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AfDB + UNDP AI Hub · AfCEN Secretariat
Mobilising investment for AI adoption in Africa
Grounded in AfDB's analysis that AI adoption could help create 35-40 million jobs and add $1 trillion in GDP by 2035, AI10Bn turns national AI priorities into financeable projects.
35-40 million
potential jobs from AI adoption by 2035
$1 trillion
potential additional GDP by 2035
$ billion
mobilisation ambition across the initiative
2035
jobs, productivity and growth horizon
What and Why
A clean public frame for a large opportunity
AI10Bn keeps the public story simple: a continental initiative to help countries convert AI priorities into prepared, financeable projects that support jobs, productivity and inclusive growth.
The AfDB report provides the evidence base. A disciplined operating model provides the rhythm: align the narrative, define partner pathways, prepare the pipeline, and track results.
Evidence base
AfDB projects that inclusive AI adoption could generate 35-40 million jobs and add $1 trillion in GDP by 2035. The initiative uses that horizon as a discipline for preparation and delivery, not as a guaranteed outcome.
Framework
A continental mobilisation platform for AI adoption.
AI10Bn connects national AI priorities to the preparation, infrastructure and capital pathways required to turn them into financeable projects.
- Country-owned priorities
- Responsible AI adoption
- Project preparation before capital mobilisation
How It Works
From national AI priorities to financeable projects
The model is designed to be legible to governments and capital providers: diagnose, prepare, mobilise, track.
01
Diagnose
Assess readiness, sectors, infrastructure gaps and priority AI use cases.
02
Prepare
Translate national priorities into bankable concepts and preparation workplans.
03
Mobilise
Align public, development, philanthropic and private capital around prepared projects.
04
Track
Measure jobs, productivity, inclusion and responsible adoption against the 2035 goal.
The enablers
Foundations that make adoption productive
Five conditions that turn national AI ambition into prepared, financeable projects.
Compute and connectivity
Infrastructure, power and networks that can support AI workloads at national scale.
Skills
Public, private and research talent able to build, adopt and govern AI systems.
Governance
Rules, safeguards and institutional capacity for responsible, trusted adoption.
Investment
Capital pathways that convert national priorities into prepared, financeable projects.
Operating Model
A working architecture, not a text download
One evidence base
Anchor public language in AfDB's jobs and GDP analysis, with clear caveats and no overclaiming.
One partner pathway
Make it easy for governments, financiers, philanthropy, technology firms and implementers to see where they fit.
One preparation engine
Prioritise diagnostics, project preparation and country-level facilities before headline announcements.
One results discipline
Tie every workstream back to jobs, productivity, responsible adoption and inclusive growth by 2035.
Partners
Clear institutional roles
The public role architecture stays clean: founding partners up front, secretariat and pipeline infrastructure stated plainly.
Founding partners
AfDB and the UNDP AI Hub for Sustainable Development set the institutional platform for the initiative.
Secretariat
AfCEN coordinates the operating rhythm, partner follow-up and delivery discipline.
Pipeline infrastructure
AfCEN supports country intelligence, compact preparation and the pathway from concepts to financeable projects.
Partnership enquiries: partners@ai10bn.africa
Contact
Questions, queries and recommendations
Tell us who you are and how you'd like to engage. The Secretariat routes every enquiry for the right country or partner follow-up.
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