# Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Egypt
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- **Adopted**: 2021-07-01

## In brief

Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a non-binding national strategy of Egypt, issued by the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It was adopted on 1 July 2021. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

Egypt's first national AI strategy framed AI as a tool for the country's sustainable development goals and for positioning Egypt as an active contributor to AI in Africa and the Arab region. It covered AI for government, development, capacity building and international activities. It has been superseded by the 2025-2030 second edition.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Oversight: NCAI coordinates implementation across ministries. Stated purpose: Leverage AI for sustainable development and regional leadership.

## Key dates

2021-07-01: Strategy published by MCIT (July 2021)

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0065 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0065; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/egypt-egypt-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy
- **Official source**: https://mcit.gov.eg/en/Publication/Publication_Summary/9283
- **Source document**: Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **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/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy" [AIPT-POL-0065, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0065 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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