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Kenya launches its national AI strategy for 2025-2030

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Source: Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (Kenya)Also reported by Citizen Digital, OECD.AI

Kenya’s ICT ministry launched the National AI Strategy 2025-2030 at the KICC in Nairobi, built on three pillars, AI digital infrastructure, data, and AI research and innovation, with governance, talent, investment and inclusion as cross-cutting enablers. Reporting at the launch put the cost of implementation at Ksh152 billion by 2030.

Why it matters

Kenyan agencies and investors have a five-year government plan for AI infrastructure, data and research, with a reported cost of Ksh152bn to 2030.

When
27 Mar 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0167
Where
Kenya
Who
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (Kenya); William Kabogo
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (Kenya) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (Kenya)

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0167: “Kenya launches its national AI strategy for 2025-2030.” wheresthe.ai, 27 Mar 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/ke-national-ai-strategy-launch-2025-03/ (source: Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (Kenya)).

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