KEPSA and MindHYVE.ai™ Sign Strategic Agreement to Launch National-Scale AGI Workforce, SME, and Innovation Initiatives Across Kenya
At the core of this partnership are Arthur, Justine, and Eli, intelligent agents engineered for education, legal, and financial domains respectively. Each agent is powered by a dedicated Ava-Series large reasoning model:
Arthur is powered by Ava-Education™
Justine by Ava-Legal™
Eli by Ava-Finance™
These agents, operating within platforms like ArthurAI™, are autonomous, adaptive, and capable of delivering real-time impact aligned with Kenya's national objectives.
Strategic Programs and Initiatives
1. AGI Workforce Enablement
Through ArthurAI™, KEPSA will upskill Kenya's workforce with multilingual learning, credentialing frameworks, and real-time analytics tailored to sector-specific needs.
2. SME Innovation Support
A national AI Toolkit will empower small businesses with:
Eli: Intelligent finance insights, credit simulation, and tax optimization
Justine: Legal contract interpretation, compliance alerts, and literacy tools
Arthur: Micro-course training and entrepreneurial education
3. Policy Co-Creation and Thought Leadership
The partnership includes collaborative authorship of AGI policy readiness frameworks, public-private dialogue simulations using Justine, and deployment of Ava-Fusion™ to model policy impact scenarios.
4. National AI Innovation Council
The parties will establish a cross-sector governance body to guide pilots, compliance, stakeholder feedback, and AGI scaling frameworks.
5. Flagship Launch Programs
Ajira Digital AI Academy
SME Digital Credit Lab
Legal Literacy for Enterprises
Executive Commentary
"Our mission at MindHYVE is to engineer intelligence that doesn't just automate but elevates," said Bill Faruki, Founder and CEO of MindHYVE.ai™.
"This partnership with KEPSA shows what's possible when artificial general intelligence is built with purpose and deployed with trust. We are not simply supporting Kenya's digital transformation, we are co-architecting a future in which national intelligence infrastructure is adaptive, inclusive, and locally governed."
Dr. Ehud Gachugu, Deputy CEO and Global Director of KEPSA, added:
"With this partnership, Kenya takes a bold leap into applied AGI. We are not waiting to be shaped by the future; we are shaping it from within."
Framework & Governance
Term: Five years with renewable terms
Oversight: Joint Steering Committee, quarterly reviews
Compliance: Kenya's Data Protection Act (2019)
IP & Licensing: Retained by original creator; joint assets governed cooperatively
Public References: By mutual review and approval
About KEPSA
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is the country's principal private sector body, representing over one million businesses across sectors. It drives Kenya's economic policy agenda, digital transformation initiatives, and national development strategies through inclusive, enterprise-led solutions.
About MindHYVE.ai™
MindHYVE.ai™ is a global leader in agentic AI systems, orchestrating intelligent agents built on large reasoning models tailored to specific domains. Through Ava-Fusion™ and the Ava-Series including Ava-Education™, Ava-Legal™, and Ava-Finance™. MindHYVE.ai is redefining how intelligence is deployed in law, healthcare, governance, education, and economic development.
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MindHYVE.ai™
Marc Ortiz
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (949) 200-8668
Website: www.mindhyve.ai
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