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The <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms

The <A+> Alliance is a global, multidisciplinary coalition led by Women@theTable and Code for Africa. We bring together academics, activists, and technologists to prototype the future of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making systems. Our feminist approach accelerates gender equality through technology and innovation. Created for and by women and girls, the <A+> Alliance ensures no one is left behind as we shape the digital future.

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Women@theTable is a global civil society organization breaking down systemic barriers to ensure women and girls fully participate in shaping our social, political, and economic landscapes. We leverage technology, innovation, and AI as key tools to amplify feminist influence in strategic sectors: democracy & governance, economy, and technology.

In 2019, our “Affirmative Action for Algorithms” declaration at Women in Data Science Zürich catalyzed the formation of the <A+> Alliance. This international coalition addresses gender, racial, and intersectional bias in AI and emerging technologies. We proudly lead the <AI & Equality> initiative, as well as the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Technology & Innovation for Gender Equality and our sister network, the Feminist AI Research (f<A+I>r) network.

In 2015, we co-founded the International Gender Champions, a leadership network of decision-makers dedicated to breaking gender barriers for systemic change. This now-independent organization maintains hubs in Geneva, New York, Vienna, Nairobi, The Hague, and Paris.

The <A+> Alliance was co-founded by Women@theTable and Ciudadanía Inteligente in 2019, whose contributions were instrumental in creating this alliance. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) co-led the Alliance 2021-2024 focused on the Feminist AI Research (f<A+I>r) network. In 2025, Code for Africa joined the <A+> Alliance, bringing 13+ years of experience in civic technology, to amplify the work of the Alliance across the global south.

Code for Africa (CfA) was founded in 2012 and is Africa’s largest nonprofit network of digital democracy laboratories, with over 140 full-time forensic researchers, data scientists, technologists (both software and hardware), digital storytellers and peer-mentor trainers working in support of watchdog civil society and investigative media partners in 26 African countries.

CfA builds digital solutions that provide actionable information to citizens to encourage informed decisions while amplifying voices to strengthen civic engagement for improved public governance and evidence-driven accountability. This includes the continent’s largest fact-checking newsroom (partnered with Meta, TikTok and Google, amongst others) and the continent’s largest forensic analysis team tracking weaponised hate speech (on behalf of partners that range from frontline CSOs and development agencies, to the UN), to an AI engineering team that builds advanced monitoring/analysis tools for partners in the US/EU and Africa, as well as drone/sensor/satellite teams that assist with visual investigations.

CfA joined A+ Alliance in 2025 and brings deep technical expertise and experience to the partnership, including developing and maintaining shared digital infrastructure such as access to a secure AI Sandbox, a suite of open source LLMs and a library of templatised prompt scripts for researchers, engineers, CSOs and other stakeholders.