Download: African Union. AU Data Policy Framework and the Proposed Made in Africa: An African Perspective to the Design, Deployment, and Governance of AI , 2022.
The above document includes the following contents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MANDATE
2.1 Vision
3. RISE OF THE DATA ECONOMY – NEED TO RE-THINK POLICY
3.1 Data as the basis for new social contract and innovation economy
3.2 Need for data governance – creating value, preventing harms
4. CONTEXT
4.1. Overview of international, regional policy and legislation trends
4.2 African policy and legislative context
4.3 Situational analysis for data economy in Africa
4.4. Arising challenges in realising opportunities and mitigating risk
5. DATA POLICY FRAMEWORK
5.1. Guiding principles of the framework
5.2 Data definition and categorisation
5.3 Enablers to drive value in the data economy
5.4 Data Governance
5.5. International and Regional Governance
5.6. Implementation Framework
REFERENCES
ANNEX – WORKING DEFINITIONS
Recommended Citation: "African Union’s Instruments" In AI & Human Rights Index, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, and Tanya de Villiers-Botha. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2025. Accessed December 05, 2025. https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/?betterdocs_faq=african-unions-instruments.