ICT4D 2026: Is Africa’s Response the blueprint for resisting the AI Inevitability narrative?
All roads led to Nairobi from the 20th to 22nd of May 2026 for the ICT4D conference, where sessions centred on the theme “Delivering impact through digital transformation, together.” The MERL Tech Initiative (MTI) was busy leading some amazing sessions as a consortium partner. We led panels on evaluating GenAI challenge funds, resourcing African language NLP for MERL, joined a session on Voice AI, and facilitated a workshop on Competencies for Made in Africa AI in MERL.