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AI regulation in Benin

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 1 instrument · 0 binding

Overview

Benin adopted a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data 2023–2027 in January 2023 through the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, with use cases in health, education, agriculture and public services, and the Digital Code (2017) provides the personal-data framework.

What is the current regulatory status?

National AI and big-data strategy 2023–2027 as policy; Digital Code applies.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI and Big Data Strategy 2023–2027.

Key policy instruments

Benin National strategy Adopted

National AI and Big Data Strategy 2023–2027

Stratégie nationale d'intelligence artificielle et des mégadonnées 2023–2027

Adopted by the Council of Ministers in January 2023, the strategy sets objectives for AI and big-data skills, research, data infrastructure and governance, ethical AI and priority use cases in health, education, agriculture, tourism and living environment, with a 2027 horizon.

Adopted 25 Jan 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

No change events recorded yet.

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
  3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.
  4. Use the African Union Continental AI Strategy (2024) as the regional reference where a national instrument is missing.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. Stratégie nationale d'intelligence artificielle et des mégadonnées 2023–2027
    Ministère du Numérique et de la Digitalisation · 2023-01-25 · Tier 1 source

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