The African AI Governance Index (AAGI) Foundation launches Africa’s first comprehensive AI governance intelligence platform, providing real-time, open-access insights into policy developments and infrastructure capacity across all 54 African Union member countries.
This launch marks the establishment of a specialized body to answer the important question: Where does Africa stand when it comes to AI governance?
“The data existed, but it was scattered across 54 different sources, buried in government websites and locked away in consultants’ reports,” said Kwame AA Opoku, founder and executive director of AAGI.
“We’ve built the infrastructure to centralize it, validate it, and make it actionable. Africa can’t lead in AI governance if no one understands what’s going on in Africa.”
AAGI’s new Policy Tracker monitors national AI strategies, regulatory frameworks, and institutional developments in real time.
It is the first open access tool of its kind, allowing governments, investors and researchers to understand which countries have announced strategies, which are developing them and which have not yet begun.
According to Opoku, the platform’s 80-indicator methodology provides twice the resolution of existing global indicators and enables actionable insights specific to Africa.
The foundation will soon launch an **Infrastructure Tracker** that will map the continent’s computing capacity, data centers, energy sources, undersea cable landing points, and the presence of hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Oracle.
“Africa has less than 2% of the world’s data centers, but it is preparing to absorb the largest population growth in history,” Opoku noted. “Investors are making multibillion-dollar infrastructure decisions without enough intelligence. We’re fixing that.”
AAGI also launched pilot evaluations in 10 countries, including Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa, to test its methodology and validate data with on-the-ground partners.
Founding Partner Stella Agala emphasized the importance of local partnerships, saying, “Country partners will enrich our data, validate our methodologies, and expand AAGI’s reach. By the time we reach 54 countries, they will be invested in the accuracy of what we publish.”
The AAGI Foundation is currently seeking country, knowledge, financial, strategic, and data partners to accelerate its reach and impact.
AAGI is registered in Ghana, with subsidiaries in Kenya and Delaware, USA, and operates as a non-profit organization dedicated to open access intelligence that enables Africa to make informed decisions about the future of AI.
“AAGI exists to provide data, not speculation,” Opoku concluded. “With accurate information on policy, infrastructure and human capital, Africa can confidently shape its AI governance landscape and attract sustainable investment.”
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