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Welcome to the Africa's 100 Rising AI Developers Initiative!

From Lagos to Nairobi, from Accra to Cape Town, a generation of African innovators is not just using AI—they're building solutions that heal, feed, educate, and transform our continent. The Africa's 100 Rising AI AI Developers initiative exists to find them, celebrate them, and amplify their impact across Africa and the world

Let's Change the Narrative

The narrative about artificial intelligence in Africa has been written by others for too long. While global tech giants debate AI ethics in Silicon Valley boardrooms and researchers publish papers in prestigious journals, a quieter revolution is unfolding across our continent. Young African developers are building AI solutions that don't just theorize about impact—they deliver it daily in farms, clinics, classrooms, and communities.

But here's the problem: most of these innovators remain invisible. Their groundbreaking work goes unrecognized beyond their immediate communities. The nurse in rural Kenya using AI to diagnose malaria faster, the agronomist in Nigeria helping smallholder farmers predict crop yields, the educator in Ghana personalizing learning for thousands of students with limited resources—these are the stories the world needs to hear. These are the innovators Africa needs to celebrate.

Join the 100 AI Rising Stars

The future of African AI innovation is bright. We're just making sure the world can see it clearly. Join us. Nominate a developer. Share this campaign. Be part of the movement that puts African AI innovation on the global map where it belongs.