Our Mission
We’re building an Africa where homegrown solutions powered by AI and blockchain are the norm.
We’re building an Africa where homegrown solutions powered by AI and blockchain are the norm.
Across Africa, the promise of technology often feels distant–something built elsewhere, owned by others, and rarely shaped by the people it’s meant to serve.
Young minds brim with ideas but lack the resources to explore them. Entrepreneurs hit ceilings trying to build digital solutions that solve local problems. Communities with vast potential are held back by limited access, education gaps, and outdated systems.
We know this feeling because we’ve lived it. That’s why we started AIBIA.
The Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Initiative for Africa (AIBIA) is not just a nonprofit. It’s a movement of people rewriting the narrative of what’s possible for Africa through technology.
We exist because we believe the next world-changing innovation can come from a rural classroom in Uganda, a coworking space in Nairobi, or a university lab in Lagos. We exist because we know Africans can do more than use technology–they can create it.
We’re building an Africa where homegrown solutions powered by AI and blockchain aren’t the exception—they’re the norm.
We work with all age talents, women in tech, social impact innovators, and policy leaders. And we do it all with one shared belief: Technology should serve people, not leave them behind.
Meanwhile, the world is building faster, smarter systems with AI and decentralized tools, without our voices in the room. At AIBIA, we refuse to let Africa be left behind.
Across bustling cities and quiet villages, there’s no shortage of vision in Africa. The real challenge? Turning that vision into something real.
But they’re met with roadblocks: limited access, few mentors, little infrastructure, and tech education that’s either outdated or out of reach. That’s where AIBIA comes in.
We’re not just talking about the Fourth Industrial Revolution—we’re building it.
Campaigns, workshops, Spaces, and webinars to demystify AI and blockchain and show how these tools change lives and systems.
Inclusive spaces where learners become builders, collaborators find support, and innovation feels like home—online and offline.
We bridge NGOs, startups, researchers, governments, and funders to ensure tech serves communities and policy is ethical and inclusive.
We’re building the next generation of African AI leaders.
Join the hubWe believe in homegrown, scalable, people-centered solutions—grounded in lived experience, community feedback, and local resilience.
We are dreamers. We are builders. We are the spark behind the next generation of African innovation. And this is only the beginning.