Artificial Intelligence and the integrity of African elections, By Samson Itodo

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to explore the opportunities and risks of AI-powered electoral processes, especially as eligible voters in twenty-four African nations are expected go to polls in executive and legislative elections this year. The conference assembled electoral commissions, election experts, donors, academics, civil society groups, big tech companies and regional institutions from 22 African countries.

While the role of AI in African elections is still evolving, a small fraction of African electoral commissions are advanced in AI uptake for elections. A recent Yiaga Africa survey of electoral commissions in 22 African countries reveals that AI is being deployed for voter register management, automated chatbots for voter engagement, voter authentication and cyber threat detection in South Africa, Eswatini, Madagascar and Nigeria respectively.

The world’s first most comprehensive AI regulation recently passed by the EU and the UN General Assembly resolution on AI provide a model for Africa to develop and adopt its own regulatory framework. Africa needs a regulatory framework to inhibit the manipulation of AI to undermine election integrity, information integrity and democracy.

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