Countries / Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire named data centres and sovereign cloud as priorities in its March 2025 AI strategy, and Raxio already operates there.
The AI and data governance strategy was announced on 13 March 2025 with a five-year implementation plan, a national AI committee and an AI hub. It prioritises building data centres and sovereign cloud to host national data locally and creates a Safe IA label. Raxio reports operating Tier III capacity in the country.
AI policy and activity
Strategy has three pillars: skills and infrastructure, regional and social inclusion, and legal and ethical governance. The data protection law was not covered by the source read.
Power and grid
No Côte d'Ivoire grid constraint was found in the sources read.
Data centres and compute
| Site | Where | Status | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raxio Côte d'Ivoire Raxio Group | Côte d'Ivoire | Operating | Listed among Raxio's six operating countries as of July 2026. Site and capacity not given. (source) |
Rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| National AI and data governance strategy | Policy | In force from 13 March 2025 | Trade article in French. Date is the announcement date. |
Checked on 2 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.