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The National Artificial Intelligence Policy for the Republic of Rwanda

Record RW-01

Issued by
Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT), with the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)
Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Level · region
National · Sub-Saharan Africa
Published / adopted
2023-04
Language
English

Summary

National AI policy with a dedicated safeguard priority area on practical AI ethics: it promotes RURA's Guidelines on the Ethical Development and Implementation of AI, sector-specific ethics guidelines via a regulators' forum, regulatory sandboxes and AI ethics officers, and proposes a Responsible AI Office in MINICT, regulator capacity building and trustworthy AI procurement.

Safety topics

public-sector useaccountability & liabilityevaluation & testinginternational cooperation

Scope

Borderline scope Mainly a policy for AI skills, infrastructure, data and adoption in the public and private sectors, with practical AI ethics guidelines as its one safeguard area; included as Rwanda's national AI policy.

Status notes

The document's footer reads 'MINICT - 2022'. MINICT lists it among the policies approved by the Cabinet, with the date 27 April 2023; the day of Cabinet approval is not given. Developed by MINICT and RURA with support from GIZ FAIR Forward, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Rwanda (C4IR) and The Future Society. It is accompanied by tailored Guidelines on the Ethical Development and Implementation of AI, published by MINICT and RURA, and recommends a Responsible AI Office within MINICT in the policy's first year to lead implementation. Its implementation plan runs from FY 2023/24 to FY 2027/28.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.minict.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/minict_user_upload/Documents/Policies/Artificial_Intelligence_Policy.pdf

Secondary source: https://www.minict.gov.rw/publications

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 04:05:49 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/RW-01/2026-10-11/official.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:02:36 UTC
SHA-256 7930abf6ada6af6cfac5402a4598b4909826364c3d4bf5b692f81fa4389251ca
Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/RW-01/2026-10-11/secondary.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:02:41 UTC
SHA-256 a15c4af56dd5acb4eabd04d0e6625430e5a9905c2795109a8ffa0da097266a1d

Verification

B
Another official source, such as an announcement by the issuer, confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · alternative-official-url-fetched
Recheck of 18 Oct 2026. Stored: the policy PDF and MINICT's publications page for policies, both from minict.gov.rw (11 Oct 2026). The PDF confirms the title, its development by MINICT and RURA and the content summarised; it carries no date other than the footer 'MINICT - 2022' and the implementation years FY 23/24 to FY 27/28. The publications page lists the 'Artificial Intelligence Policy' among the policies approved by the Cabinet with the date Apr 27, 2023, which is the basis of the April 2023 date; it does not give the date of Cabinet approval. That page was stored as the record's secondary source, so the date rests on another official source rather than on the policy itself.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 8 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-18verification.level: A → B — level computed from the evidence by tools/pipeline.py2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-18scope_note: – → Mainly a policy for AI skills, infrastructure, data and adoption in the public a — added: mainly a policy for skills, infrastructure, data and adoption with ethics as its one safeguard area, the same case as other national AI strategies given a scope_note in recent rechecks2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-18notes: The document footer reads 'MINICT – 2022'. MINICT's publications page dates the → The document's footer reads 'MINICT - 2022'. MINICT lists it among the policies — rewritten: Cabinet approval now rests on MINICT's list of policies approved by the Cabinet; 'fetched pages' and the inference about the adoption month removed; the ethics guidelines, the Responsible AI Office and the implementation years added2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  4. 2026-10-18safety_topics: ["accountability & liability", "public-sector use", "human oversight", "internat → ["public-sector use", "accountability & liability", "evaluation & testing", "int — human oversight dropped: the policy does not mention human oversight; evaluation & testing added for its regulatory sandbox projects to develop or evaluate AI solutions in line with the ethics guidelines; public-sector use, accountability & liability (AI ethics functions and officers across government, the Responsible AI Office) and international cooperation kept2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Citation

Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT), with the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA). The National Artificial Intelligence Policy for the Republic of Rwanda. 2023-04. https://www.minict.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/minict_user_upload/Documents/Policies/Artificial_Intelligence_Policy.pdf. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level B). Local copy archive/RW-01/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 14:02:36 UTC, SHA-256 7930abf6ada6af6cfac5402a4598b4909826364c3d4bf5b692f81fa4389251ca. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record RW-01.

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