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African Union — Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Africa

Adopted18 July 2024

Issued by African Union Commission Executive Council.

Summary

The African Union’s Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Africa set out a pan-African AI agenda for 2025–2030. Endorsed by the AU Executive Council in July 2024, it aimed to unify Africa’s voice in global digital governance and support regional AI development. The strategy laid foundations for an African Charter on Trustworthy AI focused on human rights, cultural and linguistic diversity, and regional integration. It also prioritised infrastructure sovereignty through investment in green data centres, compute pools, and native datasets.

Why it matters

Pan-African AI agenda for 2025–2030; unified African position in global governance; foundation for African Charter on Trustworthy AI; human rights; cultural and linguistic diversity; green data centres; compute pools; native datasets.

Topics

Record metadata

Country
African Union
Region
Africa
Organisation
African Union Commission Executive Council
Document type
Policy / Strategy
Status
Adopted
Publication date
18 July 2024
Last updated
27 June 2026
Language
English
Original source
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Plain citation

African Union Commission Executive Council, Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Africa, endorsed 18 July 2024.

BibTeX

@misc{african_union_continental_artificial_intelligence_strategy_africa_2024,
  title        = {African Union — Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Africa},
  author       = {African Union Commission Executive Council},
  year         = {2024},
  howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
  url          = {https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/44004-doc-EN-_Continental_AI_Strategy_July_2024.pdf}
}

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Recorded cross-references

  • African Union — Preliminary Working Framework
  • Nigeria — Draft National AI Strategy
  • UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI

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