KENYAN university educators are advocating for the seamless integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms and research. This is a key takeaway from a workshop organised by the Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) in collaboration with the Kenya Education Network (KENET) to explore the potential of AI to improve teaching, […]
Kenya’s cyberspace witnessed fewer attacks in the three months leading up to March, with incidents decreasing to 971.4 million from 1.29 billion in the previous quarter, according to new data from the Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya. Most of the attacks exploited system vulnerabilities, which may be attributed to the […]
The Eastern Africa sub-regional forum on Artificial Intelligence concluded this week with a high-level round table discussion on “AI and Sustainable Development in Eastern Africa.” The three-day event, which began on Monday, 23rd JUNE 2024 brought together ministers and key stakeholders from across the region to address the challenges and […]
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew his decision to sign a controversial law to enforce new taxes in his country, a day after mass protests erupted in the capital city of Nairobi, where demonstrators stormed Parliament and over 20 people reportedly died. The Financial Bill 2024, which aimed to […]
Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already been held or are set for the latter half of the year. Artificial intelligence […]
The inaugural African Regional Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Military (REAIM) workshop has taken place in Nairobi. The workshop aims to foster open discussions, knowledge sharing, and enhanced regional understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two-day workshop was co-hosted by the Ministry of Defence, the Kingdom of the Netherlands […]
The European Union (EU) Regulations On Artificial Intelligence (AI) were recently passed after a five-year process. Prior to their passing, there had been a lot of lobbying and advocacy both for and against the new law. Human rights experts and researchers felt that allowing unfettered AI would be detrimental to […]
The University of Nairobi is set to establish an Artificial Intelligence school as part of the plans to create skilled manpower for the future. Speaking on Citizen TV, UoN Chancellor Prof. Patrick Verkooijen further said that the university will soon start offering the first-ever AI master’s degree. “We gonna do that […]
Kenyan tech workers are raising their voices against what they call “modern-day slavery” at the hands of US tech giants. Their plea, encapsulated in a May 22nd open letter addressed to President Biden, details harrowing working conditions and exploitation in the AI and content moderation sectors. These workers are often exposed to […]
Ephraim Mwereza took home first prize for his AI innovation which helps assess autism during the Africa AI Innovation Summit. At the summit which was organised on the side-lines of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Nairobi Kenya, a team developing a platform that bridges the communication gap between […]
