# Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Mauritius
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Government of Mauritius (Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation)
- **Adopted**: 2018-11-01

## In brief

Mauritius AI Strategy (2018) is a non-binding national strategy of Mauritius, issued by the Government of Mauritius (Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation). It was adopted on 1 November 2018. Government programme; no obligations on private organisations. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

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.

## Scope

Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.

## Notes on dates

Month-level date.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0132 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0132; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/mauritius-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2018
- **Official source**: https://ncb.govmu.org/
- **Source document**: Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: National Computer Board
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Strategy" [AIPT-POL-0132, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0132 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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