Beyond ChatGPT: Taking AI from Proof of Concept to Production in Kenya | Akili AI Webinar

Almost every Kenyan organization now uses AI. Very few govern it. In this first Akili AI webinar, Founder and CEO Simon Bransfield-Garth shares what more than 200 practitioners and business leaders told us through the Akili AI readiness Snapshot at the Safaricom Cybersecurity Summit and the Africa Commerce and Industry Summit. Co-founder and CTO Shikoli Makatiani then walks through a real case study: how a Kenyan lender took a four-week proof of concept into a production system its own team runs. Hosted by Moses Kemibaro. In this session: why adoption is running ahead of governance; the three questions every organisation should be able to answer; why a proof of concept is not production; how the lender’s Board changed the question; and a wide-ranging Q&A on AI policy, free chatbots, shadow AI and the future of entry-level work. Free resources mentioned: AI readiness Snapshot: https://ai-ready.akili-ai.com Business case worksheet: https://aigovernancekenya.com Our next webinar, with the full AI readiness report, is on Tuesday the 17th of November 2026. Subscribe so you do not miss it. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and introductions 03:37 Why we are here: 200+ Snapshot responses and the deferred AI Bill 06:12 Simon Bransfield-Garth: what the AI readiness survey found 11:36 AI is already everywhere in your business, and the four steps to govern it 16:05 The three questions every organisation should answer 17:34 How many could say yes to all three? 19:08 If you can fix only one thing this quarter 22:08 Shikoli Makatiani: from ChatGPT to production 26:11 Governance at 1.2 out of 5, and the 98 risks behind production 30:10 The Board changed the question: customer experience first 34:43 Understanding a request is not permission to act; go-live 39:39 From AI ambition to business outcomes: the six business case questions 44:10 Your first step is not to open ChatGPT 47:12 Which step do clients most want to skip? 48:29 Q&A: the AI Bill was deferred. Can we wait? 52:52 Which of the 98 risks actually mattered 54:21 Staff are pasting customer data into free chatbots. What now? 58:38 How to start an AI policy conversation in your organisation 1:00:31 What an AI policy actually looks like 1:02:49 Grounding AI in your own processes 1:04:53 How Akili AI differs from frontier models 1:06:19 Who should own AI governance? 1:10:41 What this means for small businesses and individuals 1:13:16 The risks of free AI for everyday use 1:16:05 Shadow AI, or AI demand, and the guardrails that work 1:19:10 AI, entry-level work and the talent pipeline 1:22:15 Close: 17 November, free resources and parting thoughts #AI #AIGovernance #Kenya #AkiliAI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataProtection