found.

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Regards, *Vitalis Gavole O.* *Lecturer **| School of Computing and Engineering Sciences* ------------------------------ [image: Strathmore University Logo] https://www.strathmore.edu/

*Direct Line:* +254 (0) 703 034184* Ext:* 2184 *Mobile:* +254 (0) 707 113280 *Enquiries:* +254 (0) 703-034000/200/300 OR +254 (0) 730-734000/200/300 *Email:* vozianyi@strathmore.edu example@strathmore.edu *Address:* Strathmore University, Ole Sangale Road, Madaraka Estate, Nairobi, Kenya Visit Our Website https://www.strathmore.edu/ [image: Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity [image: Twitter] https://x.com/StrathU [image: YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/user/StrathmoreUniversity [image: LinkedIn] https://www.linkedin.com/school/strathmore-university [image: Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/strathmoreuniversity [image: WhatsApp] https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6exkV0LKZMBrgX2n2t [image: TikTok] https://www.tiktok.com/@strathuni?_t=8rz1218slS3&_r=1

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On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear Bamba, all,

In the shared folder*, you will find a sub-folder dedicated to the WPs preparation. There is one template for each WP. At this point, we will contribute directly to the online shared documents. When we will get close to the deadline, we will move offline, to integrate the last contributions.

Best regards,

Émilie

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

On 29 Aug 2025, at 14:37, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE < bamba.gueye@ucad.edu.sn> wrote:

Dear all, It's fine. Will we utilize the shared document on OneLab, or employ an offline method?

Best regards, Bamba.

-- Prof. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Département de Mathématiques et Informatique http://per-edmi.ucad.sn/~gueye/

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*De :* Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr *Envoyé :* vendredi 29 août 2025 11:16 *À :* genai-for-africa@npafi.org genai-for-africa@npafi.org; Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr *Objet :* [Genai-for-africa] WP allocation Re: Africa Initiative III - GenAI

Dear all,

This is what we suggest for WP allocation. Thanks for those who responded. Please let us know in case of real issue with our suggestion. This means that you will be in charge for editing the part related to your WP.

WP1: African needs analysis: STR FOKUS (? if participation is confirmed)

WP2: Identification of EU solutions CNR (SBD) UMA

WP3: Co-construction of GENAI solutions UCLAN UN

WP4: Experimentation in Living Labs UCAD UTH

WP5: Sustainability UCT SU

WP6: Dissémination and exploitation INRIA UCAD

WP7: Management SU

Best -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 29 août 2025 à 09:23 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder: please indicate your availability for the next call *by today noon (CEST)*.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

• Proposal deadline: 2 October (*36 days left*)
• Consortium
  • We need at least* 3 startups and living labs *in Africa, if we do
  not have them, it will be a *no-go* and we will stop the proposal. - UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. - Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. - If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. - *Deadline*: Wednesday 3/9, EoB.
  • We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in
  Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal.
• Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the

proposal sections and write in parallel.

• WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP

leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. - *Deadline*: *tomorrow* Thursday 28/8 EoB.

• Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with

what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder.

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

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

• *UCT*
  • "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one
  or two based in Cape Town »
• UCAD
  • "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala Gamby
  DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD)
  • SOTILMA farm comme startup
  • 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en
  Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR)
• UMA
  • "We also have a local technological company that is interested
  and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. »
• STR
  • "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and
  working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. »
• UN
  • response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for *Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).*

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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*

<HORIZON_CL4_2025_04_HUMAN_08_proposal_synopsis_v0_2.docx>

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Dear Emilie, I am facing the same issue mentioned by Vitalis. Please could you help us to solve this problem. Thank you so much.

Louis

Le mar. 2 sept. 2025 à 19:37, Vitalis Ozianyi VOzianyi@strathmore.edu a écrit :

Dear Émilie, When I click on the shared link, I get the error File not found.

[image: image.png]

Regards, *Vitalis Gavole O.*

*Lecturer **| School of Computing and Engineering Sciences*

[image: Strathmore University Logo] https://www.strathmore.edu/

*Direct Line:* +254 (0) 703 034184* Ext:* 2184 *Mobile:* +254 (0) 707 113280 *Enquiries:* +254 (0) 703-034000/200/300 OR +254 (0) 730-734000/200/300 *Email:* vozianyi@strathmore.edu example@strathmore.edu *Address:* Strathmore University, Ole Sangale Road, Madaraka Estate, Nairobi, Kenya Visit Our Website https://www.strathmore.edu/ [image: Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity [image: Twitter] https://x.com/StrathU [image: YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/user/StrathmoreUniversity [image: LinkedIn] https://www.linkedin.com/school/strathmore-university [image: Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/strathmoreuniversity [image: WhatsApp] https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6exkV0LKZMBrgX2n2t [image: TikTok] https://www.tiktok.com/@strathuni?_t=8rz1218slS3&_r=1

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On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr> wrote:

...

