Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Second Edition (2025-2030)
This document outlines Egypt's Second Edition of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2025-2030), building upon the first edition launched in May 2021. It establishes a comprehensive roadmap centered around six pillars: governance, technology, data, infrastructure, ecosystem, and talent. The strategy aims to position Egypt as a regional leader in AI across the Middle East and Africa by fostering inclusive AI, developing native Arabic language models, and promoting safe and ethical AI applications.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
Policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, and technologists looking to understand Egypt's national roadmap and regulatory direction for artificial intelligence.
What the document contains
The document addresses Egypt's national strategy for AI development from 2025 to 2030, detailing initiatives across governance, localized Arabic large language models, data governance, computing infrastructure, startup ecosystem support, and talent cultivation.
Binding legal enforcement mechanisms and specific text of proposed statutory laws are not fully detailed, as the Egyptian AI law is noted as being in its final development phase.
- The strategy sets a target for the ICT sector to contribute 7.7% to Egypt's GDP by 2030.
- Egypt aims to develop national foundational models, specifically large Arabic language models, to drive industry development.
- The framework rests on six strategic pillars: Governance, Technology, Data, Infrastructure, Ecosystem, and Talents.
- The strategy projects reaching 30,000 domestic AI professionals and supporting over 250 AI companies by 2030.
- Monitoring and evaluation will use a Capacity Assessment Framework (CAF) based on 89 critical indicators.
1. Context 2. Executive Summary 3. Background 4. AI in Egypt 5. Strategy Overview 6. AI Strategy Blueprint 7. Implementation Roadmap 8. Monitoring and Evaluation 9. Conclusion and Next Steps
How it scores
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Accountability
4/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
The Center for Responsible AI focuses on ensuring that the development and deployment of AI technologies are aligned with ethical standards, fairness, transparency, and accountability.
7.3.1.1 Initiative 1: Egypt National AI Regulatory System
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Fairness
3/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
The regulatory structure must include not only technological requirements and data protection but also oversight of AI decision-making processes to minimize algorithmic prejudice and bias.
7.3.1.1 Initiative 1: Egypt National AI Regulatory System
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Human Dignity
3/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
Modern technology must always serve humanity. Therefore, we must ensure that AI applications are developed responsibly and ethically, in alignment with human values and global standards.
Statement from the President of the Republic
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Human Oversight
1/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
Realtime assistance to call center agents guided by organization knowledge base
6.2 Technology Pillar
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Privacy
4/5Protection of personal data and private life
The Egyptian Data Protection Law (No. 151 of 2020), which includes guidelines for the collection, processing, storage, and transfer of both personal and sensitive personal data.
4. AI in Egypt
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Transparency
4/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
Mandate regular disclosure of data analysis and distribution reports.
7.3.3.4 Initiative 9: Ensure Data Privacy and Security
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Impact Assessment
4/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
Develop guidelines and standards for classifying AI system risks, identifying, and assessing AI capabilities of AI actors
7.3.1.1 Initiative 1: Egypt National AI Regulatory System
screening score · 2026-10-23