Mozambique's INTIC Opens Public Consultation on Draft National AI Strategy

Mozambique's National Institute of Communications (INTIC) opened a public consultation period on the country's draft national artificial intelligence strategy in May 2026, marking the government's most substantive step yet toward formal AI governance.

The draft strategy, referred to internally by the acronym ENIA, sets out proposed priorities for AI adoption across public services, agriculture, and financial inclusion — sectors the government has identified as having the highest potential impact for Mozambique's largely rural population. INTIC's consultation process invited feedback from civil society organizations, private-sector technology firms, and academic institutions before the strategy proceeds toward finalization.

Officials presented the draft framework at ITU and GITEX-affiliated events in Kenya during 2026, using the international platform to solicit input from regional peers and development partners already further along in their own AI governance processes. Mozambique's strategy development follows a now-familiar continental pattern, in which national regulators lead early drafting before opening formal public comment periods — an approach also taken by neighboring Malawi and Namibia in their own AI readiness and strategy processes during the same period.

The consultation comes as Mozambique's small AI industry, newly represented by the AMIA industry association launched in Maputo the same year, has pushed for the eventual strategy to reflect the realities of local startups and researchers rather than being modeled solely on frameworks imported from better-resourced markets.

INTIC has not published a firm date for when the consultation period will close or when a finalized strategy will be adopted, but officials describe the current phase as central to shaping Mozambique's regulatory posture toward AI over the coming years.