Country Profile on AI Governance: Mozambique

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 2.04 · all 54 states mean 1.76.

10 indicators: 6 evidence found, 0 confirmed absence, 4 not determined.

1. S1.1

   National AI strategy existence

   ●Evidence found

   Draft: A draft National AI Strategy was unveiled for public consultation from 4 May to 4 Jun 2026 and presented by INTIC chair Lourino Chemane at the ITU AI for Good workshop (May 2026). The technical component was to be finalised by Jun 2026, then submitted to the Council of Ministers; no adoption found as of Oct 2026.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab) · techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab)

2. S1.2

   Strategy adoption date

   ●Evidence found

   N/A: Not adopted: draft under consultation May-Jun 2026 pending Council of Ministers submission.

   Sources techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab) · itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

3. S1.3

   Political commitment signals

   ●Evidence found

   Institutional action: The Council of Ministers created a National Commission for AI (CNIA) at its 7th Ordinary Session (reported 13 Mar 2026) to set ethical principles, guide institutions and assess AI risks. The CNIA is to review the final draft strategy.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab)

4. S1.4

   Dedicated AI budget allocation

   ○Not determined

   No AI budget information found.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

5. S1.5

   AU Continental AI Strategy alignment

   ●Evidence found

   Aware: CNIA creation is framed as aligned with AU Agenda 2063 and SADC guidelines (Mar 2026), and the African Union is listed among supporting institutions for the draft strategy (May 2026). No explicit mapping to the AU Continental AI Strategy found.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab)

6. S1.6

   Multi-stakeholder consultation

   ●Evidence found

   Formal consultation: Public consultation ran 4 May-4 Jun 2026, with provincial workshops involving government, academia, civil society and private sector.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab) · techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab)

7. S1.7

   Sector prioritisation

   ●Evidence found

   Generic: The draft names priority sectors (education, healthcare, finance, energy, agriculture, climate change, digital public services); no sector targets reported.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab) · techafricanews.com (opens in a new tab)

8. S1.8

   Implementation roadmap

   ○Not determined

   Draft strategy text not reviewed; no roadmap details reported.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

9. S1.9

   Monitoring and evaluation framework

   ○Not determined

   Draft strategy text not reviewed; no M&E details reported.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

10. S1.10

    Strategy review mechanism

    ○Not determined

    Draft strategy text not reviewed; no review mechanism reported.

    Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.43 · all 54 states mean 1.32.

10 indicators: 3 evidence found, 2 confirmed absence, 5 not determined.

1. G2.1

   AI-specific legislation

   ○Not determined

   Mozambique concluded public consultation on a draft National AI Strategy in June 2026 (bird story agency, 3 July 2026). No AI-specific bill or law was identified; the Bank of Mozambique Governor called for clear AI rules on 16 June 2026.

   Sources qazini.com (opens in a new tab)

2. G2.2

   Data protection law status

   ●Evidence found

   Draft: Mozambique has no comprehensive data protection law (dataprotection.africa, January 2026). A draft Personal Data Protection Bill was in public consultation in November 2025, to be followed by technical harmonisation across government (PLMJ, 5 November 2025).

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab) · plmj.com (opens in a new tab)

3. G2.3

   DPA AI mandate

   ■Confirmed absence

   No DPA: dataprotection.africa (January 2026) records no data protection law and no data protection authority in Mozambique.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab)

4. G2.4

   DPA staffing and budget

   ■Confirmed absence

   Mozambique has no data protection authority (dataprotection.africa, January 2026), so there are no DPA staff or budget figures.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab)

5. G2.5

   AI regulatory body existence

   ●Evidence found

   Established: The Council of Ministers, at its 7th Ordinary Session, approved the creation of a National AI Commission (CNIA) to guide AI development, regulation and responsible use, including ethical principles and risk assessment (reported 13 March 2026). By July 2026 the Commission was tasked with reviewing the final draft AI strategy; no enforcement powers are reported.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · qazini.com (opens in a new tab)

6. G2.6

   Institutional design model

   ○Not determined

   The CNIA (2026) is a strategic and advisory commission coordinated with INTIC. With no DPA and no AI law, the regulatory model is not yet defined in the sources reviewed.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · qazini.com (opens in a new tab)

7. G2.7

   Malabo Convention ratification

   ●Evidence found

   Ratified: The AU official status list dated 02/02/2026 records for Mozambique: signature on 29/06/2018, ratification/accession on 02/12/2019 and deposit on 21/01/2020. No evidence of a domestic implementation programme specific to the Convention was assessed, so 'Ratified' rather than 'Implementing' is recorded.

