Resources on AI and digital policy in Africa
# Africa AI and Digital Policy Resources
A curated list of resources for those conducting research on AI policy in Africa. List created by Chinasa T. Okolo, Ph.D., a Computer Science PhD graduate from Cornell, UN AI policy specialist, WBG-Africa Fellow, and former fellow at the Brookings Institution, the world's leading think tank.
## AI Governance & Regulation Trackers
* African Observatory on Responsible AI
* ALT Advisory Data Protection Africa
* Carnegie Africa Tech Policy Tracker
* ECDPM African AI and Data Policy Tracker
* Tech Policy Intelligence Suite by Tech Policy Advisory
## Key Policy Documents
* African Union (AU) Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy
* African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention)
* African Union (AU) Data Policy Framework
* AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol
* The Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence
* Contonou Declaration by the Ministers of Digital Economy of the Member States of West and Central Africa
* The Lusaka Declaration (Africa Digital Parliamentary Summit)
* Nairobi Statement on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Eastern Africa
* Rabat Consensus on Artificial Intelligence
* Windhoek Statement on Artificial Intelligence in Southern Africa
## University Research Centers and Hubs
* The African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security, University of Cape Town
* Responsible AI Lab (RAIL), Kwame Nkrumah University
* Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), Strathmore University
* Makerere University Centre for Artificial Intelligence (MAK-AI), Makerere University
* The African Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AfriDSAI), University of Pretoria
* Data Science Law Lab, University of Pretoria
* Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Lab (AIROL), University of Lagos
* The Tayarisha Initiative on Digital Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
* Wits MIND Institute, University of the Witwate …