National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024 - 2030 (Algeria)

Algeria's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a non-binding policy document adopted on 8 December 2024 by the National Scientific Council for Artificial Intelligence (Conseil scientifique national de l'intelligence artificielle), an advisory body created in 2023 that reports to the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Minister of Knowledge Economy, Start-ups and Micro-enterprises. The strategy traces its origins to the National Research and Innovation Strategy on Artificial Intelligence 2020 - 2030, first launched in 2019 and substantially revised in 2023. It is aspirational rather than legally enforceable: it sets out a vision and policy direction but does not itself create binding obligations, and several of its components are flagged as requiring future legislation. The strategy's stated ambition is to position Algeria as a technological leader in Africa and the Mediterranean and to advance national digital sovereignty. It is organised around six pillars: strengthening scientific research in AI; creating a favourable environment for AI innovation; developing local capacity through education and training; supporting start-ups to deliver AI-driven business solutions; ensuring reliable data centres and digital infrastructure; and defining priority sectors for AI deployment, identified as agriculture, health and industry. On governance and follow-up legislation, the strategy proposes the creation of a national AI fund to finance research and deployment, measures to enhance national data systems, and steps to attract domestic and foreign investment. Notably for the wider regulatory landscape, it envisages expanding the role of Algeria's Personal Data Protection Authority (Autorité nationale de protection des données à caractère personnel) to oversee data protection in AI contexts and to help enforce AI-related rules, and it commits to developing a dedicated legal framework to govern AI while extending existing data-privacy regulation (Law No. 18-07 of 2018, as amended) to address AI-specific concerns. The strategy thus signals an intended trajectory from policy toward binding regulation, but as of its December 2024 adoption no AI-specific statute had been enacted. The date recorded here reflects the strategy's adoption and public announcement by the AI Council, not legislative enactment. Source material was in Arabic and French; this summary is drafted in English from official announcements and policy-tracker reporting.

1. 1Adopted 8 December 2024 by the National Scientific Council for Artificial Intelligence; builds on the 2019/2023 National Research and Innovation Strategy on AI 2020 - 2030
2. 2Six pillars: scientific research; innovation environment; local capacity and training; start-up support; data centres and digital infrastructure; priority sectors (agriculture, health, industry)
3. 3Proposes creation of a national AI fund to finance research, innovation and deployment
4. 4Proposes expanding the Personal Data Protection Authority's mandate to oversee data protection and help enforce AI rules
5. 5Commits to developing a dedicated AI legal framework and extending Law No. 18-07 (2018) data-privacy rules to AI-specific concerns
6. 6Targets attraction of domestic and international investment and strengthened national data systems
7. 7Non-binding strategy; no AI-specific statute enacted as of adoption