A governance framework that promotes positive use of AI in Africa could help deliver services to the continent’s rapidly growing urban areas while improving performance on stubborn sociopolitical issues and security threats.
As AI rapidly transforms societies, global governance is necessary to develop standards for balancing the benefits and risks of deploying AI technologies, while ensuring citizens are aware of their rights and protections.
China’s experience in refocusing its economy towards high-tech industries, and AI in particular, can inform global AI governance frameworks and help guide emerging economies to close the digital divide in infrastructure, education and skills, and innovation capacity.
