East African business leaders convened in Nairobi to discuss the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the job market and organizational operations.

• The consensus is that AI is a present reality, necessitating businesses to build digital and AI capabilities within their organizations.
• Key participants included Jane Karuku (Group Managing Director and CEO of EABL), Ladi Asuni (Partner, Technology Advisory, KPMG West Africa), and Irfan Keshavjee (Chairman, SeamlessHR East Africa).
• The roundtable, organized by SeamlessHR and KPMG East Africa, emphasized that strategic decisions on technology, people, and data are crucial for future competitiveness and recommended continuous employee capability building to efficiently and legally utilize AI tools.