{"name":"Applied AI in Congo — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Congo, 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/congo","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":"Congo","slug":"congo","iso2":"CG","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":5,"deployments":0,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":4,"industries":1,"countries":1,"linked":5},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Congo","org":"Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation","text":"The Republic of Congo's Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation delivered AI training in public administration to its staff. The session built practical skills in artificial intelligence for government work, part of a broader push toward AI skills for government staff.","date":"2026-07-21","source":"https://congo-b.com/lia-forme-les-agents-de-la-recherche-congolaise/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Congo","org":"Government of the Republic of Congo","text":"A half-year deadline now governs eleven strategic outputs due from Republic of Congo's newly installed technical panel, tasked with shaping the country's national AI strategy. Frédéric Nzé heads the group, backed by the United Nations Development Programme. Aims include a Lingala and Kituba language dataset for local-language AI tools, costed at 150 to 200 million FCFA as part of wider artificial intelligence policy development.","date":"2026-05-06","source":"https://lejournalducongo.com/07/05/2026/ia-au-congo-le-plan-strategique-pour-sauver-le-lingala-et-le-kituba-de-lextinction-numerique/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Congo","org":"National Assembly of Congo","text":"The National Assembly of Congo passed a bill steering scientific research and technological innovation, a text carried by the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation to modernise the sector and absorb what artificial intelligence now demands. This Congo AI regulation writes an ethical framework around such technologies and stands up a national committee accountable for responsible use, answering to norms in force and to social values. Caria is also foreseen to organise work in the field. Jean-Luc Marcel Mouthou, whose portfolio covers preschool, primary and secondary education plus literacy, presented these AI governance rules to deputies, calling them an important step.","date":"2026-04-08","source":"https://www.aci.cg/congo-recherche-scientifique-une-nouvelle-loi-pour-structurer-le-secteur-et-encadrer-lia/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Congo","org":"Conseil des ministres de la République du Congo","text":"Congo's Council of Ministers approved statutes founding a new AI research centre, the African Centre for Research in Artificial Intelligence (CARIA), as a public administrative body. The decree fixes how this artificial intelligence research institute will function, be steered and be supervised.","date":"2025-07-02","source":"https://www.journaldebrazza.com/congo-le-conseil-des-ministres-sest-reuni-mercredi-2-juillet-2025/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Congo","org":"Parlement de la République du Congo","text":"The Republic of Congo's Parliament created the Centre Africain de Recherche en Intelligence Artificielle (CARIA) under Law 14-2024, a public body pursuing AI research policy via advanced study, training and innovation. Council of Ministers records frame its purpose as letting African scientists produce and circulate frontier findings in artificial intelligence, following a human-centred model widening gains while easing development hurdles.","date":"2024-05-23","source":"https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/compte-rendu-du-conseil-des-ministres-du-mercredi-2-juillet-2025-165625"}]}