Benin
7%
2/28
AI Gap Index
1/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
0/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 1/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 Benin's National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (SNIAM) identifies building human capacities as a priority and mentions AI skills development, but the strategy is a policy document without binding curriculum requirements.
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0
Civil Service & Governance 0/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 0
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 National AI Olympiad 2026 is a multi-ministry publicly administered programme providing free AI skills training to young Beninese participants selected for intensive training; EEIA 2026 summer school (UNDP partnership, free) also provides general-public AI access.
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 20, 2026 2/28 Dim 13 added: multi-ministry National AI Olympiad 2026 provides free public AI training programme for Beninese youth.
March 25, 2026 1/28 Initial scoring based on the National AI and Big Data Strategy (SNIAM), which identifies AI skills development as a priority but lacks binding mandates or dedicated funding commitments.