Egypt has hosted the second meeting of the African AI Working Group at Sultan Hussein Kamel Palace in Cairo.
The country was represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) at the Working Group which is aimed at crafting an African AI strategy, creating a common stance in AI areas and playing an active role in AI-related discussions on the global level.
This common stance of African countries will reflect their needs and aspirations and ensure that the African voice is heard across international forums.
Other objectives include addressing the various challenges that the continent is facing on that front, ensuring the governance of AI, the protection and availability of data and developing AI regulations that might be a good starting point for such a stance.
Having common stances related to AI will serve the African Agenda 2063 to have a long-term roadmap towards a continent that is peaceful, integrated, people-centred and prosperous, with milestones and strategies to achieve this vision in the shortest time.
The Working Group’s first consultative meeting was held in Cairo in December 2019. In February 2021, the first meeting was organised online. The major outcome of those meetings was the issuance of the Common Africa Position Paper on the Priority Areas of Africa towards AI.
