Nairobi, March 31 -- In a business environment where growth is increasingly being driven by innovation and data, Kenya's companies have stepped up investment in generative artificial intelligence.

Chief executives have prioritised investments in generative AI which they see as a key tool in enhancing operational efficiency and detecting fraud, but are wary of potential cybersecurity risks that come with such technologies.

As a result, business leaders have lined up hundreds of millions of shillings to inject into generative AI- technologies which create text, photos, videos, code and 3D renderings, from the vast data they are trained on.

"What we suspect in the next 12 to 24 months, there's going to be sort of an uptick in adoption of ...