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Guide to Egypt's National AI Governance Framework, Edition 2.0

Egyptian Center for Responsible AI (ECRAI), under the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies

last revised 2026-03-15last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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Egypt's umbrella AI governance guide, published March 2026 by the Egyptian Center for Responsible AI. It defines a four-tier risk classification with a mandatory dual-check conformity model for high-risk systems, drawing on UNESCO, OECD, ISO/IEC and the G7 Hiroshima Process. It does not name justice or the courts.

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Current version
2.0 · 15 Mar 2026
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
ai.gov.eg/SynchedFiles/ar/Resources/Guide%20to%20Egypt%E2%80%99s%20Nat…

What the document requires

  • Tier 1 (prohibited): AI creating unacceptable risk to individuals' safety, livelihoods or fundamental rights.
  • Tier 2 (high risk): critical infrastructure and biometrics; pre- and post-market conformity assessment under a mandatory dual-check compliance model before placement on the Egyptian market.
  • Tier 3 (limited risk): chatbots, emotion recognition and generative AI including deepfakes; transparency obligations, disclosure of machine interaction and labelling or watermarking of AI-generated content.
  • Tier 4 (minimal risk): no additional regulatory obligations; voluntary code of conduct.
  • Full-text search of the guide returns no reference to courts, judges, the judiciary, litigation or the legal profession; administration of justice is not listed as a high-risk domain.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
2.0current2026-03-15Approved for publication March 2026; document ID EG-NCAI-GOV-FW-2026-02. Drafted from version 0.1 (Aug 2025) and 0.8 (Oct 2025).official

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Guide to Egypt's National AI Governance Framework, Edition 2.0" (Egyptian Center for Responsible AI (ECRAI), under the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies, 2.0, 2026-03-15), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/eg-national-ai-governance-framework-guide (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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