{"name":"Applied AI in Burkina Faso — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Burkina Faso, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/burkina-faso","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Burkina Faso","slug":"burkina-faso","iso2":"BF","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":12,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":7,"regulation":3,"industries":1,"countries":1,"linked":12},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Ministère de la Transition Digitale du Burkina Faso","text":"Every ministry in Burkina Faso sent its secretary general to Ouagadougou for a two-day programme in AI training for government officials, run by the Ministry of Digital Transformation. Sessions spanned generative tools, data protection and best practice, strengthening departmental AI oversight and embedding AI literacy in public administration at the senior level.","date":"2026-09-24","source":"https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202609240678.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications (Burkina Faso)","text":"Burkina Faso's Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications put secretaries-general from ministries and institutions through two days of AI training for senior civil servants in Ouagadougou. Rodrigue Kafando taught today's tools, generative AI and sound habits after chief of staff Abdoulaye Mamboné opened proceedings. Shielding administrative data from outside exploitation topped the dangers flagged for government AI use.","date":"2026-09-24","source":"https://www.sidwaya.info/utilisation-de-lintelligence-artificielle-des-secretaires-generaux-a-lecole-des-bonnes-pratiques/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"UEMOA Commission","text":"The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Commission showed member-state journalists a draft regional AI strategy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, at a 14 to 18 September 2026 session. The draft targets one ethical, inclusive and harmonised normative, regulatory and institutional AI governance framework, plus local skills, research and IT infrastructure.","date":"2026-09-15","source":"https://www.osiris.sn/preparation-a-l-ia-le-senegal-leader-dans-l-uemoa-mais-la-region-reste-en-deca.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Ministère de la Santé du Burkina Faso","text":"Burkina Faso's Ministry of Health delivered AI training for administrative secretaries to 72 headquarters and regional health directorate staff on 3–7 August 2026. Content spanned Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, advanced Excel and Word functions for drafting, filing and reporting, data security and AI ethics. The ministry's IT experts delivered the AI upskilling.","date":"2026-08-03","source":"https://digitalmagazine.bf/2026/08/07/burkina-faso-transformation-digitale-le-ministere-de-la-sante-forme-72-secretaires-administratifs-a-lintelligence-artificielle-pour-moderniser-ladministration/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Assemblée législative du Peuple du Burkina Faso","text":"Roughly 30 lawmakers from Burkina Faso's National Assembly gained grounding in artificial intelligence during a joint session staged by the Legislative Assembly of the People with the Permanent Secretariat for Innovation and Forecasting on Emerging Digital Technologies (SPIVTEN) in Ouagadougou. Organisers designed the AI legislation training to sharpen deputies' capacity to comprehend, draft rules for and monitor emerging systems, an area officials have elevated to the 11th pillar within the nation's broader digital transformation agenda, closely tied to artificial intelligence oversight training goals.","date":"2026-07-15","source":"https://www.sidwaya.info/intelligence-artificielle-les-deputes-formes/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Primature du Burkina Faso","text":"Burkina Faso's Prime Minister's Office put senior managers through ethical AI training in Ouagadougou, under the banner 'Management tools for ethical and responsible AI'. Chief of staff Mamadou Dembélé launched the two-day workshop, expanding on instruction previously delivered to rank-and-file staff. Participants rehearsed crafting safe AI prompts that protect sensitive information and detecting bias within AI-generated results, reflecting a broader push toward responsible AI use in government.","date":"2026-07-13","source":"https://digitalmagazine.bf/2026/07/14/intelligence-artificielle-la-primature-outille-ses-responsables-pour-un-usage-ethique/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Government of Burkina Faso","text":"Six West African states—Burkina Faso, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Guinea and Benin—now share a common Burkina Faso AI policy: Guidelines for Ethical, Inclusive and Responsible Artificial Intelligence, lodged with the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance. It demands accountable, transparent, sovereign, inclusive systems reflecting local languages and African realities.","date":"2026-07-06","source":"https://grain-africa.org/en/francophone-africa-together-with-niyel-launches-its-framework-for-ethical-inclusive-and-responsible-ai/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Ministère de la Transition digitale, des Postes et des Communications électroniques","text":"Burkina Faso's Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications, through SP-IVTEN, finalised a national AI roadmap covering 2026-2030. Six focus areas structure the plan: oversight, infrastructure, safeguarding information, skills-building, entrepreneurial research, and fair, inclusive deployment. The strategy links to RELANCE 2026-2030 and the 'AI for All' scheme, embedding AI policy in broader growth ambitions.","date":"2026-06-17","source":"https://www.wearetech.africa/fr/fils/actualites/tech/le-burkina-faso-valide-sa-feuille-de-route-nationale-sur-l-ia-pour-2026-2030"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Primature du Burkina Faso","text":"Burkina Faso's Prime Minister's Office ran three-day AI training for public servants from its Ouagadougou central structures, 19 to 21 May 2026. Artificial intelligence's promise and dangers for state administration framed the course, in which volunteer Oumar Karaga, a Google Canada senior software engineer, taught civil service staff data analysis, AI fundamentals, digital writing tools and generative content's legal and ethical questions.","date":"2026-05","source":"https://primature.gov.bf/intelligence-artificielle-la-primature-renforce-les-competences-de-ses-agents/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","org":"Ministère de la Transition Digitale du Burkina Faso","text":"Burkina Faso's Ministry of Digital Transition delivered AI training for government workers to cabinet directors across all ministries and public institutions on 16 April 2026 in Ouagadougou. Minister Aminata Zerbo/Sabané and the President's chief of staff launched the single-day session, which covered core AI concepts, applying artificial intelligence within cabinet duties, sovereignty over digital systems, and managing associated risks. Officials frame the workshop, built around artificial intelligence instruction, as the opening step of a larger civil service training push.","date":"2026-04-16","source":"https://lefaso.net/?id_article=145796&page=impression"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","role":"Government communications officer","org":"Government of Burkina Faso (via CITADEL)","text":"CITADEL researchers built the AI voice translation Mooré tool now live on Burkina-en-marche.gov.bf, delivering spoken health and education content rather than written text. Converted French speech hits a 4.24% word error rate, a standard 77.8% of tested native speakers accepted. This French-to-Mooré speech translation reaches those who never learned letters.","date":"2026-04","source":"https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article145488"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Burkina Faso","role":"Traffic police officer","org":"Burkina Faso Ministry of Security","text":"Burkina Faso's Ministry of Security started a nationwide video-ticketing trial in Ouagadougou on 7 April 2026, with high-definition AI traffic cameras spotting red-light, seatbelt, phone and speeding offences. Each flagged vehicle's owner gets an SMS with a link to pay; camera-based enforcement was scheduled to run fully from 1 August 2026.","date":"2026-04-07","source":"https://www.wearetech.africa/fr/fils/actualites/tech/burkina-faso-des-cameras-intelligentes-pour-surveiller-les-infractions-routieres-a-ouagadougou"}]}