# Kenya Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Kenya
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE)
- **Adopted**: 2025-03-27

## In brief

Kenya Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030 is a non-binding national strategy of Kenya, issued by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE). It was adopted on 27 March 2025. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

Kenya's first national AI strategy sets a five-year agenda built on three pillars: AI digital infrastructure, data and AI governance, and AI research, innovation and commercialisation. It aligns with the Kenya National Digital Masterplan 2022-2032 and priorities sectors such as agriculture, health and education. A separate implementation roadmap was later published by the ministry.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE). Oversight: MICDE leads implementation with partners; implementation roadmap published Dec 2025. Stated purpose: Position Kenya as a competitive, secure and future-ready AI economy.

## Key dates

2025-01-14: Draft strategy released for public validation; 2025-03-27: Strategy launched at KICC, Nairobi; final PDF published

## 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-0121 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0121; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/kenya-kenya-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2025-2030
- **Official source**: https://www.ict.go.ke/kenyas-artificial-intelligence-ai-strategy-2025-2030-launched-kicc-nairobi
- **Source document**: Kenya Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030
- **Published by**: Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy
- **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). "Kenya Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030" [AIPT-POL-0121, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0121 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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