Dear Bamba, all,

In the shared folder*, you will find a sub-folder dedicated to the WPs preparation. There is one template for each WP. At this point, we will contribute directly to the online shared documents. When we will get close to the deadline, we will move offline, to integrate the last contributions.

Best regards,

Émilie

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

On 29 Aug 2025, at 14:37, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE < bamba.gueye@ucad.edu.sn> wrote:

Dear all, It's fine. Will we utilize the shared document on OneLab, or employ an offline method?

Best regards, Bamba.

-- Prof. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Département de Mathématiques et Informatique http://per-edmi.ucad.sn/~gueye/

<image.png> http://ascii.org.sn/

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*De :* Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr *Envoyé :* vendredi 29 août 2025 11:16 *À :* genai-for-africa@npafi.org genai-for-africa@npafi.org; Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr *Objet :* [Genai-for-africa] WP allocation Re: Africa Initiative III - GenAI

Dear all,

This is what we suggest for WP allocation. Thanks for those who responded. Please let us know in case of real issue with our suggestion. This means that you will be in charge for editing the part related to your WP.

WP1: African needs analysis: STR FOKUS (? if participation is confirmed)

WP2: Identification of EU solutions CNR (SBD) UMA

WP3: Co-construction of GENAI solutions UCLAN UN

WP4: Experimentation in Living Labs UCAD UTH

WP5: Sustainability UCT SU

WP6: Dissémination and exploitation INRIA UCAD

WP7: Management SU

Best -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 29 août 2025 à 09:23 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder: please indicate your availability for the next call *by today noon (CEST)*.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

• Proposal deadline: 2 October (*36 days left*)
• Consortium
  • We need at least* 3 startups and living labs *in Africa, if we
  do not have them, it will be a *no-go* and we will stop the proposal. - UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. - Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. - If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. - *Deadline*: Wednesday 3/9, EoB.
  • We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in
  Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal.
• Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the

proposal sections and write in parallel.

• WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2 co-WP

leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. - *Deadline*: *tomorrow* Thursday 28/8 EoB.

• Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with

what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder.

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

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

• *UCT*
  • "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one
  or two based in Cape Town »
• UCAD
  • "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala
  Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD)
  • SOTILMA farm comme startup
  • 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en
  Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR)
• UMA
  • "We also have a local technological company that is interested
  and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. »
• STR
  • "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and
  working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. »
• UN
  • response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for *Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).*

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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*

<HORIZON_CL4_2025_04_HUMAN_08_proposal_synopsis_v0_2.docx>

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Thank you Emilie, it is working now.

Le mer. 3 sept. 2025 à 08:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr a écrit :

Dear Louis, Vitalis, all,

We had to modify the folder access to facilitate the document sharing and the credentials have changed.

Here are the new credentials (see email 29/08/2025, 19:34): https://cloud.onelab.eu/ Username: genaiDYq8 Password: #ftM8zwxHgN

Please let me know if you still cannot access the folder.

Best regards, Émilie

On 3 Sep 2025, at 09:13, Louis FENDJI lfendji@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Emilie, I am facing the same issue mentioned by Vitalis. Please could you help us to solve this problem. Thank you so much.

Louis

Le mar. 2 sept. 2025 à 19:37, Vitalis Ozianyi VOzianyi@strathmore.edu a écrit :

...

Dear Émilie, When I click on the shared link, I get the error File not found.

<image.png>

Regards, *Vitalis Gavole O.*

*Lecturer **| School of Computing and Engineering Sciences*

[image: Strathmore University Logo] https://www.strathmore.edu/

*Direct Line:* +254 (0) 703 034184* Ext:* 2184 *Mobile:* +254 (0) 707 113280 *Enquiries:* +254 (0) 703-034000/200/300 OR +254 (0) 730-734000/200/300 *Email:* vozianyi@strathmore.edu example@strathmore.edu *Address:* Strathmore University, Ole Sangale Road, Madaraka Estate, Nairobi, Kenya Visit Our Website https://www.strathmore.edu/ [image: Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity [image: Twitter] https://x.com/StrathU [image: YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/user/StrathmoreUniversity [image: LinkedIn] https://www.linkedin.com/school/strathmore-university [image: Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/strathmoreuniversity [image: WhatsApp] https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6exkV0LKZMBrgX2n2t [image: TikTok] https://www.tiktok.com/@strathuni?_t=8rz1218slS3&_r=1

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On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr> wrote:

...

Dear Bamba, all,

In the shared folder*, you will find a sub-folder dedicated to the WPs preparation. There is one template for each WP. At this point, we will contribute directly to the online shared documents. When we will get close to the deadline, we will move offline, to integrate the last contributions.

