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As global conversations around artificial intelligence continue to be dominated by Silicon Valley and billion-dollar tech firms, African technology leaders are increasingly pushing a different narrative, one centred on accessibility, entrepreneurship and African ownership of AI innovation.
Speaking during the ongoing AI Everything Summit in Nairobi, Amadou Daffe, the CEO and co-founder of pan-African AI company Gebeya, said Kenya now has an opportunity to position itself not just as a consumer of artificial intelligence tools developed abroad, but as a continental hub for AI entrepreneurship.
Daffe noted that Nairobi has already established itself as one of Africa’s leading technology ecosystems through innovations such as M-PESA and the rapid growth of the fintech sector, arguing that the next phase of innovation could be driven by AI-powered business creation tools.
“For years, conversations about artificial intelligence have largely been framed around Silicon Valley, billion-dollar valuations, and increasingly powerful frontier models. Yet for countries like Kenya, the more important AI story may not be about who builds the largest models, but about who gains the ability to create with AI in the first place,” Daffe said.
