Firms make AI literacy a workplace survival skill

From left: Caritas Microfinance Bank CEO David Mukaru, Absa Bank Kenya PLC Chief Operating and Digital Officer Julius Kamau, Mastercard Senior Vice President and Country Manager for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, Shehryar Ali and Panel Moderator Mariam Bishar during a panel discussion at the Nation Digital Summit CEO Roundtable at the Capital Club in Nairobi on July 29, 2026. 

Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group

Corporates in Kenya are increasingly treating artificial intelligence (AI) literacy as a core workplace skill amid concern that employees who do not understand the technology risk exposing organisations to cybersecurity and data privacy threats.

Business leaders meeting at the Nation Digital Summit CEO Roundtable on Wednesday said organisations are moving beyond deploying AI tools to investing in programmes that equip workers with the skills to use the technology responsibly as it becomes embedded in everyday business operations.

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