Co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya, Italy and UNDP to advance AI adoption, infrastructure and inclusive impact across Africa. Africa Science News

• 1.5 million GPU hours announced for 130 innovators across Africa Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
• AI 10 Billion Initiative launched with the African Development Bank and partners, targeting up to $10 billion mobilised and 40 million jobs by 2035 Citizen Digital
• Harmonic Africa Startup Acceleration Programme launched, providing AI startups with capital, technical support, and market access

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A first-of-its-kind collaborative platform designed to accelerate AI-driven industrial growth with Africa, officially launched in Rome by MIMIT and UNDP. Aihubfordevelopment

• Endorsed by G7 Leaders in Borgo Egnazia and co-designed with UNDP and African partners Aihubfordevelopment
• 25 transformative private-sector and Africa-based partnerships announced webflow
• First programmes launched across green compute, data, talent, and partnerships

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An ecosystem event convened on the heels of the Nairobi AI Forum and the AI Impact Summit in Delhi. African startups, European companies, research centres, and institutions building new collaborations in AI for sustainable development.

• Grounded Africa-Europe AI collaboration pathways on sustainable infrastructure
• Climate and energy systems, education and skills agenda advanced
• Co-organised by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UNDP, the International Training Centre of the ILO, the City of Turin, the House of Emerging Technologies, AI4Industry, and the Industrial Union of Turin