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/Country
Kenya
33/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 43% of countries
#90 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention33
- Adoption · single source9
- Regulation78
- Problems and attacks49
- Opportunities36
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents29
3 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure15
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 8.9% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards56
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.37 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.47 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.33 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
62
Exposure to threats
41
as a target 26 · as a cause 56
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (530 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 25.9 (as a target) + 50% × 55.5 (as a cause) = 40.7
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)84
Rule of law (0-100 score)51
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)48
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
2
12-24 months ago
+ 1 with only the year
/Reported incidents
3 in 24 monthsSep 2025
AI Claims System at Kenya's Public Health Insurer Reportedly Rejected Legitimate Hospital Claims as Fraudulent (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the text
place: Homa Bay Countycountry inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Kenya (government-of-kenya, social-health-authority-(kenya)) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 4 articles from 3 outlets
- MPs lay bare rot in SHA as Duale defends programme (opens in a new tab) · the-star.co.ke · 15 Oct 2025
- Report on the Assessment of Social Health Authority (SHA) Utilization of Funds Disbursed Since Inception and Challenges Faced by Facilities (opens in a new tab) · libraryir.parliament.go.ke · 27 Nov 2025
- MPs flag systemic failures undermining Social Health Authority (opens in a new tab) · eastleighvoice.co.ke · 1 Dec 2025
Sep 2025
Kenya's Public Broadcaster Violated Employees' Privacy with Mandatory Facial Recognition Attendance, Court Found (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textBiometrics and surveillance
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Kenya (kenya-broadcasting-corporation) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- Kenya Union of Journalists v Kenya Broadcasting Corporation [2025] KEHC 17216 (KLR) - Judicial Review Miscellaneous Application E355 of 2025 (opens in a new tab) · sheriahub.com · 25 Nov 2025
- High Court Orders KBC to Delete Employees’ Biometric Data Over Privacy Breach (opens in a new tab) · kenyans.co.ke · 27 Nov 2025
2024
AI search engines promote white supremacism (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Google, Microsoft, Perplexity AI)AI labs pages: Google, Microsoft
Also reported by· 5 articles from 5 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.37
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.47
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.33
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts (opens in a new tab)thestar.com.my · Malaysia · 9 Nov 2026 · and 7 other outlets
- Journalism in the age of AI: opportunities or challenges? (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- China's Chongqing Senior Industry Expo Showcases AI and New Services for Older Adults – Thailand Business News (opens in a new tab)thailand-business-news.com · Thailand · 8 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Vodacom plans AI data centre builds in SA and Kenya (opens in a new tab)timeslive.co.za · South Africa · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Behind an Early Nvidia Employee's Big Gift for Healthcare AI (opens in a new tab)insidephilanthropy.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026
- blackNgreen's AI Platforms Now Reach 225 Million People Across Africa, Bringing First-Time Credit to Over a Million and New Revenue to the Continent's Telcos (opens in a new tab)businessdayghana.com · Ghana · 13 Nov 2026
- Co-operative AI: A co-operative vision for a fairer, more inclusive and democratic Artificial Intelligence (opens in a new tab)thenews.coop · United Kingdom · 13 Nov 2026
- Intimate Deepfakes of Women: Why Can Artificial Intelligence Undress People and What Lies Behind This Setup? (opens in a new tab)ambito.com · Argentina · 13 Nov 2026
- Google expands Gemini 4 Hydrogen AI to all Search users worldwide (opens in a new tab)kenya-today.com · Kenya · 13 Nov 2026
- High Court Orders Government to Finalise AI Legal Framework Within Six Months (opens in a new tab)nairobiwire.com · Kenya · 13 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 471 in total, at most 55 in one day (26 Oct 2026).
471 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 33, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 33, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 57 · 2024 62 · 2025 61 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.