Pan African AI & Innovation Summit 2026

About this event

Pan African AI & Innovation Summit (PAAIS) 2026 is a two-day summit focused on Africa’s AI ecosystem, themed “Scaling Africa's Ethical AI & Innovation Ecosystem: Building Youth Capacity, Policy, Partnerships and Skills.” It features keynotes, panels, workshops and technical masterclasses, including live code reviews of African NLP models and case studies on deploying ML in low-bandwidth environments. The program is organized across four themed sessions: ethical AI applications and policy frameworks; AI infrastructure, partnerships and investment; mentorship/skills and career pathways; and actionable AI & innovation. The summit targets a broad audience across the AI ecosystem, including ML engineers, data scientists, developers, policy architects, AI ethicists, startups, business leaders, and venture capitalists.