**Title: From AI Hype to Business Value: Integrating AI into Modern Businesses**

AI is moving rapidly from experimentation into everyday business operations. But for many organisations, the challenge is no longer finding an AI tool, it is figuring out where AI genuinely creates value and how to integrate it into existing ways of working.

In this practical session, I’ll share lessons from helping businesses adopt AI in real-world environments, including what has worked, what hasn’t, and the challenges that become particularly important when building and deploying AI solutions in Africa.

We’ll explore a practical approach to identifying AI opportunities within a business, integrating AI into existing workflows and systems, working with business data, and moving from small experiments to reliable solutions that people actually use.

I’ll also discuss the realities of implementing AI in African businesses, including data quality, existing systems and processes, infrastructure, cost, skills, change management, and the gap between what AI can theoretically do and what organisations are realistically ready to adopt.

Through practical examples and demonstrations, attendees will see how AI can be integrated into everyday business operations, not as a standalone chatbot or flashy proof of concept, but as part of the systems and workflows that businesses already depend on.

The goal is to give developers, technical leaders, consultants, and builders a practical framework for identifying, building, and implementing AI solutions that solve real business problems.