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National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, 2024

Aligns NAIS with sector regulators; sandbox framework via NITDA.

Statutory basis

NITDA Act 2007; Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023

The first national AI strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa to be co-drafted with the global AI research community (over 120 Nigerian AI researchers contributed to the August 2024 draft). Establishes the National Centre for AI and Robotics, a regulatory sandbox under NITDA, and AI-skills funding via the Three Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme. Sector-specific regulatory alignment with NCC, CBN, NDPC and NAFDAC is the principal implementation challenge.

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Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.