Rwanda partners US firm Anthropic for AI training

Rwanda and US AI company Anthropic signed a three-year memorandum of understanding to bring AI technology to Kigali’s education, health, and public sector systems, a statement from Rwanda's information and communications technology and innovation ministry says.

"This partnership with Anthropic is an important milestone in Rwanda's AI journey. Our goal is to continue to design and deploy AI solutions that can be applied at a national level to strengthen education, advance health outcomes, and enhance governance with an emphasis on our context," said Rwanda's information and communications technology and innovation minister, Paula Ingabire.

“The agreement represents Anthropic's first formalised multi-sector partnership through a government MoU on the African continent, building on an education partnership announced in November 2025,” Anthropic said in its statement.

The collaboration spans three areas: supporting the Health Ministry's national goals, including eliminating cervical cancer and reducing malaria and maternal mortality.

The memorandum formalized the fall education agreement that included 2,000 Claude (Anthropic’s large language model) Professional licences for Rwandan educators, AI literacy training for public servants, and deployment of a Claude-powered learning companion across eight African countries.