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African Union — Preliminary Working Framework for a Continental AI Strategy

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Issued by African Union Commission (AUC).

Summary

The African Union’s preliminary working framework for a continental artificial intelligence strategy aimed to reduce regulatory fragmentation across member states and define an AI roadmap aligned with African priorities. The framework emphasised local needs, including regional language datasets and measures to reduce bias from models trained primarily on non-African data. It also highlighted digital infrastructure as a precondition for responsible AI deployment, including electricity, broadband, and secure local capacity. The framework positioned continental coordination as central to governance, development, and technological sovereignty.

Why it matters

Continental AI strategy framework; coordination across member states; local language datasets; mitigation of imported model bias; digital infrastructure priorities; attention to electricity, broadband, and native AI deployment capacity.

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Record metadata

Country
African Union
Region
Africa
Organisation
African Union Commission (AUC)
Document type
Framework
Status
Published
Last updated
5 July 2026
Language
English
Original source
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Plain citation

African Union Commission, Preliminary Working Framework for a Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy, formulated throughout 2023.

BibTeX

@misc{african_union_preliminary_working_framework_continental_ai_strategy,
  title        = {African Union — Preliminary Working Framework for a Continental AI Strategy},
  author       = {African Union Commission (AUC)},
  year         = {n.d.},
  howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
  url          = {https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unescos-support-aus-continental-ai-framework-and-strategy}
}

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Recorded cross-references

  • Rwanda — National Artificial Intelligence Policy
  • UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI
  • OECD AI Principles

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