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About Global South AI Policy
AI governance, seen from the Global South.
Who we are
We follow how artificial intelligence is being governed, from UN agencies and development banks to national ministries and regulators, and report what those decisions mean for countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Each brief is short, numbered and linked to the documents and announcements it draws on, so readers can check the record for themselves.
We work in five areas:
- International organisations — Summaries of AI-related decisions and reports from the UN, World Bank, AU, ITU, OECD and others, each linked to the original.
- National policy — AI strategies, laws and regulators in developing countries.
- Data and infrastructure — Data centres, energy, water and connectivity: who builds, who pays, who benefits.
- Analysis — Short analysis pieces on what international decisions mean for developing economies.
- Documents — A library of key AI policy documents with one-paragraph summaries.
Reports on AIFOD’s own summits, panels and programmes are listed separately under AIFOD events.
Who it is for
Policymakers, diplomats, regulators, researchers and civil-society organisations working on AI governance.
Editorial standards
- We write our own articles; we do not copy other publications.
- When we summarise news from other organisations, such as the United Nations or the World Bank, we link to the original source. A summary is not an endorsement by that organisation.
- Stories are drafted with AI from the sources they link to and are published under the responsibility of our editorial team. Every story says so and links its sources.
- We correct mistakes openly. To report an error, write to hi@af.net.
Publisher
Global South AI Policy is published by the AI for Developing Countries Forum (AIFOD), a membership organisation working on artificial intelligence for development. AIFOD runs the Weekly AI Review, an open online panel every Saturday, as well as international delegations and summits, including the AI summit at the United Nations Office at Nairobi in February 2027. Where a story is based on AIFOD’s own material or activities, it carries a disclosure line.