{"name":"Applied AI in Gabon — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Gabon, 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/gabon","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":"Gabon","slug":"gabon","iso2":"GA","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":10,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":6,"industries":2,"countries":1,"linked":10},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Ministry of Digital Economy (Gabon)","text":"Seven Gabonese Ministry of Digital Economy officials spent 2 to 16 September 2026 in Beijing on AI training. Robotics, smart mobility, intelligent manufacturing, AI applications, emerging technologies and digital transformation were seminar topics, alongside a Beijing E-Town Robot World visit.","date":"2026-10-02","source":"https://gabonmediatime.com/intelligence-artificielle-le-gabon-a-lecole-de-lexperience-technologique-chinoise/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Ministry of Digital Economy, Digitalization and Innovation (Gabon)","text":"The Ministry of Digital Economy, Digitalization and Innovation opened drafting on Gabon AI policy at the Cité de la Démocratie in Libreville, steered by the United Nations Development Programme with the AILA method. For three days, officials, watchdogs, operators, academics, businesses and community groups weighed training, data, networks, oversight, cyber risk and rights. Private talks come next; no date to adopt the artificial intelligence plan has been published.","date":"2026-09-29","source":"https://gabonmediatime.com/souverainete-numerique-le-gabon-lance-lelaboration-de-sa-strategie-nationale-dia/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Direction Générale de la Comptabilité Publique et du Trésor","text":"Direction Générale de la Comptabilité Publique et du Trésor sent accountants to a three-day AI training for civil servants at the Centre Gabonais de l'Innovation, Libreville, joined by the Ministry of Communication and Media and the Direction Générale du Budget. Sessions covered tools for quicker paperwork, Gabon's public-sector AI upskilling.","date":"2026-09-10","source":"https://gabonactu.com/blog/2026/09/10/intelligence-artificielle-des-agents-de-letat-se-mettent-a-jour"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise / Conseil des Ministres","text":"Gabon's Conseil des Ministres approved a decree creating the Direction Générale des Technologies Émergentes (DGTE), part of a wider Gabon AI regulation push under the Ministry of Economie Numérique. The DGTE will draft and oversee public policy on digitalisation, technological innovation, and responsible use of artificial intelligence across République Gabonaise, with central departments and decentralised offices in every province.","date":"2026-05-22","source":"https://www.gabonreview.com/ia-startups-gabon-fiber-le-gouvernement-pose-enfin-larchitecture-de-sa-politique-numerique/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Government of Gabon","text":"Gabon's Ordinance n°0011/PR/2026, dated 26 February 2026, introduces AI content labelling: synthetic text, images, video and deepfakes must bear an indelible mark showing they are artificial. Articles 32 to 34 and 53 also oblige platforms to run automatic detection systems, and outlaw explicit sexual deepfakes, wrongly crediting statements to public figures, and posing as state institutions. The rules rank among Africa's earliest binding measures on synthetic media marking.","date":"2026-02-26","source":"https://gabonmediatime.com/gabon-deepfakes-faux-contenus-desinformation-le-gouvernement-encadre-lia-a-marche-forcee/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Gabon","role":"Forest ranger","org":"Government of Gabon","text":"Gabon added Forest Foresight, co-developed with WWF, to its national forest surveillance system, using AI deforestation prediction to flag at-risk areas up to six months ahead with 80% accuracy. This satellite-based deforestation forecasting has already assisted in stopping an illegal gold mine threatening 30 hectares of primary forest.","date":"2026-01","source":"https://gabonmediatime.com/gabon-deploiement-dune-ia-pour-lutter-contre-la-deforestation/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Présidence de la République Gabonaise","text":"Gabon's government has enacted Ordonnance n° 0006/PR/2025, signed by President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and published in the Journal Officiel, setting a legal framework for public-sector digitalisation. A dedicated \"Smart-Gouvernement\" component requires administrative bodies to deploy artificial intelligence and emerging technologies so services become proactive rather than reactive, marking a formal push for AI in government administration and AI-driven public administration more broadly. The decree also lays down principles covering digital inclusion, interoperability, security and data sovereignty.","date":"2025-08-11","source":"https://spin.ga/la-rubrique-de-lexpert-ordonnance-0006-pr-2025-spin-transformation-numerique-gabon/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","role":"Civil servant","org":"Government of Gabon","text":"Gabon deployed an AI chatbot for government communication called Missamou, reachable via Facebook Messenger around the clock. Natural language processing drives replies to public queries, shares bulletins, and guides paperwork 24 hours daily, lightening demand at counters and phone lines. It stands as the nation's inaugural virtual assistant linking state and citizen.","date":"2025-07-15","source":"https://www.wearetech.africa/fr/fils/actualites/tech/le-gabon-lance-missamou-une-ia-conversationnelle-pour-moderniser-l-administration"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise / Ministère des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication","text":"Gabon's Gouvernement, via the Ministère des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication with UNESCO, established the Comité Technique National pour l'Intelligence Artificielle (CTN-IA) for AI governance in Gabon. The body coordinates national efforts toward an ethical AI deployment strategy governing the use of artificial intelligence-based technologies.","date":"2023-12-20","source":"https://www.uneca.org/fr/stories/la-cea-et-le-gouvernement-gabonais-explorent-les-leviers-d%E2%80%99une-acc%C3%A9l%C3%A9ration-de-la"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Gabon","org":"Parlement de la République Gabonaise","text":"The AI data protection law Gabon enacted defines artificial intelligence, along with raw data, AI input data and artificial neuron, making it the only statute in Francophone Afrique to spell out these terms. Loi n° 025/2023 revised the earlier Loi n° 001/2011 framework governing personal data processing. Article 77 bars courts and other bodies from basing a judicial ruling or any decision with legal effect solely on automated profiling of personality traits, while Article 43 grants individuals a right of access covering the reasoning behind such artificial intelligence regulation in personal data processing decisions.","date":"2023-07-12","source":"https://ailawradar.com/jurisdictions/gabon"}]}