Kenya Highly Prioritises Leveraging AI and Digital Technologies as Key to Advancing Digital Transformation - CS Kabogo
Adoption of a robust and scalable Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure suitable for the African context will spur economic growth and create vast opportunities for the Continent and beyond.
Earlier today, the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, H.E. Hon. William Kabogo Gitau, E.G.H. graced the official opening of the Nairobi AI Forum 2026 themed, 'Accelerating Adoption & Impact: Building Green Scalable AI Infrastructure with Africa's Innovators.'
The Forum aims at accelerating cross-border collaborations and financing models that enable green, and sovereign AI infrastructure, turning Africa's resource advantages into new industrial economies that support inclusive human development.
In his address, CS Kabogo said Kenya highly prioritises leveraging AI and digital technologies as key to advancing digital transformation, aligning with the country's AI Strategy 2025-2030.
Amongst the government's core priorities include supporting inclusive and sustainable AI, digital skilling for public service transformation and promoting entrepreneurship in the digital space.
Participants attending the two day Forum in Nairobi are examining how AI infrastructure, financing, and adoption can be approached in an integrated way by linking infrastructure builders, innovators, industry, and governments to accelerate deployment and impact across priority sectors.
Co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya, Italy, and the United Nations Development Programme, the Nairobi AI Forum is a focused Forum with private sector leaders, innovators, financiers, and governments from Africa, Italy, the European Union, and the G7.
Present were; Italy's Minister of University and Research, Sen. Anna Maria Bernini, Ambassador of Italy to Kenya, H.E. Vincenzo Del Monaco, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Kenya, Mr. Ondrej Simek, Kenya's Special Envoy on Technology, Amb. Philip Thigo, regional and global Industry players.