The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with MindHYVE.ai™, Inc., one of the world’s fastest-growing developers of agentic artificial intelligence (AGI). Executed on June 5, 2025, the agreement establishes a national-scale collaboration to deploy domain-specialized AGI agents in service of Kenya’s economic transformation, starting with workforce development, SME digital enablement, and innovation policy co-creation.
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
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