A Digital@UNGA Affiliate Session convened by UNDP and LinkedIn to explore how privately held data can complement official statistics and generate timely development insights.

• Representatives from the UN system, the World Bank Group, LinkedIn, Ookla, and other Development Data Partnership members
• Focused on labour markets, AI adoption, digital connectivity, climate risks, and crisis response
• High-level discussions on governance, privacy, and legal safeguards for trusted data partnerships, and practical pathways from interest to application
• Presentation of Anima Mundi: The Soul of the World Meets the Machine, extending AI and data governance to the communities whose knowledge it draws on — submissions open until 31 December 2026

The first dialogue of a new forum series in Calabria bringing together leaders from culture, industry, institutions, and the innovation ecosystem on the premise that the most impactful AI is not built for communities but with them.

• 50+ participants around an Aspen-style table with parallel thematic roundtables, including Qualcomm, Microsoft, Cisco Italy, IBM Italia, Deloitte, and the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers
• AI Hub intervention on AI Diffusion Pathways — the partnerships, enabling conditions, and reusable tools that carry locally developed solutions further, including trilateral work on offline voice AI
• Recognition from H.E. Frederick Lusambili Matwang'a, Kenya's Ambassador to Italy, citing the Hub's partnership model beyond the aid-recipient paradigm and USD 3 million+ in compute for African innovators since the Nairobi AI Forum
• Two Hub-led roundtables on reimagining partnerships with the African private sector, grounded in DeepLeaf's experience of the Hub and the partnerships built through it
• Announcement of Anima Mundi: The Soul of the World Meets the Machine in the afternoon plenary, in dialogue with the Vatican — submissions open until 31 December 2026

Africa's premier digital infrastructure and connectivity event, bringing together telecom operators, cloud providers, investors, policymakers, and technology leaders to accelerate digital infrastructure development across the continent.

• 1,800+ decision-makers from 80+ countries across telecom, cloud, data centre, and investment sectors
• High-level summits on fibre connectivity, data centres, digital infrastructure, energy, and investment
• Focused on subsea cables, cross-border connectivity, sovereign data, and public-private partnerships
• Featured executive networking, business matchmaking, and investment opportunities to advance Africa's digital infrastructure ecosystem

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Africa's leading machine learning and AI gathering, bringing together researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders under the theme "Sovereign Intelligence. African Scale."

• 1,000+ attendees from 45+ African countries
• Research talks, workshops, tutorials, and startup showcases
• Networking with AI leaders, researchers, and industry partners
• Platform for African innovation, datasets, and entrepreneurship

በጄኔቫ የሚካሄደው የ‘AI Hub/UNDP at AI for Good 2026’ ጉባኤ፤ የኤአይ (AI) ስርጭትን ከፅንሰ-ሃሳብ ባለፈ ወደ ተጨባጭ ተግባር ለመቀየር መንግስታትን፣ የባለብዙ ወገን ድርጅቶችን፣ የዘርፉን መሪዎች እና የፈጠራ ባለሙያዎችን በአንድ ላይ ያገናኛል። በዝግ በሮች በስተጀርባ በሚደረጉ የስትራቴጂ ውይይቶች እና ይፋዊ ስብሰባዎች አማካኝነት፣ ይህ የጄኔቫ መድረክ በስዊዘርላንድ የኤአይ (AI) ፕሬዝዳንትነት ስር የተካሄደውን የህንድ ‘AI Impact’ ጉባኤ መነቃቃትን ወደፊት ያስቀጥላል። በተጨማሪም እንደ ጤና ጥበቃ፣ ግብርና፣ ድምፅ (voice) እና ክህሎት ባሉ ዘርፎች ላይ ሊለኩ የሚችሉ ተፅዕኖዎችን ያሳዩ የቀጥታ የኤአይ (AI) አጠቃቀም ማሳያዎችን (use-cases) ያቀርባል። እንዲሁም ‘በ2030 (እ.ኤ.አ) 100 የኤአይ ስርጭት መንገዶች’ የተሰኘውን ዘመቻ በመላው ግሎባል ሳውዝ (Global South) ውስጥ በመንግስት ለሚደገፉ የኤአይ (AI) ስርጭቶች እንደ ተግባራዊ መሳሪያ በመጠቀም ያራምዳል።‍

