Nigeria dey position itself to take big part for Africa’s new artificial-intelligence economy.
Dem dey use digital infrastructure, talent development, and policy reform to make di nation change from just di place wey dey consume technology, to one place wey fit produce and export AI solutions.
Dis one go be di main focus when GITEX NIGERIA return from 31 August to 3 September. Government officials, technology companies, investors, and startups go meet for both Abuja and Lagos as Nigeria dey try to attract money and partnerships for di next stage of digital development.
Di second edition of GITEX NIGERIA, wey KAOUN International dey organise with support from Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and National Information Technology Development Agency, dey happen as governments and businesses across Africa dey increase their attention for artificial intelligence and di infrastructure wey need to deploy am for large scale.
Di theme of di event, ‘Beyond Connectivity: The Bridge to Sovereign Innovation’, dey show Nigeria’s attempt to move di digital economy talk beyond just internet access, to include computing power, skills, cybersecurity, data governance, and technology wey dem develop locally.
Nigeria’s chance dey part of bigger African market wey fit generate up to $1tn in extra economic value from AI by 2035, according to one estimate wey GITEX NIGERIA cite.
For Nigeria, wey get one of Africa’s biggest technology ecosystems and plenty young people, di challenge be how to turn dat potential into businesses, jobs, and technology wey fit export, instead of just dey consume products wey dem develop for other places.
Di government don begin build some of di foundations wey need for dat transition. Under di 3 Million Technical Talent programme, wey dem call 3MTT, Nigeria don record 1.87 million registrations across all 774 local government areas, according to di event organisers.
More than 135,000 Nigerians don train through three cohorts, while community resources don extend learning to more than 300,000 people and don create 15,000 job and opportunity pathways.
