This session aims to unpack the anticipated impact of AI on Africa’s future job creation. By bringing together different perspectives, the session aims to enhance understanding on Africa’s readiness for AI, to consider AI’s potential job creation and employment structure impacts and explore what Africa is doing to maximise the benefits of AI in generating quality, sustainable livelihoods. The session targets policymakers, the academic and research community, INGOs and innovators.  

Objectives:

• Enhance understanding Africa’s readiness with regards to AI. 
• Take stock of Africa’s role in AI development for Job Creation. 
• Map job creating AI-use cases in Africa. 
• Map an action plan for Africa to actively engage and contribute to the AI industrial revolution.

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