የቺኔካ ሊዮናርዶ ሱፐርኮምፒውተር (CINECA Leonardo supercomputer) መገኛ በሆነችው በቦሎኛ የተስተናገደ። የምርምር ምኞቶችን ወደ ተግባራዊ የስምሪት መንገዶች ለመቀየር የአፍሪካ የፈጠራ ባለሙያዎችን፣ የአውሮፓ የምርምር ተቋማትን እና የግል ዘርፍ አጋሮችን በአንድ ላይ የሚያገናኝ ባለ ሁለት ቀን የተጠናከረ የሥራ ክፍለ-ጊዜ።

• በኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር (MIMIT)፣ በውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር (MAECI)፣ በዩኤንዲፒ (UNDP)፣ በቦሎኛ ዩኒቨርሲቲ / አልማኤአይ (AlmaAI)፣ በባይ-ሬክስ (Bi-Rex) እና በቦሎኛ ሜትሮፖሊታን ከተማ በጋራ የተስተናገደ
• የመክፈቻ ንግግር በፕሮፌሰር ሮቶሎ፣ አልማኤአይ (AlmaAI)
• 15 የአፍሪካ ኤአይ (AI) የፈጠራ ባለሙያዎች እውነተኛ የስምሪት መዋቅሮቻቸውን የሚያቀርቡበት
• ድብልቅ ፎርማት — በአካል እና በኢንተርኔት (ኦንላይን)

Italy's leading public administration and digital government event, bringing together government leaders, public institutions, technology companies, and policymakers to advance digital transformation, AI adoption, and the future of public services.

• Thousands of attendees from government, industry, and academia across Italy's public administration ecosystem
• High-level discussions on generative AI, anticipatory governance, digital public services, and the post-PNRR transformation agenda
• Featured major public institutions, technology providers, and cross-sector collaboration to accelerate public sector innovation
• Showcased award-winning public initiatives and practical models for AI-enabled, citizen-centred, and data-driven governance

The inaugural edition of East Africa's largest AI and technology event, bringing together global leaders, innovators, startups, investors, and policymakers to accelerate AI adoption, digital transformation, and innovation across Africa.

• 15,000+ attendees, 500+ exhibitors and startups, from 75+ countries
• High-level AI summit alongside a major technology exhibition and B2B networking platform
• Showcased AI, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, and emerging technologies
• Featured startup competitions, investment opportunities, and international public-private partnerships driving Africa's digital future

በናይሮቢ የኤአይ ፎረም (Nairobi AI Forum) እና በዴሊው የኤአይ ኢምፓክት (AI Impact Summit) ጉባኤዎች ማግስት የተካሄደ የሥነ-ምህዳር መድረክ። ለዘላቂ ልማት ሲባል በኤአይ (AI) ዘርፍ አዳዲስ ትብብሮችን ለመመስረት የተገናኙ የአፍሪካ ስታርትአፖች፣ የአውሮፓ ኩባንያዎች፣ የምርምር ማዕከላት እና ተቋማት።

• በዘላቂ መሠረተ-ልማት ላይ የተመሰረቱ የአፍሪካ-አውሮፓ የኤአይ የትብብር መንገዶችን መዘርጋት
• የአየር ንብረት እና የኃይል ሥርዓቶች፣ የትምህርት እና የክህሎት አጀንዳዎችን ወደፊት ማ推進 (ማሳደግ)
• በኢንተርፕራይዞች እና ‘ሜድ ኢን ኢታሊ’ ሚኒስቴር፣ በውጭ ጉዳይ እና ዓለም አቀፍ ትብብር ሚኒስቴር፣ በዩኤንዲፒ (UNDP)፣ በዓለም አቀፍ የሥራ ድርጅት የሥልጠና ማዕከል (ITC-ILO)፣ በቱሪን ከተማ፣ በማደግ ላይ ያሉ ቴክኖሎጂዎች ማዕከል (House of Emerging Technologies)፣ AI4Industry እና በቱሪን የኢንዱስትሪ ማህበር በጋራ የተደራጀ

