# National Artificial Intelligence Policy of Ethiopia

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Ethiopia
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Council of Ministers of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute)
- **Adopted**: 2024-06-01

## In brief

National AI Policy (2024) is a non-binding policy of Ethiopia, issued by the Council of Ministers of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute). It was adopted on 1 June 2024. Government programme; no obligations on private organisations. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

Approved by the Council of Ministers in 2024, the policy sets objectives for AI research and talent, adoption in agriculture, health, education, security and public services, data governance and infrastructure, and ethical, responsible use, with the Ethiopian AI Institute as implementing body.

## Scope

Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.

## Notes on dates

Month-level date; to be confirmed.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0072 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0072; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ethiopia-national-ai-policy-2024
- **Official source**: https://www.aii.et/
- **Source document**: Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute
- **Published by**: Government of Ethiopia
- **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/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Artificial Intelligence Policy of Ethiopia" [AIPT-POL-0072, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0072 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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