Mauritius has launched an AI Adoption, Readiness and Governance Survey to measure how local businesses are actually adopting and managing artificial intelligence — an attempt to put evidence beneath a national AI strategy the island launched three months ago. Most African AI readiness measurement has come from external indices — Oxford Insights, the Global Index on Responsible AI, Ataraxis — that rank countries on national capacity rather than enterprise practice. “Measuring AI adoption is essential to inform policymakers and support the country’s digital transformation,” he said. Ramtohul set the survey alongside the government’s existing AI architecture — an AI Unit, a National AI Strategy, AI laboratories and training programmes aimed at building citizen AI skills. Mauritius launched its National AI Strategy 2025-2029 in April through the AI Unit with UNDP support, built around four principles the government groups under the acronym FAIR: fairness, accountability, inclusiveness and responsibility.