NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has officially signed a Trilateral Letter of Strategic Intent (LoSI) with Italy and India during the India AI Impact Summit, establishing the country as the primary platform for implementing and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) across Africa.
Speaking at the summit, ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo, who co-architected the framework, said the agreement moves Kenya beyond pilot projects to population-scale AI solutions in critical sectors.
“Kenya is now the primary ‘implementation and scale platform’ for AI across Africa,” said Kabogo.
“We are moving beyond pilots to deliver AI solutions in agriculture, education, and public services that create local jobs and drive sovereign growth.”
The Trilateral LoSI is part of Kenya’s broader strategy to leverage AI for economic growth, technological leadership, and workforce development.
We have officially signed the Trilateral Letter of Strategic Intent (LoSI) with Italy and India at the India AI Impact Summit.As a co-architect of this framework, Kenya is now established as the primary “implementation and scale platform” for AI across Africa. We are moving
By partnering with Italy and India, the country aims to adopt proven AI solutions and tailor them to African contexts, ensuring that innovations benefit the wider population.
Kabogo emphasized that the collaboration would accelerate AI deployment, foster knowledge transfer, and strengthen Kenya’s role in shaping Africa’s digital transformation.
The agreement comes at a time when African nations are increasingly exploring AI to address developmental challenges, from improving crop yields to enhancing public service delivery, while ensuring that solutions are inclusive, ethical, and locally relevant.
“This milestone advances secure and paperless government services through DigiLocker, enabling trusted digital document issuance and verification, and citizen-controlled digital credentials,” the CS said.
“The pilot will prioritise key sectors including education credentials, professional certificates, IDs, and business registry services, with strong cybersecurity and data protection safeguards.”