Schedule
Our workshop is scheduled to take place on Friday, 7th of August 2026, at the Main Plenary Hall.
- 12:00 – 12:05 pmArrival of Attendees
- 12:05 – 12:15 pmWorkshop IntroductionOpening of the workshop and introduction of the panelists.
- 12:15 – 1:00 pmPanelist Session — Whose Intelligence? Building Agentic AI in Africa without frontier model dependencyPanelists explore how agentic AI can be built for African realities without depending on frontier models, drawing on their areas of expertise. Panelists: Chinasa T. Okolo, Tobi Olatunji, Ayomide Odumankinde, Chris Emezue, and Ayantola Alayande.
- 1:00 – 1:20 pmFishbowl Round Table Discussion (participants vs panelists)Participants will engage with panelists based on the debates arising from the 4 frameworks discussed. Each table has a focused theme from the 4 concerned frameworks, offering participants the opportunity to engage directly with the panelists.
- 1:20 – 1:25 pmExtra Q&A
- 1:25 – 1:30 pmClosing