Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining economic technologies of the decade, but for Nigeria, the race to build an AI economy may be determined less by who owns the most advanced technology and more by who has the people capable of building, deploying and commercialising it.
The country has no shortage of young people, a growing technology ecosystem or entrepreneurs experimenting with AI.
It is, however, uncertain if Nigeria has enough specialised talent, computing infrastructure, investment capital and institutional capacity to turn that potential into a sustainable AI economy.
AI models can be accessed from anywhere in the world. A Nigerian startup does not necessarily need to build a frontier model from scratch to create an AI company as it can build on existing models and apply them to healthcare, agriculture, financial services, education, logistics, commerce and government.
There is still a need for someone to understand
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