Appendix B: Organizations Included in the Report
Table A2 | List of Individuals and Organizations Included in Interviews
| Organization | Region | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Global (Kenya-based) | Builds sovereign data infrastructure for the Global South. | |
| Global (India-based) | A globally networked policy organization that partners with governments, multilateral agencies, philanthropies, and the private sector to address systemic challenges. | |
| Global | Builds AI tools for health care worldwide. | |
| Chile | Chile鈥檚 National Center for Artificial Intelligence. | |
| Global (Uganda-based) | Adapts state-of-the-art AI for low-resource environments. | |
| Global | Creates AI-powered disaster response devices. | |
| India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Brazil | Builds AI for farming advice. | |
| (low-resource African language researcher) | Africa | Works on multilingual natural language processing for low-resource languages. |
| Rwanda | Operates Rwanda鈥檚 digital platform for accessing government services online. | |
| Brazil | Philanthropic organization working to improve Brazil; created the Artificial Intelligence Alliance for Education to support AI initiatives in public schools. | |
| India | Eases friction in population-scale AI adoption. | |
| India | Operates a national AI-powered language translation platform. | |
| Anonymous | India | A telemedicine service that incorporates AI to enhance patient care and diagnostic accuracy. |
| Anonymous | India | Voice-based AI-powered agricultural advisory app. |
Table A3 | List of Organizations Surveyed
| Organization | Region | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | Develops AI to provide sexual and reproductive information. | |
| Argentina | Rethinks the process of data and AI to fight for gender equality. | |
| Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique | Uses AI to analyze and model air quality data to advance evidence-driven clean air actions in African cities. | |
| Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Senegal, United States | Uses AI to increase transparency around public resources and create budget reform. | |
| Nepal | Builds frontier AI for global impact. | |
| Nigeria | Builds digital health platforms. |
Table A4 | List of Organizations in the Case Studies
| Org/Case Study Name | Location of Operation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
| Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone | Uses AI-powered logistics to deliver blood, oxygen, and medical supplies to hospitals | |
| India, Nigeria | Distributed energy resources platform in the Global South bringing clean electricity to unserved households in Africa and Asia. Uses AI for site selection and energy demand forecasting to deploy and manage solar mini-grids | |
| Rwanda | AI-assisted cervical cancer screening tool supporting visual inspection and clinical decision-making | |
| Kenya | AI-enabled digital platform designed to strengthen cervical cancer care | |
| Kenya | Uses satellite imagery and AI to provide early warning alerts to smallholder farmers about tomato pest outbreaks | |
| Ghana | Mobile and web app using deep learning to detect crop pests and diseases for farmers | |
| Nigeria | AI-powered disease detection, smart irrigation, and e-extension services for women farmers growing Nsukka yellow pepper | |
| Kenya, Zambia | Uses AI-driven credit scoring and satellite data to provide loans and agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers | |
| Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Pan-Africa | Builds Sahara, a voice AI and speech recognition model trained on African accents and domain-specific vocabularies | |
| AI-Enabled Safeguarding in Sport | Kenya | AI-assisted digital reporting and case management tool to enable anonymous reporting, risk detection, and access to health and protection services in grassroots football |
| ) | Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Eswatini, Nepal | AI-powered free mobile messaging service that supports women through pregnancy and postpartum. |
| Ethiopia | Hybrid crowdsourcing platform building high-quality text and speech datasets for Ethiopian languages | |
| Ethiopia | AI-powered breast cancer detection tool that uses machine learning algorithms to analyze mammograms in health facilities | |
| Ethiopia | AI-powered credit scoring platform that extends credit to underserved micro, small, and medium enterprises and individuals lacking formal credit histories | |
| MobileAid (GiveDirectly) | Togo | Combines machine learning-based poverty targeting with mobile money payments to deliver emergency cash assistance |
| South Asia | ||
| India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Southern Africa | Leverages AI, remote sensing, and data analytics to enable smallholder farmers to participate in high-integrity carbon markets | |
| India | Builds AI-powered community health tools and local foundation models to support frontline health workers | |
| India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Southern Africa | AI-powered accessibility tool, transforming printed, handwritten, multilingual documents, audio, and video into other formats | |
