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Nigeria

Last updated 27 June 2026

1 governance document recorded for Nigeria. National AI strategy status: proposed. Sections appear only where the archive holds material.

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  • 2024
    Earliest record

AI governance status

Nigeria has a recorded national AI strategy: Nigeria — Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (Proposed, 1 August 2024). No binding legislation or regulation is on record. No dedicated regulator is named in the recorded documents.

Governance maturity snapshot for Nigeria

National AI strategy

  • NigeriaPolicy / Strategy1 August 2024

    Nigeria — Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

    Nigeria’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy was developed through a collaborative process involving local and international AI experts, researchers, and technology founders. The draft positioned AI as a too…

International partnerships

  • NigeriaPolicy / Strategy1 August 2024

    Nigeria — Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

    Nigeria’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy was developed through a collaborative process involving local and international AI experts, researchers, and technology founders. The draft positioned AI as a too…

Timeline

  1. 1 August 2024Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

National AI strategy

  • NigeriaPolicy / Strategy1 August 2024

    Nigeria — Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

    Nigeria’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy was developed through a collaborative process involving local and international AI experts, researchers, and technology founders. The draft positioned AI as a too…

Sources