Nigeria is set to establish its pioneering Artificial Intelligence Development Centre in Abuja by the Shamsudeen Usman Foundation.
The centre, dedicated to advancing skills, innovation, and economic development through AI, will be formally launched on September 26, alongside the foundation’s official inauguration.
The Foundation aims to build a collaborative platform that empowers individuals, corporates, researchers and students to explore and develop advanced Al and technological solutions for real-world challenges.
Speaking at the prelaunch press conference in Abuja, Sadiq Usman, chairman of the Foundation’s planning committee, told newsmen that the main focus of the centre will be skills development, innovation and economic development.
Usman said the Foundation was an honour to the impactful life of the former minister and to leave a legacy for future generation, founded by his children.
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Usman also disclosed that during the unveiling in Abuja, the former minister will also launch a book that provides a fascinating and penetrating insight into the workings of government and the boardroom, in terms of policy formulation and implementation, economic management as well as the overall growth paradigm in the developing world, with Nigeria as a case study.
“It is also an account of the interactions between the
government, its agencies and the private sector and how such engagements impact national growth, investments and the overall performance of the economy.
“The book will therefore, be a veritable reference material for policymakers, technocrats, business leaders and public officials on the workings of government and governance and the tradeoffs they have to make in designing and implementing public policy,” he said.
