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The record holds 11 entries from Yemen, across 3 industries, led by Government & Public Sector, then Education & Training. Last updated 29 Oct 2026.

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Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen23 Sep 2026

Hadhramaut court trains judicial staff on AI and judicial justice

Hadhramaut Court of Appeal — Hadhramaut Court of Appeal, with Al-Ahgaff University's Hadhramaut Research Centre, ran a three-day programme on AI in judicial justice for governorate personnel. Topics spanned practical uses of artificial intelligence in court proceedings, legal risks, and oversight rules keeping such tools accountable within Yemen's justice system.

alqadaeya-ye.net
Evidence of impactGovernment & Public SectorYemen2026-08

Yemen cell used Claude to write missile guidance software

Anthropic — Anthropic blocked accounts behind AI weapons development in Houthi-held Yemen, where a cell drove Claude Code for guidance, navigation and control programming across three arms efforts. From December 2025 to August 2026 on Claude Haiku, Sonnet and Opus, the missile guidance push targeted a guided rocket, a ballistic multistage missile reaching beyond 2,000km, plus proposed hypersonic glide vehicle concepts. A rocket trial misfired; no functioning weapon emerged, though the cell's offline simulation kit survived.

thenationalnews.com
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen14 Jul 2026

Marib trains 600 government employees in AI tools

Marib Local Authority — Seba University and Marib governorate's local authority jointly trained 600 employees drawn from 30 state institutions in AI tools, split across six groups over five weeks. Sessions focused on deploying AI within daily office functions, aiming to lift public-service standards and speed digital transformation in Yemen.

almashhad.news
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen6 Jul 2026

Yemen ministry runs second AI training for female civil servants in Aden

Yemen Ministry of Youth and Sports — Yemen's Ministry of Youth and Sports has run AI training for female civil servants for a second time in Aden, drawing participants from ministries and state institutions nationwide. Minister Nayef al-Bakri patronised the four-day programme, which the Youth Welfare Fund supports and which covers digital innovation strategies alongside hands-on AI tool use for public administration. The push reflects wider efforts to widen women's participation in applying emerging technology within government work.

hadhramaut.info
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorYemen2 Jul 2026

Yemen's trade ministry approves an AI service on WhatsApp

Ministry of Industry and Trade — Yemen's Ministry of Industry and Trade has cleared a smart programme running on artificial intelligence and reaching the public through WhatsApp, a decision taken at a meeting in Aden chaired by Minister Mohammed Al-Ashwal. Citizens will reach the department's offerings — AI government services delivered by messaging app — and the smart public-service programme will feed the RASAD platform, where complaints about trading breaches are lodged and chased, shortening handling times.

Market inspection officersada-alsahel.net
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen16 Apr 2026

Yemen Customs Authority runs AI training course in Aden

Yemen Customs Authority — Yemen Customs Authority (YCA) trained 17 staff in AI training for customs officials on 16 April 2026, closing a four-day course at its Aden centre with the Arab Academy's Institute of Administrative and Banking Training. Coursework covered AI tools in customs administration: analysing data, automating workflows and aiding decisions. YCA head Abdulhakim al-Qubati called it a strategic move toward a modernised customs system.

yemen-customs.net
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen14 Dec 2025

Yemen rights commission trains 65 staff on AI for documenting violations

National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) — In Aden, 65 personnel from Yemen's National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) joined a UN-backed session covering AI for documenting human rights violations, arranged with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Held 14 to 18 December 2025, topics ranged across OSINT methods, digital security, transitional justice and psychological wellbeing for rights workers. NCIAVHR framed it as advancing AI-assisted human rights documentation, building capacity for investigations that satisfy international standards.

nciye.org
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorYemen3 Nov 2025

Sana'a Capital Secretariat trains directors on AI for administrative work

Sana'a Capital Secretariat (أمانة العاصمة) — Directors from every executive office under Sana'a Capital Secretariat gained skills in AI in administrative work at a course run by its Training and Qualification Office. Major General Abdul Ghani Jameel, Minister of State and Mayor of the Capital, launched the programme, centred on equipping senior officials with data analysis methods and practical AI uses to strengthen government services. Attendees also examined local barriers and possibilities for adopting such digital tools in public administration.

sabanew.net
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorYemen2025-01

CMI deploys AI-powered dialogue tools in Yemen

CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation — AI-powered dialogue tools in Yemen gave mediators fresh insight into public sentiment across 18 governorates during peace talks led by the CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation. A tailored WhatsApp chatbot combined with the T3C Sensemaking Tool (Talk to the City) logged 94.53% survey completion, with women at 36.76% of respondents. That data now informs Yemen's peace process through this AI-assisted conflict dialogue method.

Peace mediatorcmi.fi

Education & Training

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Evidence of adoptionEducation & TrainingYemen5 Jul 2026

Saudi programme trains 500 Yemeni teachers in AI

Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen — The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen has opened Digital Empowerment of the Yemeni Teacher, which extends AI training for teachers to 500 participants and 30 educational supervisors across Aden, Abyan, Hadramawt (valley and coast), Al-Mahra and Socotra. Two strands: artificial intelligence with specialised content generation, equipping teachers to apply AI to lessons, plus digital educational content design. These classroom AI skills are delivered with the Creators Centre for Studies and Training at King Abdulaziz University.

moe-ye.net

Media, Telecom & Entertainment

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Evidence of adoptionMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentYemen9 Sep 2026

57% of Yemeni investigative journalists use AI at work

University of Aden — Dr Sahar Muhammad Ahmad Ali, assistant professor at the Faculty of Media, University of Aden, puts AI in investigative journalism at 57% among Yemeni practitioners, from a digital questionnaire answered by 30 reporters. Dependence rates as middling for 53%, with hunting down information and checking facts the top applications and ChatGPT the favoured tool. Barriers to AI-assisted reporting: poor instruction, at 93%, and frail digital infrastructure, at 86%.

althawrah.ye
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