Nigeria to launch US$1.5 million initiative to boost AI development

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. This fund, supported by Luminate, a global foundation, will be launched on October 7 in Abuja. The move came after the Ministry launched a $61,780 AI fund in collaboration with Google, (…)