Stratégie Nationale d'Intelligence Artificielle 2025-2029 (Mauritania National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2029)

The Stratégie Nationale d'Intelligence Artificielle 2025-2029 (National AI Strategy) is Mauritania's first dedicated national AI strategy, led by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Administrative Modernisation (Ministère de la Transformation Numérique et de la Modernisation de l'Administration) and aligned with the strategic vision of President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani. It is an aspirational policy and planning instrument, not binding law: it sets priorities, objectives and an action plan rather than creating enforceable legal obligations. The dates recorded here reflect the strategy's 2025 publication and 2025-2029 coverage period, not legislative enactment; no AI-specific statute had been enacted in Mauritania as at this draft. Reviewer note: the document is publicly circulating as a draft (referenced as 'Draft 3'), so its provisions may still evolve before final adoption. The strategy is structured around six strategic priorities, 16 objectives and 38 concrete actions. It frames AI not only as a technological lever but as a means to improve social justice and administrative efficiency, presented at a national workshop in Nouakchott as a first step toward deeper integration of AI across key sectors. Priority application domains include health, education, agriculture, fishing, transport, energy and defence. In health, the strategy envisages AI for early detection of diseases through medical-image analysis to enable faster, more effective treatment; in education, it foresees intelligent platforms delivering personalised learning experiences. Human capital is a central theme, with AI and data-science training and certification programmes across academic and professional levels to build a pipeline of AI experts and strengthen data management and governance capacities. Research and innovation are also core, with plans to fund AI projects in universities and startups, establish sustainable financing mechanisms, and create centres of excellence fostering collaboration between academia and industry. The AI strategy sits within a broader suite of complementary national strategies covering administration modernisation and cybersecurity, transition to IPv6, and open data and interoperability. Source language: French (with Arabic as an official national language).

1. 1National AI Strategy for 2025-2029, led by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Administrative Modernisation; presented at a national workshop in Nouakchott and circulating publicly as 'Draft 3'
2. 2Structured around six strategic priorities, 16 objectives and 38 concrete actions
3. 3Priority application sectors: health, education, agriculture, fishing, transport, energy and defence
4. 4Health use case: early disease detection through medical-image analysis; education use case: intelligent platforms for personalised learning
5. 5Human capital: AI and data-science training and certification programmes across academic and professional levels
6. 6Research and innovation: funding for AI projects in universities and startups, sustainable financing mechanisms, and centres of excellence linking academia and industry
7. 7Positioned within a suite of complementary national strategies (administration modernisation and cybersecurity, IPv6 transition, open data and interoperability)