{"name":"Applied AI in Fiji — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Fiji, 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/fiji","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":"Fiji","slug":"fiji","iso2":"FJ","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":7,"deployments":5,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":0,"industries":5,"countries":1,"linked":7},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Agriculture & Food","region":"Fiji","role":"Farmer","org":"Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF)","text":"Fiji's Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF) unveiled an AI chatbot for farmers, the Smart Chatbot, together with a new Digital Management System, moving the sugar sector in Lautoka away from paper-based work. Officials expect the digital farmer support tools to widen access to financing and information, particularly for women and other vulnerable groups. The Asian Development Bank backed the launch.","date":"2026-09-03","source":"https://fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/digital-push-to-future-proof-fijis-sugar-industry"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Fiji","org":"Civil Service Training Institution","text":"Fiji's Civil Service Training Institution in Nasese now folds AI civil service training into its coursework, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told Parliament, calling it part of wider AI-integrated government workforce development. Asked whether reforms covered AI, he confirmed the change, while conceding his own generation lagged furthest behind.","date":"2026-05-30","source":"https://fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/pm-my-generation-least-equipped-for-ai"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Fiji","role":"Tax officer","org":"Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS)","text":"Fiji Revenue and Customs Service now runs an AI chatbot for tax enquiries, named Masi, on its new taxpayer website. Corporate Services Director Shavindra Nath said the conversational AI system handles both basic and complex questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Automating routine responses frees staff to focus on harder cases, and the tool doubles as an automated taxpayer support tool improving overall service.","date":"2026-04-09","source":"https://www.fijivillage.com/news/frcs-launches-new-website-marking-a-major-step-towards-digital-transformation-d3a85c/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Fiji","role":"Radiologist","org":"Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services","text":"Fiji's Ministry of Health and Medical Services is fitting public hospitals with AI-powered X-ray machines, swapping out analogue equipment over 15 years old. The digital upgrade uses AI in medical imaging to help clinicians catch abnormalities and reach diagnoses faster. Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Nausori Health Centre and Taveuni are already equipped, with 21 sites planned nationwide.","date":"2026-02-08","source":"https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/nausori-health-centre-gets-digital-radiology-upgrade/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Fiji","role":"Credit assessor","org":"Fiji Development Bank","text":"Fiji Development Bank runs a 12-month AI credit assessment trial cutting loan turnaround for current customers. Its model blends records with behavioural signals, including WhatsApp and Viber history, yielding initial evaluations while FDB credit officers keep the final decision. Via the app, it spans unsecured loans to FJ$10,000 and secured loans to FJ$100,000, part of a shift toward AI loan approval for small businesses.","date":"2025-11-13","source":"https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/business/fdb-ventures-into-ai-to-boost-access-to-finance-for-msmes/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Fiji","role":"Student services officer","org":"Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service (TSLS)","text":"A new AI chatbot for student travel and bond clearance now serves Fiji's Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service (TSLS) community, rolled out with the agency's Travel and Bond Clearance Portal. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Biman Prasad said the 24-hour AI-integrated chatbot service for tertiary students removes the need for parents and learners to queue or travel simply to confirm details, delivering dependable answers around the clock instead. Roughly 70,000 past and present scholarship holders gain portal access, with electronic links to Immigration and Border Control confirming clearance status automatically.","date":"2025-03-05","source":"https://www.finance.gov.fj/deputy-prime-minister-launches-tsls-travel-and-bond-clearance-portal-and-ai-chatbot-service/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Fiji","org":"Fiji media sector","text":"Over 50 per cent of surveyed media workers in Fiji already use AI in journalism, relying on tools such as ChatGPT on the job, per ABC International Development's State of the Media: Fiji 2025 report. Editing, research and drafting social posts topped their listed uses, though many flagged worry about losing a human touch, showing cautious AI tools adoption among newsroom staff.","date":"2025-03-05","source":"https://www.abc.net.au/abc-international-development/state-of-the-media-fiji-2025/105003972"}]}