Kenya and France Push Africa Forward AI Clusters Across Six Countries, With €1.9M Dedicated to African LLMs

Kenya and France reaffirmed a commitment to help young African researchers turn AI research into businesses and jobs, extending a bilateral programme designed to close the gap between the continent’s scientific output and its high-skilled digital employment. The commitment was formalized on July 14 by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, during Kenya-France Youth Innovation Day. The two governments pledged deeper cooperation on innovation, education, scie