Smart Africa Calls for Local AI Innovation and Energy Investment to Strengthen Africa’s Digital Future

Smart Africa has urged African countries to focus on building local artificial intelligence applications and investing in energy infrastructure as the continent seeks to strengthen its position in the global AI ecosystem. The call was made during the “Building where compute is scarcest” roundtable at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, where Smart Africa’s Director of Digital Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment, Thelma Quaye, led discussions on the theme, Who Controls Frontier AI, alongs