In this episode of The Friendly Troll Podcast, the AI Policy Team at CIPIT, Josephine Kaaniru, Irene Makau, and Cynthia Nzuki,  join their Team Lead and host, Florence Ogonjo, to unpack the year’s major activities and developments in Africa’s AI policy landscape. They walk through key research outputs, events, and evolving trends in AI governance, while also sharing updates on the AI Policy Team’s ongoing work at CIPIT. This episode of TFT covers;

• Research & Policy Highlights
• Overview of CIPIT’s research across events, reports, and Africa’s AI landscape

Episode Highlights Include:

• State of AI In Africa report 2025
• Watch sessions of the 2nd Conference on the State of AI in Africa 2025
• AI Governance Webinar Series:
• Ethical AI Starts with Data  Linking Curation, Workers’ Rights and Outputs
• AI and Intellectual Property: Protecting African Datasets
• The Evolving AI Governance Landscape in Africa: A Multidisciplinary Approach
• The NOODL Solution- You can find more about the NOODL License and access it  via this link
• Josephine’s presentation at the Africa Law Tech Festival

To interact with research work mentioned in the podcast and other AI research- AI Policy Team work on the website 

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Music:
Intro/Outro  – https://pixabay.com/music/id-102694/