

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a main feature of news coverage and social media discourse. News and social media coverage can drive the ongoing discussions about the use of AI and influence attitudes towards it. The study used mixed methodology (automatic content analysis and manual coding) to establish the framing of AI on Twitter in Kenya and South Africa. The analysis mainly focused on determining the different local and regional narratives in tweets and retweets in the countries of study pertaining to AI in different categories. The study substantiated the claims, and general views, espoused in the analyzed tweets with data from local and international resources to determine their veracity. . Study findings showed that, in general, there is still a tendency toward an optimistic view of the possible impact of AI on solving problems in Kenya and South Africa, and concerns mirrored those in the West