The Capitalized Fireside Breakfast Chat
BUILDING KENYA'S AI ECONOMY
About this event
Capitalized returns for its third edition on 4 December 2025 at the prestigious Capital Club, advancing the conversation sparked by last year's theme, “Africa in the Age of AI.”
This year, we step into an even more urgent and strategic dialogue one that sits at the core of Kenya’s technological future:
How will Kenya power, finance, and scale its AI ambitions?
Artificial Intelligence continues to reshape global industries, governments, and entire economies. While much of the attention focuses on AI applications and cloud capabilities, the true engine behind the AI revolution is infrastructure the power, data capacity, and compute systems required to run intelligent technologies at scale.
AI growth is accelerating faster than any technological wave before it, and with that acceleration comes extraordinary energy and infrastructure demands.
To put this into perspective:
- A single AI prompt can require ~0.3Wh
- At scale, millions of interactions translate into the annual energy needs of entire towns
- Compute-driven industries are now consuming energy at rates comparable to heavy manufacturing
This global surge raises critical questions for Kenya and Africa:
- How do we build a reliable, affordable, sustainable energy backbone for the AI era?
- Can Kenya position itself as a continental hub for clean-energy-powered compute?
- What investment models unlock data centers, cloud innovation, and high-performance compute locally?
- How do we ensure inclusive growth, resilient infrastructure, and environmental responsibility?
To explore these questions, Capital Club and Siscom will host Eng. Peter Njenga, CEO of KenGen, the nation’s largest producer of renewable energy.
He will share a national-level perspective on how Kenya can lead the energy-to-compute transition powering innovation, attracting global players, and enabling a future where AI fuels economic transformation.
Event Agenda
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