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AI × Bio governance · Zimbabwe
Integrating cyberbiosecurity safeguards into Zimbabwe’s National AI Strategy, including institutional coordination, nucleic acid synthesis screening and security for increasingly automated laboratories.
Submitted to the Ministry of ICT
Governance challenges created as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into biological research and infrastructure.
Practical laws, institutions and norms that enable innovation while protecting health, security and public trust.
Turning international commitments and national strategies into workable systems, skills and coordination.
Strengthening African participation and influence in international biotechnology and biological security governance.