Artificial Intelligence - Liberia

Liberia has no comprehensive AI law, sectoral AI rules, voluntary national AI guidelines, or formally adopted national AI strategy. Public commentary from tech experts and civil society in 2026 confirms the absence of any regulatory guardrails for AI.

UNDP Liberia hosted an 'AI in Governance' workshop in Monrovia in November 2025, convening policymakers who recommended forming a national AI taskforce, drafting a national AI policy aligned with continental frameworks (AU, ECOWAS), and enacting legislation for high-risk AI applications. These remain recommendations, not adopted policy.

UNDP and Intel delivered landmark AI training to approximately 100 Liberian government officials in 2025 on practical AI applications for public service delivery. UNDP also partnered with the University of Liberia to design the country's first Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence, advancing curriculum development with global experts.

The UNDP-supported Liberia Technology Summit 2025 highlighted digital transformation priorities, including AI and cybersecurity, and resulted in the launch of the UniPod Innovation Hub at the University of Liberia. The summit underscored national ambitions but produced no binding AI governance commitments.

A draft Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act was validated by over 50 stakeholders in December 2024 and submitted for parliamentary consideration. While it would establish a data governance framework, it is not AI-specific and had not been enacted as of May 2026.

The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) is the independent ICT regulator, and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications governs sector policy under the National ICT Policy 2019–2024. Neither body has an AI-specific mandate, regulatory framework, or published AI guidelines.