በመላው አፍሪካ የኤአይ አጠቃቀምን፣ መሠረተ-ልማትን እና አካታች ተፅዕኖን ለማሳደግ በኬንያ እና ጣሊያን መንግስታት እንዲሁም በዩኤንዲፒ (UNDP) በጋራ የተስተናገደ። (የአፍሪካ ሳይንስ ዜና / Africa Science News)

• ለ130 አፍሪካውያን የፈጠራ ባለሙያዎች የሚሆን የ1.5 ሚሊዮን የጂፒዩ (GPU) ሰዓታት ድጋፍ ይፋ ተደረገ (በኢንተርፕራይዞች እና ‘ሜድ ኢን ኢታሊ’ ሚኒስቴር)
• ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ እና አጋሮች ጋር በመሆን እስከ 10 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ለማንቀሳቀስ እና እስከ 2035 ድረስ 40 ሚሊዮን ስራዎችን ለመፍጠር ያለመ የ‘ኤአይ 10 ቢሊዮን ተነሳሽነት’ (AI 10 Billion Initiative) ተጀመረ (ሲቲዘን ዲጂታል / Citizen Digital)
• ለኤአይ ስታርትአፖች ካፒታልን፣ ቴክኒካዊ ድጋፍን እና የገበያ መዳረሻን የሚያቀርበው የ‘ሀርሞኒክ አፍሪካ ስታርትአፕ ማፋጠኛ ፕሮግራም’ (Harmonic Africa Startup Acceleration Programme) ተጀመረ

ከአፍሪካ ጋር በኤአይ የሚመራ የኢንዱስትሪ ዕድገትን ለማፋጠን የተነደፈ እና በዓይነቱ የመጀመሪያ የሆነ የትብብር መድረክ፤ በሮም ከተማ በኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር (MIMIT) እና በዩኤንዲፒ (UNDP) አማካኝነት በይፋ ተመርቋል። (Aihubfordevelopment)

• በቦርጎ ኤኛዚያ (Borgo Egnazia) በተካሄደው የጂ7 (G7) መሪዎች ስብሰባ የጸደቀ እና ከዩኤንዲፒ (UNDP) እንዲሁም ከአፍሪካውያን አጋሮች ጋር በጋራ የተቀረጸ (Aihubfordevelopment)
• 25 ለውጥ አምጪ የሆኑ የግል ዘርፍ እና በአፍሪካ ላይ የተመሰረቱ አጋርነቶች ይፋ ተደርገዋል (webflow)
• የመጀመሪያዎቹ ፕሮግራሞች በአረንጓዴ የኮምፒውተር አቅም (green compute)፣ በዳታ፣ በሰው ኃይል (ተሰጥኦ) እና በአጋርነቶች ዙሪያ ስራ ጀምረዋል

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A two-day G7 Presidency conference at INNOVIT San Francisco bringing together global technology companies, Silicon Valley investors, development finance institutions, and African research partners to harness AI and emerging technologies for competitiveness, innovation, and growth.

• Google, Cisco, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, HP, and AWS alongside venture capital, development banks, and G7 Consuls General
• Introduction of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, co-designed with UNDP, in a dedicated working session on mobilising industry partnerships
• Demo Day for African startups from the Startup Acceleration Pilot, which engaged 380+ startups across nine Mattei Plan countries
• Focused on AI adoption among MSMEs and a collaborative investment framework across G7 members, public development banks, and DFIs

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