AI Without Borders: Forming a United Front

As AI adoption accelerates across Africa, governments face growing pressure to define how it should be governed. With global approaches diverging and regional frameworks emerging, the challenge is balancing innovation with risk, while avoiding fragmentation across markets.
This session explores how African countries can shape AI governance approaches that reflect local priorities, support innovation and remain aligned with global developments. It will examine the role of regional coordination, public-private collaboration and policy choices that will determine whether Africa emerges as a rule-taker — or a rule-shaper — in the global AI landscape.