   Sources au.int (opens in a new tab) · au.int (2) (opens in a new tab)

8. G2.8

   Enforcement actions taken

   ○Not determined

   No AI-related enforcement action (investigation, fine or order concerning AI or automated processing) was located in this desk review (October 2026); absence is not confirmed because DPA decision registers were not accessible.

9. G2.9

   Extraterritorial provisions

   ○Not determined

   No data protection law is in force (dataprotection.africa, January 2026), and the territorial scope of the 2025 draft bill was not assessed.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab) · plmj.com (opens in a new tab)

10. G2.10

    IP framework for AI

    ○Not determined

    No evidence of a review of intellectual property legislation for AI-generated content was located in this desk review (October 2026); IP-specific searches could not be completed, so absence is not confirmed.

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.77 · all 54 states mean 1.51.

10 indicators: 5 evidence found, 1 confirmed absence, 4 not determined.

1. I3.1

   Data center count

   ●Evidence found

   Data Center Map's Africa directory (page undated; accessed 2026-10-06) lists 6 data centre facility(ies) in Mozambique, out of 261 listed across 43 African countries. The directory is self-reported by operators and may include some non-colocation facilities.

   Sources datacentermap.com (opens in a new tab)

2. I3.2

   Data center capacity (MW)

   ○Not determined

   No dated, named source publishing total live data centre power capacity (MW) for Mozambique was found. Data Center Map's directory does not report MW, and the ResearchAndMarkets Africa portfolio (Mar 2025) does not disclose country breakdowns in its public release.

   Sources datacentermap.com (opens in a new tab) · businesswire.com (opens in a new tab)

3. I3.3

   Submarine cable landing points

   ●Evidence found

   TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map data (accessed 2026-10-06) lists 3 landing point(s) in Mozambique served by at least one in-service international cable (Maputo, Nacala, Beira), carrying 4 distinct international cable systems: 2Africa, DARE1, EASSy, SEACOM.

   Sources submarinecablemap.com (opens in a new tab) · submarinecablemap.com (2) (opens in a new tab) · submarinecablemap.com (3) (opens in a new tab)

4. I3.4

   International bandwidth (Gbps)

   ●Evidence found

   SADC ICT Observatory (downloaded 2026-10-06) reports Mozambique's 2025 international internet bandwidth as 400,000 Mbit/s (400 Gbps), the same as lit/equipped capacity and up from 78,503 Mbit/s in 2023-2024.

   Sources ictobservatory.sadc.int (opens in a new tab) · ictobservatory.sadc.int (2) (opens in a new tab)

5. I3.5

   Hyperscaler presence

   ■Confirmed absence

   None: Official region lists checked on 2026-10-06 show no cloud region, availability zone or local/edge zone in Mozambique: AWS (Africa region Cape Town only; local zones Johannesburg and Nairobi), Azure (South Africa North/West only), Google Cloud (africa-south1 Johannesburg only), Oracle (Johannesburg and Casablanca live; Kenya coming soon) and Alibaba (no African region). Huawei Cloud's African regions are Johannesburg and Cairo (May 2024), but this rests on press coverage because Huawei's own region page could not be machine-read.

   Sources aws.amazon.com (opens in a new tab) · aws.amazon.com (2) (opens in a new tab) · learn.microsoft.com (opens in a new tab)

6. I3.6

   GPU/HPC access

   ○Not determined

   No source documenting GPU or HPC capacity for AI research in Mozambique was opened in this pass. No Mozambique system appears on the TOP500 list (June 2026).

