International bodies
Lerato D. Mataboge
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
African Union Commission · African Union
Role in AI policy
Heads the African Union Commission department for infrastructure and energy, whose remit includes digital and AI policy. In a 2025 statement at the Global AI Summit on Africa she named digital infrastructure, the AI skills gap, a lack of quality datasets and funding as the main barriers to AI adoption. AU releases in 2026 report a Commission partnership with Google guided by the Continental AI Strategy, a September 2026 meeting of African ambassadors in Geneva convened by her department to coordinate positions on digital and AI governance, and her seat on the AI for Good Global Commission.