Preparing Kenya for the Quantum Era: Why Africa Must Start Thinking Beyond Today’s Computers
Nairobi, Kenya | July 2026 Artificial Intelligence has dominated conversations about the future of technology over the past few years. It is transforming businesses, reshaping industries and redefining how societies work. Yet, quietly emerging alongside AI is another technology that many experts believe could be even more transformative, quantum computing. Although the term sounds highly technical, its implications will eventually touch almost every aspect of modern life. It could help scientists discover life-saving medicines in record time, enable more accurate climate predictions, optimise transport systems, accelerate advances in artificial intelligence and solve scientific problems that are currently beyond the reach of even the world's most powerful supercomputers. At the same time, it poses one of the greatest cybersecurity challenges humanity has ever faced, with the potential to render many of…