CBK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hackathon, 2025

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is hosting an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hackathon on October 14, 2025 – November 20, 2025. The theme for the AI Hackathon is Ethical and Responsible AI in the Financial Sector. The theme addresses the need to ensure that as institutions leverage AI and Machine Learning (ML) for the benefit of customers and efficient service delivery, they also prioritise ethical and responsible use of the technology. This is important, given that the use of AI has brought about concerns on biased data and models, explainability of ML models, data privacy, and governance issues.

FINALISTS

JUDGES

Matu Mugo

Director, Bank Supervision, Central Bank of Kenya

Anastasia Kariuki

Deputy Director, Information Technology, Central Bank of Kenya

Andrew Masila

Innovation, Tech RnD Lead, Safaricom

Vikaran Singh Ubhi

Chief Technology Officer, Paystack

AI POLICY DIALOGUE - SPEAKERS

The AI Policy Dialogue aims to advance the shared goal of ensuring the ethical and responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across financial services.

Jamila Aroi

Partner - Consulting & Risk Services, PwC

John Okande

Programme Coordinator, UNESCO

George Owuor Jr.

Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, Mastercard

Mercy Mulei

Anti Money Laundering Lead, Safaricom

Anthony Gachanja

Senior Manager, Data Analytics and Regulatory Technology, CBK

Dr. John Olukuru

Head of Data Science, Analytics, and AI, Strathmore University, @iLabAfrica Africa

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