   Sources top500.org (opens in a new tab)

7. I3.7

   Data localisation provisions

   ○Not determined

   Mozambique has no data protection law, and cross-border transfers are not specifically addressed (dataprotection.africa, May 2022). DLA Piper Africa (2026) says the new Data Centre Regulation (in force 31 Mar 2026) strengthens national data protection for data centres located abroad and for storage of information classified as State secret, but the exact in-country storage obligation was not verified.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab) · dlapiperafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

8. I3.8

   Cross-border data flow framework

   ●Evidence found

   Regional framework: No national law specifically regulates cross-border transfers (dataprotection.africa, updated 23 May 2022). Mozambique has ratified the AU Malabo Convention, whose adequacy and authority-consent rules DLA Piper (accessed 2026-10-06) says apply in principle, though INTIC lacks the powers to authorise transfers.

   Sources dlapiperdataprotection.com (opens in a new tab) · dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab)

9. I3.9

   Foreign AI surveillance spending

   ●Evidence found

   IDS/ADRN, Smart City Surveillance in Africa (March 2026), Table 2 puts the total cost of Mozambique's safe city surveillance by 2025 at US$147m (about 450 smart cameras). Its country chapter lists a China-supplied national project (about 140m, 2016) and a Korea-supplied road-safety system (about 7m, 2023/24).

   Sources ids.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)

10. I3.10

    Sovereign cloud initiatives

    ○Not determined

    Mozambique's Data Centre Regulation and Cloud Computing Services Regulation (Decree No. 72/2025), published 31 Dec 2025 and in force 31 Mar 2026, set a licensing framework described as strengthening the state's technological sovereignty (PLMJ, 30 Mar 2026; DLA Piper Africa, 2026). No specific state sovereign cloud or government data centre initiative was verified.

    Sources plmj.com (opens in a new tab) · dlapiperafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.40 · all 54 states mean 1.20.

10 indicators: 2 evidence found, 0 confirmed absence, 8 not determined.

1. H4.1

   AI researchers per million

   ○Not determined

   No consistent cross-country source of AI-specific researchers per million was found or could be queried for this country as of Oct 2026 (the planned OpenAlex author query was blocked by an API rate limit on 2026-10-06). Context only: UNESCO UIS via World Bank indicator SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 reports 44.4 total R&D researchers (all fields, FTE) per million people in 2015; this is not an AI-specific figure.

   Sources api.worldbank.org (opens in a new tab)

2. H4.2

   DPA staff with AI competency

   ○Not determined

   No published source was found on the number of data protection authority staff with demonstrable AI technical skills as of Oct 2026; DPA annual reports were not located within the research budget of this pass.

3. H4.3

   University AI programs

   ○Not determined

   No source counting universities with AI/ML degree programmes was opened for this country in this pass (Oct 2026); a national higher-education programme register or course-page review is needed.

4. H4.4

   African-authored AI publications

   ●Evidence found

   CSET Country Activity Tracker (Merged Academic Corpus) via Our World in Data, series 'AI scholarly publications - Field: All', entity Mozambique (MOZ), reference year 2024: 15 publications (2023: 16). Counts articles with at least one author at an institution in the country, English title/abstract only; dataset last updated 27 Apr 2026. OpenAlex could not be used because the API was rate-limited on 2026-10-06.

   Data note: CSET/OWID AI publications 2022–24: 6, 16, 15.

   Sources ourworldindata.org (opens in a new tab) · ourworldindata.org (2) (opens in a new tab)

5. H4.5

   AI patents filed

   ○Not determined

   No country-level count of AI-related domestic patent filings was retrieved as of Oct 2026. WIPO IP Statistics and national IP office data were not accessible in this pass, and no published AI-patent figure for this country was found.

6. H4.6

   K-12 CS education

   ○Not determined

   No authoritative source on the status of K-12 computer science education was opened for this country in this pass (Oct 2026).

7. H4.7

   AI workforce training programs

   ○Not determined

   No government-supported AI reskilling or upskilling programme was identified for this country in the sources opened in this pass (Oct 2026).

8. H4.8

   Labour transition policy

   ○Not determined

   Mozambique presented a draft National AI Strategy (INTIC) in May 2026, and UNU published an analysis of AI and Mozambique's future of work (Dec 2025). No government labour-transition framework was identified.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab) · unu.edu (opens in a new tab)

9. H4.9

   Informal economy AI assessment

   ○Not determined

   A United Nations University article (Dec 2025) discusses indirect effects of AI on informal-sector workers in Mozambique. It is not a government assessment, and none was found.

