Egypt to launch second phase of National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

Egypt is in discussions on the second phase of the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the National Council for Artificial Intelligence’s Chairman, announced in during a meeting they held last week.

Talaat explained that the second phase of the strategy aims to improve the national artificial intelligence index by implementing several initiatives across 6 sectors: governance, environment, information infrastructure, data, human resources, and technology.

The first phase of the strategy will end in May 2024 and it aims to use artificial intelligence technologies to support the achievement of Egypt’s sustainable development goals. The duration of the second phase of the strategy is 3 years.

Egypt recently moved up 7 spots in The Global AI Index issued by Tortoise Media.