Stratégie Nationale de l'Intelligence Artificielle 2030 (SNIA 2030) (Côte d'Ivoire National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2030)

The Stratégie Nationale de l'Intelligence Artificielle 2030 (SNIA 2030) is Côte d'Ivoire's first dedicated national AI strategy, published in August 2024 by the Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation (Ministère de la Transition Numérique et de la Digitalisation). It is an aspirational policy and planning instrument, not binding law: it sets a vision, pillars and an action roadmap to 2030 rather than creating enforceable legal obligations. The Enacted/Effective dates recorded here reflect publication/adoption in 2024, not legislative enactment; no AI-specific statute had been enacted in Côte d'Ivoire as at this draft. The strategy is an explicit response to the country's low standing (ranked 138th in the 2023 Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index) and aims to harness AI for inclusive, ethical and sustainable development, positioning Côte d'Ivoire as a regional AI innovation hub. It is structured around three core pillars: investment, inclusion and governance. The investment pillar focuses on developing local skills, building digital infrastructure (including data centres and high-speed connectivity in rural areas), ensuring access to high-quality data, mobilising innovation funding, and establishing ethical and legal frameworks. An innovation fund of USD 800 million has been announced to support the strategy's objectives. The inclusion pillar seeks to extend AI's benefits across all regions and priority sectors, agriculture, health, public services, education and culture, with use cases spanning improved medical diagnostics, automation of administrative processes, digital agriculture, promotion of AI in local languages, and preservation of cultural heritage through digital archiving. The governance pillar emphasises ethical, legal and regulatory oversight, including the creation of standards and supervisory authorities and mechanisms to protect data privacy and mitigate algorithmic bias. A central institutional commitment is the establishment of a National AI Agency (Agence Nationale de l'Intelligence Artificielle, ANIA) to coordinate and implement the strategy, under the lead of the Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation; ANIA was foreshadowed but not yet operational as at this draft. The strategy's objectives are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, notably SDG 3 (health), SDG 4 (education), SDG 9 (industry and innovation) and SDG 16 (strong institutions). SNIA 2030 includes a roadmap and a change-management plan to monitor progress, ensure cross-sectoral coordination, and update the strategy as technology evolves. Source language: French.

1. 1Structured around three core pillars: investment, inclusion and governance
2. 2Investment pillar: local skills development, digital infrastructure (data centres, high-speed rural connectivity), high-quality data access, innovation funding and ethical/legal frameworks
3. 3An innovation fund of USD 800 million announced to support the strategy's objectives
4. 4Establishment of a National AI Agency (Agence Nationale de l'Intelligence Artificielle, ANIA) to coordinate and implement the SNIA
5. 5Inclusion pillar targets agriculture, health, public services, education and culture, including AI in local languages and digital archiving of cultural heritage
6. 6Governance pillar: creation of standards and supervisory authorities, plus mechanisms to protect data privacy and mitigate algorithmic bias
7. 7Framed as a response to Côte d'Ivoire's 138th ranking in the 2023 Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index; aligned with SDGs 3, 4, 9 and 16
8. 8Includes an operational roadmap and change-management plan for cross-sectoral coordination and periodic updates