Best regards,

Émilie

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

On 29 Aug 2025, at 14:37, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE < bamba.gueye@ucad.edu.sn> wrote:

Dear all, It's fine. Will we utilize the shared document on OneLab, or employ an offline method?

Best regards, Bamba.

-- Prof. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Département de Mathématiques et Informatique http://per-edmi.ucad.sn/~gueye/

<image.png> http://ascii.org.sn/

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*De :* Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr *Envoyé :* vendredi 29 août 2025 11:16 *À :* genai-for-africa@npafi.org genai-for-africa@npafi.org; Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr *Objet :* [Genai-for-africa] WP allocation Re: Africa Initiative III - GenAI

Dear all,

This is what we suggest for WP allocation. Thanks for those who responded. Please let us know in case of real issue with our suggestion. This means that you will be in charge for editing the part related to your WP.

WP1: African needs analysis: STR FOKUS (? if participation is confirmed)

WP2: Identification of EU solutions CNR (SBD) UMA

WP3: Co-construction of GENAI solutions UCLAN UN

WP4: Experimentation in Living Labs UCAD UTH

WP5: Sustainability UCT SU

WP6: Dissémination and exploitation INRIA UCAD

WP7: Management SU

Best -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 29 août 2025 à 09:23 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder: please indicate your availability for the next call *by today noon (CEST)*.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you. Best regards, Émilie

On 27 Aug 2025, at 19:00, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

As agreed during the call, here is the summary of today’s discussions:

• Proposal deadline: 2 October (*36 days left*)
• Consortium
  • We need at least* 3 startups and living labs *in Africa, if we
  do not have them, it will be a *no-go* and we will stop the proposal. - UCAD brings a startup (SOTILMA farm), a living lab (UCAD rurale) and two center of excellence. - Pending replies from UCT, UMA, STR and UN. - If we receive more than three living labs/startups in total, selection will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. - *Deadline*: Wednesday 3/9, EoB.
  • We need SoBigData to identify GenAI solutions developed in
  Europe. SoBigData is key here and if they cannot participate, we cannot move forward with the proposal.
• Due to time constrains, we will have to split the writing of the

proposal sections and write in parallel.

• WP leadership: as we did in DIGITAfrica, we suggest to have 2

co-WP leaders (1 Africa + 1 EU). Please apply as WP leaders and then, Serge will revise the overall consistency and confirm the final list by the end of the week. - *Deadline*: *tomorrow* Thursday 28/8 EoB.

• Proposal template: SU will provide a more detailed template with

what’s expected per section. The different sections will be allocated among the partners.

Regarding the presentation, you will find it in the shared folder.

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

Last but not least, we propose to organise our next call on Friday 5 Sept. Please indicate by this Friday noon, your availability.

https://evento.renater.fr/survey/genai-for-africa-preparation-meeting-2-8hco...

Thank you and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards, Émilie

On 26 Aug 2025, at 15:35, Serge Fdida serge.fdida@lip6.fr wrote:

Dear all,

I hope this mail finds you well and that you had a nice break.

We need to get very well organized and engaged in order to move forward with this proposal, knowing that the deadline is very tight. It will be challenging to prepare a strong proposal.

This is the feedback we received regarding the African partnership. Tomorrow, we’ll have to be very precise and practical to decide if we can prepare a proposal as well as the few parters and start-ups that we can involve. Please get prepared.

• *UCT*
  • "We have quite a few Agri startups that I can reach out to, one
  or two based in Cape Town »
• UCAD
  • "UCAD rurale" peut servir de living lab (Professeur Abdala
  Gamby DIEDHIOU, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE), UCAD)
  • SOTILMA farm comme startup
  • 2 Centres d’Excellence: Centres d’Excellence Africain en
  Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CEA-AGRISAN) & Centre d’Excellence Africain Environnement, Santé et Sociétés (CEA-AGIR)
• UMA
  • "We also have a local technological company that is interested
  and well-positioned to contribute, especially in the areas of agriculture and digital skills development. »
• STR
  • "Strathmore has established mechanisms for identifying and
  working with reliable project partner companies, hence it will be possible to identify the Technological Companies. »
• UN
  • response from Louis about some possibilities

Kind regards -serge

*Sorbonne Université * *Laboratoire LIP6-CNRS*

Le 21 août 2025 à 18:13 +0200, Émilie Mespoulhes < emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr>, a écrit :

Dear all,

Thank you for your respective replies.

Please save the date: the meeting is scheduled for *Wednesday 27 August, 4 pm (CEST).*

The zoom link and the calendar invite will follow.

Best regards, Émilie

On 28 Jul 2025, at 11:24, Émilie Mespoulhes emilie.mespoulhes@lip6.fr wrote:

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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