Egypt ranks high in Arab world’s AI Readiness

Egypt ranked second in Africa and seventh in the Arab world in terms of its government’s readiness to implement artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 2022 study on the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Egypt from 2010 to 2022. By 2022, Egypt had firmly positioned itself in the field of AI, with roughly 246 companies specializing in the field.  A 2024 report by Ipsos, a global market research company, on views on AI in Egypt, revealed that only 36 percent of Egyptians are aware of AI. Among those, 21 percent acknowledged that AI-driven products and services have altered their daily lives over the past three to five years. As for the perceived impact of AI, 30 percent of respondents see more benefits than drawbacks in AI-powered products and services, while 25 percent expressed excitement about these advancements. The Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, explained in July 2023, that Egypt has risen 17 places in the global ranking of skills related to AI, reflecting the government’s dedicated efforts to enhance AI usage and integration.