Glossary
Three words buyers
keep mixing up.
Sovereign AI, data residency, and the KDPA differ from each other. These pages are short, Kenya-specific, and outside legal advice.
We wrote these because RFPs in Nairobi paste all three terms into one sentence. If you need the long version, use the KDPA AI guide.
Sovereign AI
Who controls the weights and the GPU, beyond a marketing slogan for “we have a Nairobi office.”
Data residency
Where bits sit and where inference runs. “Africa” and Kenya are different places.
KDPA
Sections 41, 48 and 50, and why a public chatbot is a transfer question, beyond an IT preference.
Then decide with the comparison pages. Or skip ahead to contact.