UN selects Egyptian judge to represent North Africa at African AI governance forum

The African Internet Governance and AI forum opened on November 2 in Accra with Egyptian judge Adel Magid representing North Africa.

• The four-day forum is organized by the African Internet Governance Forum secretariat, the African Union Commission, and the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
• The UN selected Magid, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, as the only Arab judge in the first African dialogue on AI in the judiciary.
• His selection followed his creation of the forum's first independent judiciary track at last year's UN forum in Norway.
• Magid will speak on digital sovereignty and introduce the "judicial digital sovereignty" concept to the forum.