Republic of Benin

Benin takes its AI priorities to the UN

High-level meetings in New York on accelerating AI in Africa.

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Highlights

Innovation

Benin presents its artificial intelligence priorities at the 81st United Nations General Assembly

September 24, 2026

Innovation

Benin and Ethiopia strengthen their cooperation in digital technology and innovation

August 10, 2026

Innovation

Benin on the podium at the 2026 International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI)

August 9, 2026

Appointment

Mahuna Akplogan appointed Minister of Digital Transformation and Innovation, in charge of the National AI Strategy

May 25, 2026

Innovation

National AI Olympiad: the prize-winners honoured

July 6, 2026

Innovation

Benin launches the National AI Olympiad to select the talents who will represent the country in Kazakhstan

June 27, 2026

Press Release

Second CISO Conference: Minister Mahuna AKPLOGAN places digital security at the heart of the ambition for an augmented State

June 26, 2026

Minister in charge

Digital Transformation & AI

The Minister's message

Benin deploys.
Benin builds.
Benin innovates.

Technology is only valuable for what it concretely changes in people's lives, and above all for its contribution to eradicating extreme poverty.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation and Innovation's mission is to lead the technology roadmap in service of public policies, and to build a dynamic, inclusive and competitive innovation ecosystem.

Mahuna Akplogan

Minister of Digital Transformation and Innovation, in charge of the National AI Strategy

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Our priorities

Strategic priorities

SNIAM 2023–2027

Make Benin an African AI leader

Adopted by the Council of Ministers on January 18, 2023, the National AI and Big Data Strategy (SNIAM) structures Benin's action in 4 programs over 5 years.

ongoing AI projects

public laboratories

2030

strategy horizon

E-government · SMART GOUV

Digital public services

The SMART GOUV program (phase 2) continues the digitization of public services to make them accessible online, without travel, from any device.

digitized services

200K+

active users

24/7

availability

Infrastructure · Connectivity

Connect the entire territory

SBIN is deploying a national fiber optic backbone network and continuing the high and very high-speed internet program (phase 2) to cover the entire territory, including rural areas.

2 000

km of fiber

new municipalities

2028

100% target

Training · AI Olympiads

Training tomorrow's talents

Benin invests in digital skills and artificial intelligence training. The first National AI Olympiads brought together talents from across the country.

5 000

young people trained

200

certified civil servants

partner schools

Cybersecurity · CRSSI

Protecting the national digital space

Digital legal framework (Law No. 2017-20), personal data protection, and RSSI conferences bringing together information systems security professionals.

CSIRT.bj

operational

1 / an

security audit

24 h

incident response