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Kenya has developed the Africa Centre of Competence for Digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skilling. It serves as a hub for public sector innovation targeting improved service delivery. It is a joint effort by Microsoft, the Kenyan government, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Kenya has developed the Africa Centre of Competence for Digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skilling, which serves as a hub for public sector innovation targeting improved service delivery. It is a joint effort by Microsoft, the Kenyan government, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is held at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi, Kenya.
The adoption of new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation will speed the continent’s transformation agenda, according to John Tanui, principal secretary of Kenya’s state department for ICT and the digital economy. The facility would act as a hub for encouraging innovation and enhancing civil servants’ digital and AI competencies, capacities, and mindsets throughout Kenya and Africa, according to David Ombee, project communications officer at UNDP Kenya.
The AI centre is compliant with Kenya’s National Digital Master Plan 2022–2032, which intends to raise 300,000 public sector employees’ level of digital literacy. The projected Public Sector Innovation Fund, which would offer microgrants to encourage public officials to apply their newly learnt digital skills to tackle real-world challenges, is one of the center’s most noteworthy features. It is anticipated that this fund would inspire public servants to develop and apply cutting-edge digital solutions that tackle the particular problems facing their industry.
