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/Country
Mozambique
38/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 62% of countries
#59 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention38
- Adoption · single source11
- Regulation30
- Problems and attacks13
- Opportunities22
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents0
1 incident in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure36
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 11.4% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards89
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.76 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -1.18 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.90 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
28
Exposure to threats
19
as a target 12 · as a cause 26
Closed, little exposedMedia coverage: medium (59 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 12 (as a target) + 50% × 25.9 (as a cause) = 19
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)87
Rule of law (0-100 score)39
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law0
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)10
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
0
12-24 months ago
+ 1 with only the year
/Reported incidents
1 in 24 months2025
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.76
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-1.18
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.90
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Xinhua Headlines: 7th World Media Summit opens in Beijing, highlighting media transformation in AI age (opens in a new tab)heraldglobe.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 26 other outlets
- Inauguran VII Cumbre Mundial de Medios de Comunicación en Beijing y destaca la transformación de medios en era de IA (opens in a new tab)xinhuanet.com · China · 9 Nov 2026 · and 5 other outlets
- IA ajuda a combater falta de vacinação em Moçambique (opens in a new tab)sapo.pt · Portugal · 8 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Inteligência Artificial está a ajudar campanhas de vacinação em Moçambique (opens in a new tab)sapo.pt · Portugal · 8 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 2nd LD-Writethru-Xinhua Headlines: 7th World Media Summit opens in Beijing, highlighting media transformation in AI age (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 7 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | Mozambique and Portugal Expand Cooperation to Digital and Artificial Intelligence Areas (opens in a new tab)africa-newsroom.com · South Africa · 12 Nov 2026
- Economista moçambicana lança plataforma de IA para apoiar acesso a financiamento (opens in a new tab)executivedigest.sapo.pt · Portugal · 11 Nov 2026
- MOÇAMBIQUE E PORTUGAL ALARGAM COOPERAÇÃO ÀS ÁREAS DIGITAL E INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL – Portal do Governo de Mocambique (opens in a new tab)portaldogoverno.gov.mz · Mozambique · 11 Nov 2026
- Botswana's AI Paradox: Rich in Connectivity, Poor in Opportunity (opens in a new tab)weekendpost.co.bw · Botswana · 10 Nov 2026
- A leader from an African Portuguese-speaking countries organization launches the first AI leadership platform and app (opens in a new tab)jornalnoticias.co.mz · Mozambique · 10 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 55 in total, at most 23 in one day (7 Nov 2026).
55 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 38, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 38, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 insufficient data · 2025 47 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.