AI Talent Readiness Index for Africa 2026

Overall score from the regional analysis, scored out of 100. The tables below keep every column from the indicator workbook.

Overall map

Colored by overall score.

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Overall rankings

RankCountryScoreVs Africa average
1Egypt45.04+19.31
2South Africa43.15+17.43
3Morocco42.93+17.21
4Mauritius41.88+16.16
5Tunisia41.53+15.81
6Kenya41.04+15.32
7Ghana40.32+14.60
8Algeria40.15+14.42
9Rwanda36.56+10.84
10Nigeria36.31+10.58
11Senegal36.26+10.53
12Côte d'Ivoire35.75+10.02
13Botswana34.26+8.53
14Tanzania32.90+7.17
15Cameroon31.66+5.94
16Namibia30.99+5.27
17Ethiopia30.73+5.01
18Zambia30.30+4.58
19Cabo Verde30.26+4.53
20Uganda30.12+4.40
21Libya29.66+3.93
22Zimbabwe29.50+3.78
23Gabon28.10+2.37
24Seychelles27.82+2.10
25Angola27.24+1.52
26Benin26.95+1.23
27Lesotho25.79+0.06
28Djibouti24.35-1.38
29Togo23.49-2.24
30Mauritania23.19-2.53
31Eswatini23.00-2.73
32Burkina Faso22.72-3.00
33Guinea20.76-4.97
34Madagascar20.63-5.10
35Mali19.67-6.06
36Gambia19.51-6.21
37DRC19.36-6.37
38Malawi19.01-6.72
39Mozambique18.64-7.08
40Equatorial Guinea18.33-7.39
41Somalia17.37-8.36
42Sierra Leone16.99-8.74
43Comoros16.97-8.76
44Sao Tome and Principe16.69-9.03
45Burundi16.37-9.36
46Sudan15.45-10.27
47Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)15.27-10.45
48Liberia14.04-11.68
49Niger11.63-14.09
50Guinea-Bissau11.03-14.70
51Eritrea10.74-14.98
52Chad10.72-15.01
53South Sudan8.11-17.61
54Central African Republic7.88-17.84

Regional averages

Unweighted average overall score by region.

Score distribution

Highest, average, median, and lowest across Africa.

Regional mean by pillar

Digital Skills, Data & Infrastructure, and Government Readiness averages for each region.

Continental insights

  • North Africa ranks first on average; four of its six countries are among Africa's top ten.
  • Southern Africa ranks second and is led by South Africa (Africa rank 2). No Southern African country falls in the bottom 14.
  • East Africa has the widest internal score range; Mauritius, Kenya and Rwanda appear in the continental top ten.
  • West Africa is led by Ghana and Nigeria (both top ten), but its overall mean remains below the continental mean.
  • Central Africa records the lowest regional average; Cameroon leads the region at Africa rank 15.

Overall Score

2026 index data

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54 countries. Average Digital Skills: 21.627778.

Digital Skills

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Raw values

CountryDigital Skillsweight 0.4Data & Infrastructureweight 0.35Government Readinessweight 0.25
Nigeria35.231.2540.225
Ghana33.2540.246.875
Senegal30.5535.6541.3
Benin23.71347.175
Kenya37.9535.2549.15
Rwanda33.926.1550.45
Ethiopia31.818.3541.425
Uganda26.119.646.35
Morocco36.245.7544.825
Egypt4044.7548.55
Tunisia40.640.938.975
Algeria37.640.438.925
Cameroon30.827.5533.85
Gabon18.93134.3
Angola22.5524.733.375
DRC23.78.6522.95
South Africa38.145.642.875
Mauritius29.6544.552.85
Botswana26.436.2539.1
Namibia25.530.0536.15
Burkina Faso20.059.940
Burundi16.052.2531.7
Cabo Verde18.530.244.2
Central African Republic5.74.8511.175
Chad10.552.917.475
Comoros8.319.0523.475
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)14.259.919.975
Côte d'Ivoire31.833.7539.925
Djibouti14.829.3528.175
Equatorial Guinea13.1522.815.925
Eritrea10.0510.058.375
Eswatini10.4530.0528.75
Gambia11.8521.824.125
Guinea14.6517.430.775
Guinea-Bissau9.710.0510.075
Lesotho16.8522.639.6
Liberia9.6512.818.35
Libya24.2539.2520.425
Madagascar19.314.126.95
Malawi19.1511.3524.55
Mali15.551823.65
Mauritania16.517.4537
Mozambique15.615.5522.9
Niger8.74.621.725
Sao Tome and Principe8.819.0521.575
Seychelles17.3537.826.15
Sierra Leone16.711.0521.3
Somalia19.313.315.525
South Sudan9.153.857.975
Sudan19.1511.610.475
Tanzania29.9524.844
Togo15.7522.333.075
Zambia25.921.2545.075
Zimbabwe2825.1533.05