NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 24 — Kenya and artificial intelligence company Anthropic have signed a Joint Declaration establishing a framework for cooperation on responsible artificial intelligence, research, innovation and the development of practical AI applications aligned with the country’s national priorities.

📻 Breaking It Down

The agreement was signed in New York on September 22, 2026, on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Dr Abraham Korir Sing’Oei signed the declaration on behalf of the Kenyan Government, while Elizabeth Kelly, Anthropic’s Head of Beneficial Deployments, signed for the company.

Kenya’s Special Envoy on Technology Ambassador Philip Thigo and Anthropic Global Impact Lead Ambassador Courtney O’Donnell witnessed the signing.

📌 What You Need to Know

The cooperation will cover AI skills and capacity building, research, responsible public-sector applications, AI safety and evaluation, and locally relevant AI use cases in education and health.

The agreement provides an umbrella framework from which individual ministries, departments and agencies can develop specific programmes and partnerships with Anthropic.

Thigo said the partnership would focus on building Kenya’s local capacity while ensuring the technology responds to the country’s needs.

“This partnership will empower Kenya to build local AI expertise, develop responsible technologies tailored to our needs, and ensure that advances in AI strengthen our institutions and drive inclusive growth,” Thigo said.

The agreement places data protection and national laws at the centre of any future programmes involving government data.

It states that access to, processing or use of data under future programmes will be governed by Kenyan law, including applicable data-protection, cybersecurity and public-sector requirements.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya