Africa: how the continent can succeed with AI – The Economist Group, 2nd annual Sustainability Week Africa
Dr Jacques Ludik, will be speaking at Economist Impact, part of The Economist Group, 2nd annual Sustainability Week Africa on
October 30th – 31st, 2025 at The Westin, Cape Town
https://events.economist.com/sustainability-week-africa/
Opening keynote panel “Africa: how the continent can succeed with AI”
Artificial intelligence promises to transform everything from agriculture and education, to healthcare and finance. It has the potential to improve public services and drive innovation. But risks loom: “data colonialism” (where Western firms hoover up developing-country data), algorithmic bias (notably affecting people of colour) and privacy. Will the technology spread misinformation and widen social divides or spark inclusive growth? How can African policymakers, entrepreneurs and investors shape the technology for the benefit of all?
Moderated by
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, global energy and climate innovation editor, The Economist
Speakers
Dr Jacques Ludik, Co-founder, Sustainable Technology Ventures Capital (STVC), President & Founder, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa | MIIA, Founder & CEO, Cortex AI Group, Co-founder, Bluefin Gold Group
Daniel Erasmus, full member, Club of Rome; creator, ClimateGPT; chief executive, Erasmus.AI
Adv.Reitumetse Moletsane, Africa director, Climate High-Level Champions
This session will be part of our CSO Leaders Club, a gathering of 80-100 most senior sustainability leaders from across Africa and globally. As a speaker you would also be welcome to attend the whole two-day conference on October 30th and 31st.
Economist Impact, part of The Economist Group, have been running Sustainability Week series of events around the globe for the last 10 years – Last year we launched our Sustainability Week Africa , that brought together more than 300 leaders from across business, government and civil society, with excellent feedback. Our second edition will focus on concrete steps and action for Africa’s economic and social development in the green transition—from securing energy access and industrial growth to climate adaptation, food and water security, financing and most importantly, making this transition fair.
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