# African Union

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: African Union
- **Type**: supranational
- **Region**: Africa / Continental

## In brief

The African Union has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. Instruments on record: Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2024, strategy, adopted). A continental framework that guides AU member states on harnessing AI for development while managing risks. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Overview

A continental framework that guides AU member states on harnessing AI for development while managing risks.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2024, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy — African Union — https://au.int/en/documents/20240809/continental-artificial-intelligence-strategy

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/african-union-continental-artificial-intelligence-strategy
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/african-union-continental-artificial-intelligence-strategy.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/african-union
- **Official source**: https://au.int/en/documents/20240809/continental-artificial-intelligence-strategy
- **Source document**: Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: African Union
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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