   Sources unu.edu (opens in a new tab)

10. H4.10

    African language NLP coverage

    ●Evidence found

    Count of domestic non-European languages in Meta NLLB-200/FLORES-200 or Google Translate (Cloud Translation list accessed Oct 2026; Jun 2024 expansion), mapped by the researcher. Supported: Xichangana/Tsonga (NLLB tso_Latn; Google ts), Chichewa/Nyanja (NLLB nya_Latn; Google ny) and Shona/Ndau-related (NLLB sna_Latn; Google sn). Emakhuwa (largest L1), Elomwe, Cisena and Echuwabo are not listed; Swahili (northern minority) is not counted.

    Sources raw.githubusercontent.com (opens in a new tab) · cloud.google.com (opens in a new tab) · blog.google (opens in a new tab)

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.16 · all 54 states mean 1.05.

10 indicators: 0 evidence found, 1 confirmed absence, 9 not determined.

1. N5.1

   AI companies count

   ○Not determined

   TechBehemoths AI-services page for this country returned HTTP 403 when opened in Oct 2026 (likely no AI category page), so no count could be read; no alternative consistent directory count was obtained.

   Sources techbehemoths.com (opens in a new tab)

2. N5.2

   Private AI investment (USD)

   ○Not determined

   Partech's 2025 report (22 Jan 2026) states that outside the top four markets only Senegal, Morocco and Ghana exceeded US$50M in tech equity, so Mozambique received less than US$50M in 2025; no country figure and no AI-specific investment figure was found.

   Sources partechpartners.com (opens in a new tab)

3. N5.3

   AI incubators/accelerators

   ○Not determined

   No AI-focused incubator or accelerator count established from an opened source in this pass (general tech hubs not counted).

4. N5.4

   Regulatory sandbox (AI)

   ○Not determined

   Banco de Mocambique has run a fintech regulatory sandbox since 2018; its 6th edition (Mar 2025) included AI-based financial solutions, but the sandbox is fintech, NOT AI-specific. No AI-specific sandbox was identified; the Datasphere Initiative 2025 inventory found AI-specific sandboxes in Africa still nascent.

   Sources openbankproject.com (opens in a new tab) · connectingafrica.com (opens in a new tab) · thedatasphere.org (opens in a new tab)

5. N5.5

   Government AI procurement

   ○Not determined

   No evidence located on government procurement of AI from domestic developers (no AI-specific procurement rule or preference policy found in sources opened).

6. N5.6

   AI safety evaluation capacity

   ○Not determined

   No AI safety testing or evaluation facility (academic, government or accredited) identified in sources opened.

7. N5.7

   ISO/IEC 42001 adoption

   ○Not determined

   No ISO/IEC 42001 certification of an organisation based in this country and no national adoption of the standard was found (searches Oct 2026); the national standards body is not a member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, the committee that publishes ISO/IEC 42001.

   Sources iso.org (opens in a new tab)

8. N5.8

   Standards body AI competency

   ■Confirmed absence

   Exists, no AI focus: National standards body INNOQ (ISO correspondent member) exists, but Mozambique is absent from both the participating and observing member lists of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (Artificial intelligence) as of Oct 2026, so there is no AI committee participation; no national AI committee was found.

   Sources iso.org (opens in a new tab) · en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

9. N5.9

   AI risk assessment frameworks

   ○Not determined

   No sector-specific or cross-sector AI risk assessment framework identified in sources opened.

10. N5.10

    University-industry AI partnerships

    ○Not determined

    No formal university-industry AI research partnership identified in sources opened.

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.48 · all 54 states mean 1.26.

10 indicators: 2 evidence found, 4 confirmed absence, 4 not determined.

1. E6.1

   Algorithmic impact assessment

   ■Confirmed absence

   None: GIRAI 2026 records no framework or initiative on AI impact assessments for Mozambique (score 0), and dataprotection.africa (Jan 2026) confirms there is no data protection law, so no DPIA duty exists. No national AI policy has been adopted as of Oct 2026.

   Sources global-index.ai (opens in a new tab) · dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab)

2. E6.2

   Bias audit requirements

   ■Confirmed absence

   None: GIRAI 2026 records no framework or initiative on fairness and non-discrimination for Mozambique (indicator score 0), and no AI-specific law requiring bias audits was found as of Oct 2026.

