COMESA Launches National AI Strategy Consultations Across 21 Member States, With Kenya and Zambia First

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has begun a series of national consultations to develop a harmonized regional AI strategy across its 21 member states, part of a broader push by the bloc to align rules that support AI adoption and digital growth from Egypt in the north to Eswatini in the south. The initiative sits within the Inclusive Digitalization in Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) programme, a $2.48 billion World Bank–backed initiative covering more than 15 countries in th