#AI4EAC2026 Conference, themed 'Harnessing AI for a Resilient, Inclusive and Innovative East Africa', was held on 30 March - 1 April 2026 in #Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
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📘We're pleased to share the final conference report, which captures the key discussions, outcomes, recommendations, & highlights from the 4th EAC Regional STI Conference, held in #Rwanda, 30 March - 1 April 2026.
🔗sti.easteco.org/documents/4t…
@mfbenda @easteco1 @iucea_info #AI4EAC
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The @jumuiya is advancing Regional AI Strategy,with shared priorities on data governance,infrastructure,innovation, and skills.
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🔹The EAC Declaration on AI outlines ambitious plans to establish a robust regional AI ecosystem. Among its flagship initiatives is the creation of a Regional Centre of Excellence for Emerging Technologies, which will serve as a hub for coordinating AI policy development, research, innovation, infrastructure, and skills development.
🔹Complementing this effort is the establishment of an East African Community AI Alliance, designed to bring together governments, academia, industry, and
development partners in a collaborative network that accelerates knowledge sharing, innovation, and technology transfer.
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Africa’s AI future must be shaped and owned by Africans. Thank you @easteco1 @iucea_info and @jumuiya for bringing this conversation to life. @Eakc_kiswahili
Is honoured to have been part of tbe conversation.
We should champion AI sovereignty, build resilient local digital ecosystems, homegrown datasets, AI models for African languages as well as technology frameworks that safeguard African control over data and AI technologies
Africa must not only consume AI but build it, own it, and lead with it.
@EAC_STI @mfbenda
At the conclusion of the 4th EAC Regional STI Conference, EAC Ministers for Science, Technology & Innovation, Education, ICT and Foreign Affairs resolved and declared a bold and forward-looking EAC Declaration on AI.
The declaration reaffirms EAC’s commitment to positioning AI as a strategic driver of economic transformation, integration & inclusive dev’t.
@EAC_STI @RwandaICT @meaca_ug @iucea_info @eacgiz @easteco1 @OneYoungAfrica @NEPAD_Agency @MusoniPaula @jumuiya @easteco1
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The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Eugene Mutembei from Kenya with Kiswahili Smart Labs.
4th EAC Regional STI Conference retweeted
The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Bruce Tumuhimbise from Uganda with Kiswahili AI Tutor.
4th EAC Regional STI Conference retweeted
The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Hellen Egesa from Uganda with Kiswahili Elimu Hub.
4th EAC Regional STI Conference retweeted
The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Rwema Sadiki from Rwanda with Kiswahili Hub.
4th EAC Regional STI Conference retweeted
The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Alimasi Gaston from the Democratic Republic of Congo with Kongo-Moja Digital.
4th EAC Regional STI Conference retweeted
The 4th @EAC_STI Conference was a great initiative that gave a platform to @Eakc_kiswahili youth to show their Kiswahili and AI innovative ideas. @easteco1 @iucea_info @jumuiya @mfbenda @ncasiimwe
Cylidion Raulean Cylivanus from Tanzania with Pindu AI Financial Coach.
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Bruce Tumuhimbise kutoka Jamhuri ya Uganda hongera sana kwa kazi ya ubunifu unayoiendeleza kuhusu ufundishaji Kiswahili kwa kutumia Akili Unde "Kiswahili AI Tutor"
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Artificial Intelligence is already Improving Diary farming in Rwanda and Malawi. The Future is here Today.
@AmanyaStuartJr @easteco1
@MSTCDC @OneYoungAfrica
@jumuiya @EAC_yap
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Young People Mentored, Trained and Empowered by the EAC Youth Fellowship and YouLead Summit under MS TCDC won seed funding at the STI conference in Kigali.
#Leadership
#Mentorship
@jumuiya @AmanyaStuartJr @easteco1 @NEPAD_Agency @OneYoungAfrica @MSTCDC
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#AI4EAC
🗣️"Let this conference be a turning point. From dialogue to decisive action. Together, we can harness artificial intelligence to build #EastAfrica that is #resilient, #inclusive, and #innovative, and one that leaves no one behind." – at Rwanda
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@TabaarakICT at 4th EAC Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Conference @EAC_STI.
Where ideas turn into action—and the future takes shape.
#TabaarakICT
#ai4eac2026
#AI4EAC2026
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East African Community Science and Technology Commission to establish a multi-Million AI Fund. East Africa is positioning AI as a foundational driver of cross-sector economic growth, yet this technological advancement is increasingly shadowed by a critical strategic debate regarding the ownership and sovereignty of the underlying systems.
ktpress.rw/2026/04/eac-launc…
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Delivering her keynote at the Ministerial Dialogue on Responsible AI Adoption during the 4th EAC Regional STI Conference, Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero Masanza, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation in the Office of the President of Uganda, urged EAC ministers to lead with economic intentionality rather than focusing on access alone. She called for harmonised data strategies, AI innovation clusters and a shared East Africa AI identity, stressing that coordinated regional policy is key to ensuring the value of AI is captured and retained on the continent.
@STIsecretariat @EAC_STI
