APRIL 2026
# NAIS
NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY
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YEARS OF IMPACT
Two Years of Nigeria's National AI Strategy: A Compilation of Ecosystem Impact
# Contents
Message from the Honourable Minister 5
Preface 6
Key Highlights 7
Skills and Training (700k+ Nigerians reached) 9
135,000+ participants trained under the 3MTT Initiative 9
3,000+ Paid Internships Through 3MTT x UNDP 10
3MTT/NJFP facilitated 15,000 graduates linked to jobs 10
16,500+ Participants trained under DeepTech Ready Programme 11
100 AI Fellows Trained in Ogun State, with 3MTT National Hackathon Winners Emerging from the Cohort 12
2,000 Civil Servants trained in the DevsInGovernment programme 13
Microsoft Empowers 350,000 More Nigerians with AI Skills 14
Lagos Business School Executive Education and Capacity Building for AI-Ready Leadership 14
GIZ-Led FemAl Initiative Advances Inclusive AI Governance and Policy Capacity Building in Nigeria 15
DSN/Microsoft Specialised AI Governance for Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) 15
32,000+ Trained at the Data Science Nigeria Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp 16
Google Launches AI Learning Series in Hausa and Yoruba for Beginners 17
UNESCO Trains Civil Servants on Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence 17
NUC Introduces Artificial Intelligence Courses for Nigerian Universities 18
120+ Educators Trained in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy across Nigeria's Media and Communication Education System 18
Safer Media Initiative (AI in Media Workshop) trained 100+ participants 19
Journalists Trained as AI and Tech Accountability Fellows 19
Infrastructure and Investment, $1.85B+ Committed 20
Equinix to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure with $22 Million Data Centre in Lagos 20
Kasi Cloud Launches 100MW AI Data Centre Campus in Lekki, Setting New Benchmark for Nigeria's Digital Infrastructure 20
MTN Nigeria Advances Cloud Ambitions with Initial Phase of $235 Million Data Centre 21
BCN x Zadara to Launch Neutral Multi-Tenant AI Cloud 22
$7.5 million AI Scaling Hub Fund Launched 22
Nigeria Establishes National AI Trust 23
AI Governance Initiative (RAI-GI) driving Nigerian-centric Responsible AI practice 24
University of Lagos Policy approach to ethical use of AI in academia 24
FactCheckAfrica's "My AI FactCheck" AI Governance Platform 25
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Nigeria Chapter driving responsible AI governance in Nigeria 26
AI Safety Nigeria building local capacity for safe, ethical, and responsible AI through education and community-building 26
Nigerian government launches ₦100 million AI Fund for startups in partnership with Google 27
Two Years of Nigeria's National AI Strategy: A Compilation of Ecosystem Impact
# Startup and Ecosystem (120+ Active Startups) 28
3.4x Ecosystem Growth 28 5,000+ Innovators Join Codefest 29 Nigerian Innovator Dr. Gbemisola Adetayo launched the AI User Safety Manual 30 10 Finalists from Hack4Livestock Hackathon 30 7 Nigerian Innovators Won Gates Grand Challenges between 2024 and 2025 31 Nigerian Startup "Decide" Ranks #4 Globally in AI Spreadsheet Benchmark 32 10+ Major National AI Conferences 32 AI Forum Nigeria 2025 Advances Enterprise Readiness for AI-First Business 41 Nigeria AI Collective Ecosystem Activities 42 AI Collective National AI Repository 44 National AI Perception Survey of 500 by Lagos Business School 44