The AI Hub for Sustainable Development is a collaborative initiative accelerating sustainable AI-driven industrial growth in Africa. It focuses on four key foundations of local AI ecosystems:
Inclusive and representative datasets
Local AI talent development
Affordable green computing infrastructure
Enabling environments for responsible AI adoption
Aligned with the commitment to equal partnership with African countries as in the Italy-Africa Mattei Plan, the AI Hub targets sectors including energy, agriculture, health, water, education and training, and infrastructure to harness AI's transformative potential. Complementing existing G7 initiatives and aligning with global AI efforts, the AI Hub serves as a multi-stakeholder platform to steer local, regional, and global private sector collective action across the African continent, ensuring AI benefits all.
The AI Hub for Sustainable Development is implementing a series of co-design programmes to inform its design, strategy, and activities. Following the G7 Presidency and UNDP's 'Learning by Doing' approach in partnership with local ecosystems, these co-design programmes aim to gather practical insights, test innovative ideas, and explore collaborative models that will shape the AI Hub's strategies for catalyzing sustainable local AI ecosystems in Africa.
Driving innovation in data, green compute, and talent pipelines to strengthen local AI ecosystems in Africa.
Exploring innovative partnership models to better integrate African languages into AI systems and create public goods.
A partnership platform coordinating sustainable AI compute access across Africa, transforming barriers into enablers through shared infrastructure and resources.
