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Will AI Make Africa’s Blue Economy More Inclusive?

In February 2026, an AI-powered early-warning system at Dunga Beach on Kenya’s Lake Victoria detected dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels and sent alerts to more than 300 fish farmers.

Cover photo: Women bring knowledge and experience that can shape new technologies. Involving them in design and decisions about data use is essential to advancing inclusion. Photo: Stevie Mann/WorldFish. 

In February 2026, an AI-powered early-warning system at Dunga Beach on Kenya’s Lake Victoria detected dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels and sent alerts to more than 300 fish farmers. Farmers responded by moving hundreds of tilapia cages to safer waters, helping avert a potential mass fish kill.

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