Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has announced a $1.5 million initiative to boost the country’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) development.
The fund, backed by Luminate, a global organization, will be launched on October 7 in Abuja.
The move comes after the ministry launched a $61,780 AI Fund in partnership with Google, which was criticised as not doing enough to fuel the AI revolution.
Tijani stressed that the government is pooling resources to support AI development and that the new fund is part of broader efforts to secure more resources.
Another initiative, the National Artificial Intelligence Trust, will focus on using local languages in AI development, ensuring AI development is ethical, safe and sustainable.
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