Fiji National Digital Strategy 2025-2030

What it is

The National Digital Strategy 2025-2030 is Fiji’s first national digital strategy. Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica launched it on 3 April 2025, and its foreword from Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka describes it as a five-year roadmap aligned with the National Development Plan 2025-2029 and Vision 2050. It was published by the then Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications and its Digital Government Transformation Office.

The strategy is organised around five pillars, covering infrastructure and cyber resilience, a skilled workforce, digital inclusion, innovation-led economic growth and smart governance. AI appears across several of them.

Who it applies to

The strategy directs the work of the Fijian Government. It does not itself impose duties on organisations. Its commitments on AI, data protection and cloud are commitments to make rules that would then apply to government and, in several cases, to the private sector.

What it requires

The strategy commits the Government to the following AI-relevant work.

• A National AI Framework. Stakeholder consultations on the opportunities, risks and challenges of AI adoption, used to develop policy guidelines on ethical use, data privacy, accountability and governance of AI systems, improving governance of AI in government services and in the private sector.
• Legal frameworks for emerging technologies. Specific legal policies and frameworks for the integration of technologies such as AI, blockchain and IoT in business operations, with a regulatory sandbox for start-ups.
• A data protection legal framework. A review of the data protection and data privacy landscape benchmarked against the GDPR and ISO/IEC 27001, followed by a Data Protection and Legal Framework developed with stakeholders. The strategy’s milestones include robust data protection legislation.
• A National Cloud Policy. Security protocols and data sovereignty guidelines for cloud adoption across the public and private sectors.
• A National Cybersecurity Strategy, a national CERT and the designation of critical infrastructure sectors.

Its milestones for the end of the period include an AI Policy and Framework developed, and AI and machine learning incorporated in major healthcare facilities.

For an organisation in Fiji, the strategy is a signal of direction rather than a rulebook. The rules it promises cover the same ground most AI frameworks do, namely an inventory of AI in use, accountability, privacy and security, so building that foundation now leaves less to change later.

Key dates

• 3 April 2025. Strategy launched.
• October 2025. Cabinet’s endorsement of a National Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy was reported on 11 October 2025, as the foundation for future data protection legislation.
• October 2026. The Government said Fiji is taking part in an Australian-funded project on responsible AI adoption across six Pacific Island countries, led by Standards Australia with CSIRO and Ethical AI Consulting.
• 2030. End of the strategy period.

How it relates to other frameworks

Until the promised data protection law exists, the main legal protection for personal information in Fiji is section 24 of the Constitution. Financial institutions also have binding cybersecurity requirements from the Reserve Bank of Fiji. Organisations that want a structure now can use the NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001, with the OECD AI Principles as a values baseline.

A note on this page

This is Aicura’s reading of the National Digital Strategy 2025-2030. It is not legal advice. Read the strategy published by the Government of Fiji, and watch for the AI framework and data protection law it commits to.