{"id":64491,"date":"2025-11-23T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:49:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:49:50","slug":"uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"UAE Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Expand AI in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities.<\/p>\n<p>UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri announced the \u201cAI for development initiative\u201d at the G20 leaders\u2019 summit in Johannesburg, saying it would bring AI technology to areas such as education, healthcare, and climate adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider AI not just as a future industry but a cornerstone of humanity\u2019s future,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, my country is actively accelerating innovation to enhance productivity and drive significant advancements in the global economy, with a strong commitment to developing responsible and inclusive AI for the benefit of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UAE is one of the biggest investors in Africa. Its bilateral trade in 2024 reached approximately $107 billion, a 28% increase from the previous year, and its total investments in Africa were over $118 billion between 2020 and 2024, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi is investing heavily in AI, with plans to build one of the world\u2019s largest data-centre hubs in the country with U.S. technology.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE is not a member of the Group of 20, which brings together the world\u2019s biggest economies, but was invited to the meeting by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is hosting the G20 leaders\u2019 summit for the first time in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities. UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri announced the \u201cAI for development initiative\u201d at the G20 leaders\u2019 summit in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-64491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UAE Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Expand AI in Africa - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UAE Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Expand AI in Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T20:05:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T20:49:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763918263.297836.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UAE Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Expand AI in Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-23T20:05:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-23T20:49:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763918263.297836.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-to-expand-ai-in-africa\",\"name\":\"UAE Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Expand AI in Africa - 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