India, Italy, and Kenya Partner to Drive Sovereign AI Adoption Across Africa New Trilateral Initiative Accelerates Voice-Enabled AI in Key Sectors Joining the Effort towards 100 AI Diffusion Pathways by 2030 Trilateral AI Partnership Between India, Kenya, and Italy NEW DELHI — Marking a landmark outcome of the AI Impact Summit 2026, India, Kenya, and Italy have announced a strategic trilateral partnership to co-design and deploy scalable, sovereign AI pathways across Africa.

As Asia accelerates its adoption of artificial intelligence, a critical question is coming into sharper focus: who does technology ultimately serve? Speaking at the Mint All About AI Tech4Good Awards, Salesforce South Asia Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya cautioned that the region’s next phase of AI-led growth must be firmly anchored in human-centric design, ethical guardrails, and accountability. Mumbai, Dec 2. 2025 Asia’s rapid push into AI has prompted a warning from Sal