Are you an innovator or changemaker passionate about leveraging AI to solve real-world problems? The 2025 ITU GenAI for Good Challenge is now open for applications! This global initiative connects forward-thinking technologists with public sector partners to develop scalable AI solutions addressing critical issues in health, agriculture, and climate resilience.
By joining this challenge, you’ll become part of a vibrant open-source GenAI community of practice, gaining access to exclusive mentorship, public sector insights, and the GENIE.AI framework—designed to build cost-efficient, impactful AI applications. Collaborate with global leaders like IEEE and ITU, secure funding, and accelerate your innovation from concept to real-world deployment. This challenge focuses on creating AI-driven tools that have measurable impact on communities worldwide, fostering human-centered outcomes in some of the most vulnerable regions.
Lesotho – Agriculture Extension Chatbot: A mobile-friendly AI chatbot that provides farmers and extension workers with real-time advice, crop alerts, and market guidance accessible via voice, text, and basic phones.
The Gambia – Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Prevention Chatbot: A multilingual AI assistant offering personalized, evidence-based guidance to help prevent and manage chronic health risks such as hypertension and tobacco use.
Bangladesh – Extreme Weather Advisor: An AI-powered tool that equips farmers with localized weather alerts, drought preparation tips, and crop-specific risk advice to improve climate resilience.
To apply for the ITU GenAI for Good Challenge, applicants must: 2. Be innovators, technologists, changemakers, or teams with an interest in developing AI solutions addressing global challenges. 4. Demonstrate capacity to build or contribute to scalable AI-driven prototypes or applications. 6. Show commitment to responsible AI development aligned with public sector and community needs. 8. Have access to or willingness to engage with the GENIE.AI framework and open-source AI tools. 10. Possess the ability to collaborate with international partners and development organizations for deployment. 12. Focus solutions on the thematic areas of health, agriculture, or climate resilience as defined in the challenge. 14. Be prepared to participate in a structured innovation process including mentorship, feedback, and prototype testing.
Prize:
Winning teams will receive up to $25,000 in funding to further develop and deploy their AI solutions.
Access to a global network of experts, practitioners, and public sector stakeholders.
Opportunities for ongoing support and scaling through ITU and IEEE partnerships.
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