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Guinea-Bissau

#170 globally

Middle East & Africa

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#57 in Middle East & Africa

Neutral(+1)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

13/100
Neutral(+1)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

13/100
Nascent Adoption

Guinea-Bissau is deploying AI roughly in line with its readiness capacity.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure3/20
Talent3/20
Governance3/20
Investment2/20
Economic Readiness2/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Nascent Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
2/20
Enterprise Adoption
3/20
Talent DemandWeakest
2/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
4/20
R&D PipelineWeakest
2/20

Mobile banking nascent growth provides the only meaningful digital technology footprint.

Trajectory Outlook

14
/100

by 2028

13 now+1 pts

Top Accelerator

Portuguese language connection providing access to Cape Verde and Portugal tech ecosystem linkages

Top Risk

Chronic political instability, extreme poverty, and infrastructure absence making AI development impossible currently

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

Foundation Phase

Guinea-Bissau is in the Foundation Phase

Building core digital and institutional capabilities. Projected score by 2028: 14/100.

2028 Timeline

Now

Score 13

2

2025–26

National AI strategy adopted

3

2026–27

Digital connectivity baseline met

4

2028

First national AI lab established

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

Investment & R&D
2/20
Near

Launch government-backed AI seed fund (≥$50M) for domestic startups

Mid

Negotiate bilateral R&D agreements with OECD partners; join CERN or equivalent

Economic Readiness
2/20
Near

Expand financial inclusion; target 80% banked population by 2026

Mid

Develop AI-driven export diversification strategy beyond primary commodities

Digital Infrastructure
3/20
Near

Launch national broadband expansion programme; target 50% fixed-line coverage

Mid

Deploy sovereign AI compute infrastructure and edge networks in major cities

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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