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AI regulation in Mauritius

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

Overview

Mauritius published one of Africa's first national AI strategies in 2018 (Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy) and an AI Council; the Data Protection Act 2017 and the Data Protection Office apply to AI processing personal data, and the 2024–2025 digital transformation blueprint updates AI priorities.

What is the current regulatory status?

National AI strategy (2018) as policy; data-protection law applies; no AI-specific law.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Mauritius AI Strategy (2018).

Key policy instruments

Mauritius National strategy Adopted

Mauritius AI Strategy (2018)

Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Published in November 2018, the strategy identifies AI applications in manufacturing, health, fintech, agriculture, ocean economy and public services, proposes a Mauritius AI Council, skills programmes and data policies, and addresses ethics and regulation.

Adopted 1 Nov 2018 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. Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy
    Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation · 2018-11-01 · Tier 1 source

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