NAIROBI
Rwanda and Anthropic, an American artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco, signed a three-year memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to bring AI technology to Kigali’s education, health and public sector systems.
“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 Paula Ingabire, Rwanda’s information and communications technology and innovation minister.
The agreement represents Anthropic’s first formalized multi-sector partnership through a government MoU on the African continent, building on an education partnership announced in November 2025, the company said in a statement.
The collaboration spans three areas: supporting the Health Ministry’s national goals including eliminating cervical cancer and reducing malaria and maternal mortality; providing government developer teams with Claude – the company’s large language model – and Claude Code access along with training and API credits; and deepening education partnerships across Rwanda and the region.
The memorandum codified the fall education agreement that included 2,000 Claude Pro licenses for educators, AI literacy training for public servants and deployment of a Claude-powered learning companion across eight African countries.
“Technology is only as valuable as its reach. We’re investing in training, technical support, and capacity building to expand access so that AI can be used safely and independently by teachers, health workers, and public servants throughout Rwanda,” said Elizabeth Kelly, head of Beneficial Deployments at Anthropic.