   Sources global-index.ai (opens in a new tab)

3. E6.3

   Transparency obligations

   ■Confirmed absence

   None: GIRAI 2026 records no transparency and explainability framework or initiative for Mozambique (score 0), and dataprotection.africa (Jan 2026) confirms there is no data protection law providing automated-decision safeguards.

   Sources global-index.ai (opens in a new tab) · dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab)

4. E6.4

   Citizen redress mechanism

   ■Confirmed absence

   No mechanism: dataprotection.africa (updated 28 Jan 2026) records no comprehensive data protection law and no data protection authority in Mozambique; DLA Piper (Feb 2026) describes only sectoral rules. No right against automated decisions or complaint route therefore exists as of Oct 2026, pending a draft Personal Data Protection Bill.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab) · dlapiperdataprotection.com (opens in a new tab)

5. E6.5

   Judicial AI remedy

   ○Not determined

   No court case on algorithms, AI or solely automated decisions was found for Mozambique in sources opened as of Oct 2026 (data protection trackers, GIRAI 2026 access-to-redress indicator); ordinary courts have general jurisdiction, but the absence of precedent is not confirmed by an authoritative source.

   Sources dataprotection.africa (opens in a new tab) · global-index.ai (opens in a new tab)

6. E6.6

   AI advisory body diversity

   ○Not determined

   The Council of Ministers approved creation of a National AI Commission (CNIA) to guide AI development, regulation and responsible use (Forbes Africa Lusofona, 13 Mar 2026), tasked with reviewing the final draft strategy (Qazini). Its membership and gender composition were not found.

   Sources forbesafricalusofona.com (opens in a new tab) · qazini.com (opens in a new tab)

7. E6.7

   Global AI governance participation

   ●Evidence found

   Active member: Mozambique endorsed the New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration (20 Feb 2026) and is one of nine countries in a UNESCO-supported RAM project run by the Global Center on AI Governance. It is not on the Paris statement (Feb 2025) or the GPAI member list as of Oct 2026.

   Sources digitalpolicyalert.org (opens in a new tab) · globalcenter.ai (opens in a new tab) · elysee.fr (opens in a new tab)

8. E6.8

   Civil society AI engagement

   ●Evidence found

   Ad hoc consultation: The draft National AI Strategy underwent consultations involving government agencies, academia, civil society organisations and the private sector before submission to the Council of Ministers (Qazini, 2026); GIRAI 2026 scores government mechanisms for CSO inclusion at 0. No formal civil society seat on the National AI Commission (CNIA) was found.

   Sources qazini.com (opens in a new tab) · global-index.ai (opens in a new tab)

9. E6.9

   African ethical framework reference

   ○Not determined

   No reference to Ubuntu or African ethical principles was found in AI governance material for Mozambique opened as of Oct 2026; no adopted national AI document was searched in full, so absence is not confirmed.

   Sources global-index.ai (opens in a new tab)

10. E6.10

    Youth participation

    ○Not determined

    No formal youth participation mechanism in AI governance was found for Mozambique in sources opened as of Oct 2026; absence is not confirmed.

    Sources global-index.ai (opens in a new tab)

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 1.62 · all 54 states mean 1.55.

10 indicators: 4 evidence found, 0 confirmed absence, 6 not determined.

1. R7.1

   AU AI Strategy alignment

   ●Evidence found

   Awareness: Mozambique is a signatory of the Africa Declaration on AI (Kigali, 4 April 2025), which in clause 3.6.1 commits signatories to support national AI policies and governance frameworks aligned with the AU Continental AI Strategy; no country-specific formal alignment process was found in sources opened as of Oct 2026.

   Sources c4ir.rw (opens in a new tab)

2. R7.2

   Kigali Declaration endorsement

   ●Evidence found

   Endorsed: Mozambique appears on the official signatory list of the Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, done at Kigali on 4 April 2025 (C4IR Rwanda PDF created 5 April 2025; list of AU, Smart Africa and 52 states). No evidence of a national implementation step specifically citing the Declaration was found as of Oct 2026.

   Sources c4ir.rw (opens in a new tab) · aiexpoafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

3. R7.3

   REC AI governance coordination

   ○Not determined

   Mozambique is a member of SADC (founding 1980). SADC ministers (Bulawayo, 22-26 June 2026) discussed responsible AI adoption in infrastructure and the SADC Secretariat is developing a Regional AI Strategy and Regulatory Framework, but no Mozambique-specific participation in REC AI coordination was documented in sources opened.

