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Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue
The continental policy dialogue established by the African Union after Juma's death in 2017 — the institutional embodiment of his framework for inclusive technology governance at Pan-African scale.
The Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue (CJED) was established by the African Union to convene African policymakers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and community representatives to develop technology governance frameworks calibrated to African conditions rather than imported from innovating societies. It operationalizes Juma's framework for inclusive governance at continental scale, providing a standing forum in which the populations most affected by technology transitions participate in the governance frameworks that will shape those transitions. Its most visible output is the Continental AI Strategy endorsed by the African Union Executive Council in July 2024 — a direct product of CJED deliberations and a concrete demonstration of the Africa-centric, development-focused approach Juma's framework prescribes.
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CJED's institutional design reflects Juma's analytical commitments. The dialogue convenes participants from across the African Union member states — a deliberately broad geographic and linguistic representation — and includes not merely policymakers and technical experts but community representatives and practitioners. The breadth is structural: Juma's framework insisted that inclusive governance requires the presence