Rwanda is taking a significant step to strengthen education, advance health outcomes, and improve public sector systems with the introduction of artificial intelligence across multiple sectors.
The government on Tuesday sealed a three-year partnership with Anthropic, an American artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
“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 Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Innovation.
The collaboration is expected to support the Health Ministry’s national goals, including eliminating cervical cancer and reducing malaria and maternal mortality. It will also provide government developer teams with access to Claude – the company’s large language model – and Claude Code, along with training and API credits, and deepen education partnerships across Rwanda and the region.
The memorandum codified the fall education agreement, which included 2,000 Claude Pro licenses for educators, AI literacy training for public servants, and the deployment of a Claude-powered learning companion across eight African countries.
The agreement, according to the US tech firm, 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.
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