The Nairobi Securities Exchange is exploring AI-themed investment products as part of a broader strategy to modernize East Africa's capital markets. The National AI Strategy, covering 2025 through 2030, was launched in early 2025 with a focus on deploying AI across healthcare, agriculture, and productivity. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed the IVYA ETF in March 2026, an actively managed fund giving South African investors access to global AI companies. The NSE’s AI ETF strategy, as currently framed, has no linkage to blockchain tokens, crypto assets, or decentralized finance. The NSE’s strategic framework mentions blockchain as a technology the exchange might use internally, not as an investable asset class it plans to offer retail investors.