3 papers
cs.CL2026
Toward Cultural Alignment: Human-Centered Evaluation of Multimodal AI Stories Across Five African Communities
Millicent Ochieng, Felermino D. M. A. Ali, Elizabeth A. Ankrah +8
In this paper, we examine how well AI-generated multimodal stories align with the lived practices, relationships, language, values, and visual expectations of the communities they…
cs.CL2025
Reasoning Beyond Labels: Measuring LLM Sentiment in Low-Resource, Culturally Nuanced Contexts
Millicent Ochieng, Anja Thieme, Ignatius Ezeani +5
Sentiment analysis in low-resource, culturally nuanced contexts challenges conventional NLP approaches that assume fixed labels and universal affective expressions. We present a di…
cs.HC2024
AI and the Future of Work in Africa White Paper
Jacki O'Neill, Vukosi Marivate, Barbara Glover +71
This white paper is the output of a multidisciplinary workshop in Nairobi (Nov 2023). Led by a cross-organisational team including Microsoft Research, NEPAD, Lelapa AI, and Univers…