MAIA+ — Mauritius's Omnichannel AI Assistant for Government Services

In November 2024 Mauritius's Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation (MITCI) launched MAIA+ ("your Intelligent Virtual Assistant"), an AI chatbot built with vendor talkk.ai on an OpenAI/ChatGPT-based large language model. It is designed as a single, omnichannel entry point that connects citizens to several of the government's existing e-service platforms rather than a narrow FAQ bot.

Through MAIA+, users can download official certificates via the MoKoud platform, book government appointments via moRendezVous, and open or track service-request tickets through the Citizen Support Unit (CSU) portal, alongside answering general queries. It is available 24/7 and is presented as freeing civil servants to focus on more complex cases rather than repetitive requests. It is also published as a standalone mobile app ("MAIA Bot") on the Apple App Store.

Public reporting to date describes MAIA+'s features and integrations but does not include published usage volumes, resolution rates or independent evaluation, so its real-world adoption and impact remain unverified beyond the government's own launch material.

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