Towards A Rights-Respecting Artificial Intelligence Policy for Nigeria

Nigeria is set to produce its first National (AI) strategy. This strategy will activate Nigeria’s desire to transform the nation by using AI for sustainable development as well deploying the technology’s power to foster innovation, national productivity, and human welfare. Nigeria can be considered an AI champion on the African continent, being the first country in the region to institutionalize a National Centre for AI and Robotics (NCAIR); and the establishment of dedicated government institutions who are fostering a knowledge-based economy, and promoting the research and development of AI systems in Nigeria. The country also possesses a thriving pan- African AI ecosystem with several private actors, businesses and startups evidencing the use, deployment, and development of AI systems in Nigeria.