Ambassador Tom Amolo, EBS.

Paris Call for AI Safety and Security | Advancing Global Cooperation 🇫🇷 Participated in the high-level meeting convened by President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace, advancing international cooperation on AI safety and security. The Paris Call builds on the Call for Control of Frontier AI Models, endorsed by H.E. President William Ruto, and advances cooperation on independent evaluations, common standards and incident preparedness. In my intervention, I reiterated President Ruto’s priorities from the AI Middle Powers dialogue at UNGA81, particularly technological agency, shared capabilities and meaningful participation of the Global South. I emphasised three priorities: 1. Independent AI evaluations: Building scientific and institutional capacity in the Global South, including evaluations that reflect African languages and local contexts, supported by cooperation through NAAIMES. 2. AI security and incident preparedness: Strengthening early warning, incident reporting, information-sharing and coordinated responses to emerging frontier AI risks. 3. Shared capabilities and standards: Expanding access to compute, talent and evaluation infrastructure, while ensuring developing countries participate meaningfully in shaping international AI standards. Appreciation to President Macron and the French Government for convening this important engagement and advancing practical international cooperation. @ForeignOfficeKE @FranceinKenya @SingoeiAKorir @Elysee @antonioguterres @MusaliaMudavadi @EmmanuelMacron @WilliamsRuto 🔗 elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron…

Africa’s biggest opportunity may be its youngest generation. Every year, millions of young Africans enter the workforce with ambition, talent and ideas. Yet too often, the jobs, skills and systems needed to turn that potential into prosperity remain out of reach. That is the gap our AUDA-NEPAD wants to help close. Kenya is set to host a new Continental Centre of Excellence for Human Capital and Institutional Development, a platform designed to connect skills development, health and stronger institutions to Africa’s economic future. Starting in Nairobi, the centre aims to help transform human potential into productive power: better-prepared workers, healthier communities, more capable institutions and greater access to opportunity. This is more than a new centre. It is a continental investment in the people who will build Africa’s next chapter. The question is no longer whether Africa has talent. It is whether the continent can build the systems that allow that talent to thrive. Read more on Page 32 & 33 cdnm.heyzine.com/flip-book/p… @SymerreGrey @nardosbthomas @GIZAfricanUnion @giz_gmbh @BMZ_Bund #AfricaRising #HumanCapital #AUDAにNEPAD #Kenya #YouthEmployment #AfricanDevelopment #Nairobi

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