   Sources en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) · sadc.int (opens in a new tab) · itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

4. R7.4

   Cross-border AI agreements

   ○Not determined

   No bilateral or multilateral AI governance cooperation agreement involving Mozambique was found in sources opened as of Oct 2026; non-binding declarations (Kigali 2025 and, where applicable, Paris 2025 or New Delhi 2026) are recorded under R7.2 and R7.10.

5. R7.5

   Election integrity AI provisions

   ○Not determined

   No legal or institutional provision addressing AI in elections was found for Mozambique in sources opened as of Oct 2026.

6. R7.6

   Disinformation response framework

   ○Not determined

   No government framework for responding to AI-generated disinformation was found for Mozambique in sources opened as of Oct 2026.

7. R7.7

   AI election incidents documented

   ○Not determined

   No documented AI-related election interference incident was found for Mozambique in sources opened (search coverage incomplete); count not determined as of Oct 2026.

8. R7.8

   Platform content moderation

   ○Not determined

   No government engagement with platforms on AI content moderation was found for Mozambique in sources opened as of Oct 2026.

9. R7.9

   Geneva Dialogue participation

   ●Evidence found

   Active contributor: Mozambique delivered a national statement at the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance (Geneva, 6-7 July 2026), per the UN list of statements from Member States and Observers.

   Sources un.org (opens in a new tab) · un.org (2) (opens in a new tab)

10. R7.10

    G20/multilateral AI engagement

    ●Evidence found

    Active participant: Mozambique is among the 87 initial endorsers of the New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration (20 Feb 2026).

    Sources digitalpolicyalert.org (opens in a new tab)

Fellow-assigned pillar score. Indicators not scored. Southern Africa mean 0.70 · all 54 states mean 0.78.

10 indicators: 0 evidence found, 0 confirmed absence, 10 not determined.

1. M8.1

   AI governance budget disbursed

   ○Not determined

   No AI governance budget was found. Decree 14/2026 (17 Apr 2026) created the National Commission for AI (CNIA), and the draft National AI Strategy was under consultation until 4 Jun 2026; neither report discloses a budget.

   Sources lexafrica.com (opens in a new tab) · itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

2. M8.2

   Health AI regulation

   ○Not determined

   The draft AI strategy (May 2026) lists healthcare as a priority sector, but no health AI regulation was found.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab) · lexafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

3. M8.3

   Health AI devices approved

   ○Not determined

   No data was found on approved AI health devices.

4. M8.4

   Government AI system registry

   ○Not determined

   No government AI registry was found. CNIA must publish reports and opinions on a publicly accessible digital platform (Decree 14/2026).

   Sources lexafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

5. M8.5

   AI governance M&E reports

   ○Not determined

   Decree 14/2026 (17 Apr 2026) requires CNIA to publish semi-annual reports, but none was located as of Oct 2026. The first would fall due around late 2026.

   Sources lexafrica.com (opens in a new tab)

6. M8.6

   Agriculture AI governance

   ○Not determined

   Agriculture is a priority sector of the draft strategy (May 2026), but no agriculture AI provisions were found.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

7. M8.7

   Financial services AI governance

   ○Not determined

   A paper at Banco de Mocambique's XVII Scientific Conferences (May 2026) recommends issuing a BM Notice on AI governance, explainability and auditability. This implies no such notice exists; the paper disclaims any official BM position.

   Sources bancomoc.mz (opens in a new tab)

8. M8.8

   Education AI governance

   ○Not determined

   Education is a priority sector of the draft strategy (May 2026), but no education-ministry AI guidance was found.

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

9. M8.9

   Measurable governance outcomes

   ○Not determined

   No documented protective outcome was found; Cybersecurity and Cybercrime laws were recently approved (May 2026).

   Sources itweb.africa (opens in a new tab)

10. M8.10

    WHO AI health guidance adoption

    ○Not determined

    No country-specific adoption was found. WHO AFRO AI-for-health ethics workshops (2021, 47 countries; July 2023) do not list participants.

    Sources afro.who.int (opens in a new tab)