EUI's Innovation Center hosts GAINAFRICA Kick off Meeting

The Innovation Center  hosted the Kick-off Meeting of GAINAfrica on its campus in the New Administrative Capital from 13 to 15 October 2026. The meeting marked the opening milestone of the Horizon Europe project.

GAINAfrica is a three-year project (grant agreement 101298559), running from October 2026 to September 2029. It brings together thirteen European and African partners to work on generative AI for Africa. The consortium is coordinated by Sapienza University of Rome, led by Prof. Massimo Mecella.

The meeting gathered 28 participants on campus, representing 13 institutions from 7 countries: Italy, France, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda and Benin. A further 6 participants joined by videoconference.

Over two days, the meeting featured work package discussions in the EUI, followed by an institutional opening with welcome remarks from EUI leadership and partners. The same day, EUI hosted the GenAI for Education Hackathon awards ceremony. Delegates then continued with further work package sessions On the second day, the consortium split into four parallel use case sessions. The groups then came together for wrap-ups and a final work package session.