The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the GSMA have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen Africa’s artificial intelligence ecosystem and accelerate the deployment of African-led AI solutions, including African language AI.
The partnership brings together the GSMA’s mobile industry expertise and networks with UNDP’s development programmes and innovation platforms to support African-led AI innovation. The collaboration will connect local talent with opportunities to develop and deploy solutions that respond to Africa’s priorities, including AI in African languages, helping ensure more people and businesses can benefit from the continent’s digital transformation.
Through the UNDP timbuktoo initiative, which is empowering African innovators to scale development solutions, UNDP and GSMA will collaborate to improve access to compute infrastructure for priority AI pilots and connect African talent to real-world AI applications. The partnership will also support the deployment of locally developed AI solutions and identify pathways for long-term sustainability and scale.
