Obreal and the Government of Mauritius strengthen cooperation to promote multilingual artificial intelligence and youth innovation
Obreal’s dialogue with Dr. Kaviraj Sharma Sukon, Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research of Mauritius, opens new opportunities to consolidate the AI Incubator for Youth and Multilingualism and expand cooperation between Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The meeting, held on October 6, focused on strengthening institutional support for the Artificial Intelligence Incubator for Youth and Multilingualism, connecting young talent and university expertise with public priorities in education, research and digital transformation.
The discussions also highlighted the potential of cooperation among small island developing states to connect institutions across these regions around shared priorities. Building on the incubator’s work, this approach seeks to bring young people, universities and public institutions together to develop solutions that respond to community needs and reflect their linguistic and cultural diversity.
Strengthening Obreal’s AI Incubator: young talent, multilingualism and institutional support
Obreal’s AI Incubator supports young people in developing artificial intelligence solutions that address specific needs in their communities. Multilingualism is a central pillar of the incubator: developing tools in different languages expands access to technology and enables more people to participate in creating solutions tailored to their contexts.
Through mentoring, knowledge exchange and university cooperation, participants receive support to advance their projects. The next stage of the incubator seeks to strengthen this support eosystem and expand connections with institutions and stakeholders that can contribute complementary expertise.
Political and institutional support from the Government of Mauritius can help ensure the initiative’s continuity and strengthen its interregional reach. Cooperation with the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Research offers an opportunity to connect the incubator with academic institutions and public stakeholders in Mauritius, linking young talent and university expertise with priorities in education, research and digital transformation.
Island states as a natural setting for interregional cooperation
The shared interest in strengthening ties with small island developing states aligns with Obreal’s approach to interregional cooperation: bringing together institutions from different regions to identify common priorities, pool capacities and develop joint responses.
The island states of the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific offer fertile ground for this approach. Despite their geographical distance and diverse contexts, they may find shared interests in talent development, scientific cooperation, digital transformation and the preservation of linguistic diversity. Cooperation among these countries makes it possible to bring together experiences and knowledge that often state within each region but could contribute to solutions in other territories.
Within this framework, the relationship with Mauritius can help connect institutions in the Indian Ocean with Obreal’s networks and partners in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, and open the way to new ties with the Pacific. The aim is to build reciprocal relationships in which priorities and initiatives are jointly defined and each participant brings their own strengths.
The OACPS framework and the incubator’s interregional reach
This approach fits within the broader framework of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), which connects island and continental countries across the three regions. For Obreal, this framework offers an opportunity to develop cooperation among universities, policymakers and innovation stakeholders around shared challenges, turning political dialogue into concrete initiatives in training, research and development.
The AI Incubator can put this approach into practice: connecting young people and mentors from different regions, sharing experiences in developing multilingual technologies and facilitating joint work on needs identified by the participants themselves. In this way, its interregional reach takes shape through how projects are designed, knowledge is shared and solutions are developed.
The dialogue with the Government of Mauritius is part of this broader aim: strengthening institutional support for the incubator and, building on this experience, exploring new connections between the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, with the participation of partners from other regions in Obreal’s network.
