Dar es Salaam readies CEOs for an AI masterclass built on governance, risk, and decisive leadership
On February 28 in Dar es Salaam, a strategic AI masterclass will bring together Chief Executives for a direct look at how AI is reshaping high-stakes decision-making. The focus: stronger governance, sharper risk oversight, and faster execution-without the noise.
Weledi Africa Chief Executive Officer Richard Nyema said the session will be a high-level conversation on AI's role in national security, geopolitics, and diplomacy-less code, more strategy. "Participants should expect a high-level, strategic conversation focused on how AI is already reshaping national security, geopolitics and diplomacy rather than a technical or coding session," he noted.
Expect clear use cases: intelligence, cybersecurity, information warfare, border security, crisis response, and diplomatic engagement. The lens stays practical-what this means for leadership, policy, and national interests, and how CEOs turn that awareness into action.
The session will draw on global examples and strategic frameworks to stress governance, risk, and long-term implications of AI. Leaders looking to formalize oversight can reference the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and the OECD AI Principles for baseline standards that translate well to board and policy discussions.
- Governance: decision rights, accountability, auditability, and model lifecycle controls.
- Risk: threat mapping across data, model, vendor, and human-in-the-loop exposure.
- Strategy: where AI beats legacy methods in speed, quality, and cost-backed by ROI logic.
- Security: AI-enabled threats, incident playbooks, and cross-border coordination.
- Policy: compliance guardrails that don't slow down growth.
"CEOs are responsible for major decisions from strategy and governance to growth and risk management…yet traditional methods are slow, reactive and often leave blind spots," Nyema added. The message is blunt: ignoring AI means inefficiency, missed opportunities, and falling behind. Used well, AI becomes a decision partner that sharpens judgment and reduces time-to-answer.
Following the masterclass, Weledi Africa plans a three-day Corporate AI Bootcamp from March 26-28 focused on lead generation, workflow optimization, and profitability and growth. Expect playbooks that prioritize quick wins, measurable pilots, and repeatable systems your teams can run without constant executive attention.
What leaders can prepare now
- Bring three priority decisions where AI could improve speed or accuracy.
- Map critical data sources (internal and external) and current access controls.
- Define non-negotiables: privacy, brand safety, regulatory constraints.
- List two revenue use cases and two cost-saving use cases to test in Q2.
- Align with legal, security, and compliance on approval and review cycles.
- Set outcome metrics: cycle time, error rate, conversion lift, unit cost, and risk indicators.
- Assign owners for model evaluation, prompt standards, and vendor oversight.
For a structured path beyond the event, explore the AI Learning Path for CEOs and our executive-focused coverage under AI for Executives & Strategy. These resources expand on governance, adoption playbooks, and decision frameworks built for board-level clarity.
The takeaway is straightforward: AI is now a board topic with security, policy, and growth implications. This masterclass gives CEOs the context and questions they need to lead with confidence-and convert AI from noise into measurable business value.
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