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AI regulation in Senegal

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

Overview

Senegal adopted a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy in 2025 through the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Affairs within the "New Technological Deal" digital strategy, with priorities on public services, agriculture, health, talent and ethics; Law 2008-12 on personal data and the CDP apply.

What is the current regulatory status?

National AI strategy (2025) as policy; data-protection law applies; no AI-specific law.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI Strategy (2025).

Key policy instruments

Senegal National strategy Adopted

National AI Strategy (2025)

Stratégie nationale de l'intelligence artificielle du Sénégal

The strategy sets priorities on AI for public services, agriculture, health and education, talent and research, data and infrastructure, and ethical governance, within the New Technological Deal.

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. Ministère de la Communication, des Télécommunications et du Numérique
    Government of Senegal · Tier 1 source

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