Rose Afriyie

Founder and AI & Operational Excellence Adviser

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." Audre Lorde

Founder: mRelief

With more than 2 million households served, mRelief is the easy-to-use platform online and on text messaging for people to sign up for SNAP.

Backed by Y Combinator, our mission is to transform access to social services for the inherent dignity of all people. Food is a human right and that belief has empowered our inclusive software development team to help families access more than $1.7 billion in SNAP benefits leveraging AI technology to achieve these milestones.

Founder: Dondo.ai

Dondo.ai is a language technology project to help Africans access the internet in their native language. With a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, Dondo.ai plans to launch first with Akan (the most spoken language in Ghana).
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Our 2024 research agenda, was rooted in understanding how language technology, and the field of AI more broadly, might help
everyday Africans. As a part of this initiative, Rose builds survey platforms in indigenous African languages and provides advisory work on AI centered on linguistic justice.

AI & Operational Excellence

In Spring 2024, Rose partnered with Microsoft to co-develop an AI Framework to help nonprofits with drafting AI policies and to navigate what to consider as they decide how and when to adopt AI.

Out of this work, Rose has served as an adviser on AI and Operational excellence to help nonprofits leverage AI to support their work in fundraising, programs, marketing, and more.

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