AI Legal & Institutional Governance
Negotiate AI contracts that protect the state, run ethics review, and secure data sovereignty.
About this course
Health AI is moving from an ungoverned space into a regulated one, and someone has to sign the contracts. Learn to place any deployment within Africa's policy stack, negotiate agreements that protect the state, and secure data sovereignty, from the Babylon Health collapse to research partnerships. For the leaders who will sign on the state's behalf.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Locate AI deployments within Africa's consolidating policy stack
- Negotiate AI contracts with escrow, exit, and validation clauses
- Supervise AI built on national health data via the DPA
- Assert data sovereignty over surveillance and genomic data
- Govern benefit-sharing in AI research partnerships
Who can apply
For senior professionals, specialists, and leaders. Admission is by nomination or application, with a review of your portfolio, role, and demonstrated impact.
What's inside the course
3 modules · 6 lessons · Delivered in the ADHA learning platform after admission
01Module 1: The Regulatory and Policy Stack2 lessons · 170 min
- 1.1The WHO Six Principles and the African AI Policy Layer85 minLocked
- 1.2Data Sovereignty, Contracts, and the Trust Stack for AI85 minLocked
02Module 2: Data Governance for Analytics and Surveillance2 lessons · 170 min
- 2.1The Analytics Capability Ladder: Data Quality Before Machine Learning85 minLocked
- 2.2Intelligent Surveillance and the Genomic Leapfrog85 minLocked
03Module 3: Institutional Capacity and Owning the Future2 lessons · 175 min
- 3.1Frontier Procurement: IoT, Remote Monitoring, and Medical Drones85 minLocked
- 3.2Building the Capacity to Own the Future90 minLocked
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For senior professionals, specialists, and leaders. Admission is by nomination or application, with a review of your portfolio, role, and demonstrated impact.
Sponsorships & scholarships available.