Name: MozFest House Zambia
Start: 2024-11-20T09:00+02:00
End: 2024-11-21T18:00+02:00
Location: Ciela Resort

Angela Oduor Lungati to Headline MozFest House Zambia

Angela is the Executive Director of Ushahidi, a global nonprofit that builds tools to help people create solutions and mobilize communities on critical issues. Ushahidi’s open-source software, developed for crisis mapping in Kenya in 2007, has since become a global platform used in over 160 countries.

Join us at MozFest House Zambia

MozFest House Zambia is a gathering for collective action towards achieving trustworthy AI. It is a call to action that centers Africans in the pursuit of Trustworthy AI systems. Working in solidarity with activists, policymakers, technologists, artists, and civil society actors to make a new normal for a future that listens and adapts, ensuring technology serves us all.

In the spirit of Mozilla Festival’s foundational theme of 'Solidarity and Togetherness’, MozFest House Zambia in 2024 is a platform to demonstrate the power of solidarity and the limitless possibilities we can achieve in unity with the world around us. Together, we can reclaim the power of AI and technology for the collective well-being of people and planet.

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300+

participants

30+

community-led sessions

15+

main stage speakers

final night party

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THE MOZILLA MANIFESTO

On Togetherness and Solidarity

In 2024, Mozilla Festival is focused on Togetherness and Solidarity. This year, we are reminded of the importance of gathering together, working alongside each other in solidarity, and leveraging collective global efforts to impact change on a local level.

MozFest House Zambia Themes

Tech and Inclusion

Explore how tech can be a force for inclusion, empowering marginalized communities and ensuring equity in access, safety, and opportunity.

Tech and Culture

Tech can preserve and amplify culture by documenting languages, arts, and traditions while supporting new forms of expression in the digital era.

Tech and Environmental Justice

Explore how tech can combat climate change, promote sustainability, and advance environmental justice for African communities.

Tech and Economic Justice

Tech can reshape economies. We must ensure fair labor practices, promote financial inclusion, and create equal opportunities for all.

Tech and Governance

As tech advances, governance must keep pace. Creating fair policies ensures technology is safe and accountable, and benefits everyone.

Tech and Philanthropy

Philanthropy shapes responsible tech. Directing resources toward ethical innovation ensures tech reflects values of fairness and transparency.

Building Alternative Technologies

Creating ethical, inclusive tech alternatives ensures transparency, fairness, and community-driven solutions for the public good.

Featured Sessions at MozFest House Zambia

Protecting our spaces: A Collaborative Approach to Protecting Human Rights Defenders

November 21, 13:15 CAT

Meta shares its global and regional HRD safety approach, discusses challenges, and co-creates protection ideas.

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Dialogues & Debates: Working Open to Advance Transparent & Trustworthy AI

November 21, 11:05 CAT

A panel discussion how open-source artificial intelligence empowers locals to tailor tech; builders share choices and challenges.

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African Intelligence for Artificial Intelligence: The community driven approach

November 20, 13:15 CAT

Exploring how community collaboration, culture, and art can help build trustworthy AI models that celebrate and preserve the diversity of African languages.

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Responsible AI for Agriculture: Strategies and Insights for Equitable Technology Adoption

November 20, 10:00 CAT

Discover how AI and AgriTech can empower African smallholder farmers while addressing barriers like gender disparity, digital literacy, and access inequality.

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Africa’s Elections vs Gendered Disinformation: What is it for Women in Politics?

November 21, 13:15 CAT

Examining the rise of gendered disinformation in African elections and its impact on women leaders, with strategies to combat online abuse and foster equitable civic spaces.

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Location and Venue

MozFest House Zambia will be held at the Lusaka International Conference Center (LICC), located within the Ciela Resort. The venue is just 20 minutes north of Lusaka city center and 15 minutes from Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.

Help Make MozFest Happen

Mozilla Festival is not just an annual date on the calendar. It's a collaborative community taking action on the issues that matter most all year long.