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What’s happening with AI in Kenyan and African industry, every two weeks. About a four-minute read.

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Five short parts

  1. The big shiftOne AI development in an industry, and what it means for Kenyan organisations.
  2. In your departmentOne task AI can take off a team’s plate, such as reconciling bank and M-Pesa records.
  3. Use it safelyOne tip on shadow AI or data protection, such as what not to paste into a public chatbot.
  4. One numberA single figure, with its source.
  5. From HakiThe course, workshops, live sessions and new research.
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Why now: shadow AI

Your team is already using AI. Is anyone guiding it?

42.1%

of Kenyan internet users aged 16 and over used ChatGPT in the past month, the highest share of any country

DataReportal, July 2025 (Business Daily)
87.8%

of professionals surveyed in Kenya use AI tools for work tasks

Kaspersky workplace study, 2025 (Zawya)
35%

of those professionals have had training on AI security

Kaspersky workplace study, 2025

When staff use AI without guidance, company and client data can end up in tools nobody approved. This is called shadow AI. The course, and our workshops, show teams how to use AI well and safely.

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