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Help 100 Professionals across Africa transition into career in AI safety
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Closes November 7th, 2026$0raised
$10,000minimum funding
$50,000funding goal
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Project summary
There are many talents Africa that would make a big difference in AI safety and Governance but are neither aware of the potential they possess nor that they could make a huge difference in Keeping AI safe for everyone.
Our goal is to reach out to these talents and introduce them to careers in AI safety and Governance through online workshops and seminars and provide them with the necessary guidance, funding and other resources needed to successfully transition into a full-time career in AI safety & Governance thereby reducing the global catastrophic threat of harmful AI models to humans.
What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?
Reach out to professionals across Africa with a potential fit for career in AI safety & governance
Hold seminars and workshops with potentials online and in - person, where possible, introducing them to a rewarding career in AI safety & Governance
Provide them with all the guidance, funding and resources needed to successfully transition on into a Full-time career in AI safety & governance
I will achieve this by making outbound calls, and traveling with my team to selected underrepresented countries across africa to hold seminars and workshops with potential professionals, enroll them successfully in an AI safety or governance courses, help them find job openings for Ai safety experts and establish a community where they can always collaborate with international experts and expose them to jobs andother opportunities in AI safety and Governance
How will this funding be used?
This funding will be used to provide transportation, logistics, welfare and technical resources to the team that will engage in the of talent sourcing.
Funds will also be used to support interested professionals where necessary to transition into careers in Ai safety
With 10,000 USD we will only be able to reach out and support about 20 professionals to transition into full-time career in AI safety and governance
With 50,000 USD we will be able to reach out and support at least 100 professionals to transition into careers in AI safety and governance.
Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?
Michael Ofosu who is a PHd researcher and a Machine learning Engineer and will provide technical assistance
Here's a link to his Github
I am an AI safety Field-builder and a talent sourcer affiliated with companies like Turing, Micro1, Mercor and Terac, to refer over 1000 candidates to apply for jobs on the platform with impressive success rate.
My expertise involve cold calling and I have built a strong community of professionals on LinkedIn.
Here's a link to my LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-akpan-677776239
What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?
Unwillingness of professionals to transition to AI safety experts career which would result in having lesser number of professionals moving into full-time career in AI safety than the targeted number.
How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?
We haven't raised any money yet, all expenses so far is out-of-pocket.