Safaricom Says AI Blocks 94% of Fraud as Government Warns of Deepfake Threats to Children

East Africa’s biggest company Safaricom uses artificial intelligence to prevent 94% of attempted fraud in real time, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the Kenyan government warned that the same technology was making cybercrime more sophisticated and exposing children to deepfakes, impersonation and online abuse. The remarks by Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa and Information and Communications and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo at the company’s cybersecurity summit in Nairobi