AI, youth Africa's best allies in climate action

Paul Ronoh, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, launching a drone spraying initiative on December 3, 2024, in Tipis, Nakuru County, to combat the quelea bird invasion that has ravaged wheat farms. [[Kipsang Joseph/ Standard]

I recently attended a two-day African religious leaders’ training that touched on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) risks and opportunities in pastoral work. The risks included the possibility of reduced church attendance and fellowship due to increasing online worship. Others were on privacy, disinformation and contortion of biblical teachings, with Africa left to consume Western technology without a voice in its creation or regulation. There was fear of false prophets, and the fact that algorithms could be manipulated and commercialised.