Rwanda adopts Oracle’s AI-powered agriculture data platform at UNGA25

Rwanda has become one of the first countries to adopt Oracle’s new Government Data Intelligence for Agriculture platform, a move aimed at boosting food security and resilience through artificial intelligence.

The announcement was made on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, where the Government of Rwanda, Oracle, and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) highlighted the role of technology in tackling food system challenges.

The platform will enable Rwanda to forecast crop yields, improve decision-making, and strengthen agricultural resilience. Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire said the initiative reflects Rwanda’s belief in the transformative potential of technology.

“We believe technology holds the key to helping Rwanda address some of our largest societal issues,” Ingabire said. “Working with Oracle and the Tony Blair Institute, we are looking at how AI-enabled solutions like Agriculture Data Intelligence can provide vital insights to help us forecast crop production and support better, more timely decisions that can build a more resilient food system for our people.”

TBI experts joined ministers responsible for agriculture and innovation in New York to discuss how governments can leverage innovation to deliver better services for citizens.

The collaboration positions Rwanda at the forefront of efforts to apply AI-driven solutions to agriculture, a sector central to the country’s economic growth and food security

By:  Nana Appiah Acquaye