{"id":44944,"date":"2026-09-08T13:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44944"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:28:31","slug":"au-pushes-for-inclusive-ai-at-geneva-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-pushes-for-inclusive-ai-at-geneva-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"AU pushes for inclusive AI at Geneva Summit \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Lerato D. Mataboge has taken her seat on the newly formed artificial intelligence (AI) for Good Global Commission during its inaugural meeting held in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the multistakeholder body brings together over 40 founding members, including heads of state, international institutional leaders, and technology executives. The commission is co-chaired by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff, alongside ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin as Vice-Chair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The body aims to strengthen trust in AI while expanding access to the technology for inclusive development. Addressing the digital divide remains a primary mandate, with an estimated 2.2 billion people worldwide currently offline and excluded from AI benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AI will run on the ground Africa is laying now; the grids, the fibre, the data centres and the skills of our people,&#8221;Mataboge stated during the summit. &#8220;I take up this responsibility to carry the perspectives and priorities of the AU and its Member States into the Commission&#8217;s work, so that the benefits of this technology are shared by all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/AU&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11831,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-44944","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"AU pushes for inclusive AI at Geneva summit","published_date":"2026-09-08 13:27:45","news_description":"AU pushes for inclusive AI at Geneva summit","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44945,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44944\/revisions\/44945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}