01/10/2026
🇲🇺 AI IN MAURITIUS: THE CONVERSATION HAS TO MOVE FROM POTENTIAL TO IMPLEMENTATION.
HR Box Ltd was honoured to be invited to the African Development Bank Group AI Partners Consultation Meeting, bringing together stakeholders to discuss what it will take to strengthen Mauritius’ AI ecosystem.
What stood out to me is that the conversation is not simply about AI technology.
It is about people, skills, investment, governance and the future of work
From an HR perspective, this is particularly important.
AI readiness cannot be separated from workforce readiness.
We can invest in infrastructure, platforms and technology, but without the right skills, organisational structures, governance and learning ecosystems, adoption will remain limited.
This is also where I believe HR needs to have a stronger seat at the AI table.
Not only to manage the impact of AI on jobs, but to help organisations answer:
What skills will we need?
Which roles will evolve?
What should we automate?
What should we augment?
How do we reskill our people?
And how do we govern AI responsibly?
These are not future questions anymore.
They are workforce questions we need to address now and on which HR Box Ltd is highly interested in answering.
Thierry JeannotAnniella Jeannot