| India, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Oman | Provides utilities with AI-enabled tools to detect water losses and plan more efficient maintenance | |
| Neuroradiology AI | India | Deep learning system to assist radiologists in diagnosing rare neurological conditions from medical imaging |
| Gram-Stained Sputum AI | India, low- and middle-income countries | AI system that automates analysis of gram-stained sputum smears for tuberculosis diagnosis |
| ECG-LLaMA | India, low- and middle-income countries | Generative AI model that interprets multimodal electrocardiogram images and generates clinical text for cardiology diagnostics |
| India | AI-powered legal research and advisory tool for survivors of domestic violence navigating Indian courts | |
| Project Saathi | India | Voice-based AI system that helps women interpret symptoms and access appropriate care |
| (NIRAMAI) | Multiple countries | AI-powered thermal imaging analysis to screen women for breast cancer in a noninvasive, radiation-free way |
| NariRaksha | India | AI-powered safety platform that uses real-time data and alerts to help women navigate unsafe situations |
| India | AI-powered image analysis on mobile devices to help community health workers detect malnutrition in young children | |
| TAGS Digital Empowerment | India | AI-assisted digital literacy and women's empowerment program |
| AI Policing Deepfakes | Rural India | Trains police officers using AI tools to detect deepfakes and respond to AI-generated gender-based digital abuse |
| AI Transgender Empowerment | India | AI-powered platform providing transgender individuals with information, community support, and navigation tools |
| India | Participatory dataset and benchmarking pipeline to surface and measure gender bias in AI models across Indian languages | |
| India | Uses AI to help low-income women identify and access government welfare schemes and social protection benefits | |
| LIRA | India | AI-powered multi-modality radiology platform supporting tuberculosis screening and clinical decision-making |
| iGP | Bangladesh, low- and middle-income countries | AI-powered primary health care platform supporting clinical decision-making and integrated care delivery |
| Southeast Asia | ||
| Philippines | AI-driven lending platform that extends loans to students excluded from traditional credit systems | |
| Philippines, Indonesia | Supply chain digitalization and AI-enabled trade finance for microretailers and wholesalers | |
| Gender-Bias Credit Scoring | Indonesia | Fairness-adjusted AI credit scoring model to reduce gender-based bias in loan eligibility decisions |
| Diabetic Retinopathy Deep Learning System (Google / Rajavithi Hospital) | Thailand | Diabetic retinopathy screening via deep learning algorithms for immediate referral recommendations |
| Proactive Flood Detection (XL Axiata / Nodeflux) | Indonesia | Mobile sensor network and AI-based flood detection pilot to provide proactive flood warnings in Indonesia |
| Forest Monitoring & Carbon Sequestration (TrueDigital / CP Group) | Thailand | AI-based forest monitoring system that uses satellite imagery and sensor data to estimate carbon sequestration in Thai forests |
| Latin America | ||
| AtenIA (STEMLAB) | Peru | AI-assisted STEM education programme to engage girls from Indigenous Andean communities in science and technology |
| Peru | AI-powered fact-checking tool that generates verified text and audio content in Quechua, Aymara, and Awaj煤n | |
| Illariy | Peru | AI-generated avatar news presenter that delivers weekly news in Quechua |
| Pipol Bot ( | Colombia | AI-powered chatbot that answers people's economic and financial questions using curated journalism |
| Brazil | Community-owned AI chatbot that preserves Indigenous oral knowledge and traditions | |
| Chile, multiple Latin American and Caribbean countries | Open-source large language model addressing Latin American linguistic and cultural nuances, including Indigenous languages | |
| Multi-region/Global | ||
| Africa, Asia | Develops biometric identification technology to verify the identity of patients and program beneficiaries | |
| Africa, Latin America | Uses machine learning to detect and prevent financial fraud for mobile money and digital finance providers | |
| VoiceValor | Global South | Survivor-led AI content moderation tools centering the voices of gender-based violence survivors |
| From Secure Reporting to Effective Remedies | Slovenia, Global South | AI-assisted criminal law tool combining secure reporting, harassment detection, and automated case triage |
| CheetahFem | Global South | AI-powered multilingual information platform giving women in underserved communities access to critical information |
| Stroke & Head Injury Triage AI | Low- and middle-income countries | AI-supported neuroimaging triage system that prioritizes stroke and head injury cases for rapid clinical assessment |
| Knowledge Platform ( ) | Kenya, Pakistan | Combines SMS-based learning with AI-powered adaptive content generation and learning bots to create more accessible, engaging, and personalized learning experiences |
