What Ruto’s meeting with Sam Altman tells us about Kenya’s AI ambitions

For a country that wants to become Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) capital, Kenya has developed an unusual habit. It celebrates conversations as though they were investments.

On Wednesday, President William Ruto announced that he had met OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. The two discussed establishing Nairobi…