# The National AI Policy

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Rwanda
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) with Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)
- **Adopted**: 2023-04-20

## In brief

The National AI Policy is a non-binding policy of Rwanda, issued by the Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) with Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA). It was adopted on 20 April 2023. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

Rwanda's national AI policy sets out six policy areas and fourteen recommendations covering skills and literacy, infrastructure, data, responsible AI governance, public-sector adoption and ecosystem development. It proposes a Responsible AI Office housed in MINICT to drive an implementation plan and monitor progress. Priority sectors include health, agriculture, education, finance and public services.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) with Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA). Oversight: MINICT leads; policy proposes a Responsible AI Office within MINICT to coordinate implementation. Stated purpose: Use AI to power growth and position Rwanda as a responsible-AI innovator.

## Key dates

2023-04-20: Policy approved by Cabinet (per policy partners); full text published by MINICT

## 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-0162 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0162; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/rwanda-the-national-ai-policy
- **Official source**: https://www.minict.gov.rw/ai-policy
- **Source document**: The National AI Policy
- **Published by**: Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Republic of Rwanda
- **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). "The National AI Policy" [AIPT-POL-0162, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0162 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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