Artificial Intelligence for Policymaking

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a constant in the lives of most people through its application in commerce, education, health, public service delivery, communications, governance, agriculture, and manufacturing. For the developing world, AI is already contributing in many ways: to target humanitarian relief, address climate impacts, and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet in Africa, most countries lack comprehensive policy frameworks to incentivize responsible AI, regulate AI-driven business models, or effectively promote the creation and capture of high-quality African data. But even within this slowly evolving environment, there are many useful examples of AI applications across Africa, from private sector innovation to government adoption of big data.