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Comoros

Digital snapshot – key policies and laws

Comoros’ digital governance is built around the Stratégie Comores Numériques 2028, implemented by ANADEN, which frames digital technology as a lever for economic development, public-service modernisation and sector reform. The strategy sits alongside the broader Plan Comores Émergent 2030, while the AfDB-backed PADEC digitalisation project adds financing for digital public services, innovation, inclusion and digital-economy infrastructure.

The .km home base

Comoros’ digital-sovereignty agenda gained a practical anchor with the Data Center of the Public Administration, inaugurated on 19 May 2025 and co-managed by ANADEN and Comores Câbles. For a small island state, this is more than a technical facility: it is a way to host public platforms, secure administrative data, and reduce dependence on external infrastructure. The centre has been described as a Tier 3 facility designed to host state and private-sector digital platforms, while Comores Câbles presents it as a secure space for storage, hosting, backup and business services. Its role already extends to internet governance: the transfer of the national .km domain’s technical management to ANADEN was made possible by the data centre’s capacity to host critical services.

Connectivity is the most visible part of Comoros’ digital transition. The country is linked to regional and global fibre systems, including EASSy, FLY-LION3 and 2Africa, with Moroni emerging as a multi-cable landing point for the archipelago. In 2025, the regulator ANRTIC authorised 5G frequencies for Yas Comores and Comores Telecom, indicating that mobile broadband is moving ahead faster than fixed access. The gap remains substantial: fixed broadband subscriptions stood at only 3,299 in 2023, making affordability and last-mile coverage central issues in digital inclusion.

The legal trust layer is present but uneven. Comoros has a personal data protection law that provides the basis for regulating personal data processing, but public information on an operational supervisory authority remains limited. Cybersecurity is anchored in Law No. 21-012/AU on cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime, complemented by a National Cybersecurity Portal for awareness, alerts and citizen communication.

Comoros’ digital economy is still emerging, with no clearly verified standalone e-commerce law publicly available. Its foundations are instead being built through telecom liberalisation, business procedure digitisation, privacy and cybercrime rules, and payment system reform. The Central Bank’s work on new payment instruments and the national Komor Switch is especially important, because online trade, mobile services and digital public payments depend on interoperable, trusted transaction rails.

Comoros has no confirmed standalone AI strategy, AI law, cloud-first policy or IoT roadmap, but AI entered the national debate through the first AI forum in 2026, which focused on inclusion, skills, infrastructure and regulation. Cloud readiness is developing through local hosting capacity, submarine cables, 5G, digital payments and PADEC.

Comoros’ Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva:

The Permanent Mission of the Union of the Comoros to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva represents the Comoros in Geneva-based multilateral diplomacy. Based at Avenue de France 23 in Geneva, it serves as the Comoros’ diplomatic channel to the institutions and negotiations that shape much of the international policy agenda.

Official UNOG website: https://www.ungeneva.org/en/blue-book/missions/member-states/comoros

EMBASSY AND PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UN – GENEVA

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