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Data Science Nigeria joins Global Commitment to make AI work for 3.4 billion People in their own Language and Voice

Data Science Nigeria (DSN) is one of just four organisations from Nigeria selected among 60 initial global signatories to a five-year Gates Foundation commitment to help 3.4 billion people access and use AI in their own languages and voices, alongside global leaders including Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI Foundation. Building on a decade of advancing AI talent, research and locally relevant innovation, DSN will contribute to a future where Africa’s languages, people and perspectives are represented in AI and Africans have the capacity to shape the technologies that affect their lives.

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Data Science Nigeria Joins Global Effort to Bring AI to 3.4 Billion People in Their Own Languages and Voices

Data Science Nigeria (DSN) is one of just four Nigerian organisations joining 60 global signatories, including leading AI companies and research institutions, in a five-year commitment to make AI accessible in the languages people speak. Convened by the Gates Foundation, the initiative aims to empower 3.4 billion people to use AI in their own languages and voices, bringing its benefits closer to communities worldwide.

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The AI Startup Focused On The Power Of Africa’s Voice

During his feature on Forbes Africa, CEO & Founder, Dr. Olubayo Adekanmbi, believes everyone should be able to access and use AI in their own language, regardless of location or infrastructure. Building on Data Science Nigeria’s mission to grow Africa’s AI ecosystem, our startup, EqualyzAI, is developing voice-first agentic AI for over 75 African languages, designed to understand local cultures and contexts so AI can speak, reason and act in ways that reflect the people it serves.

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Nigeria signals strategic AI ambition at Global Summit in India

Data Science Nigeria, alongside key ecosystem partners of the Nigeria AI Collective, called for a more coordinated national approach to AI execution, as Nigerian innovators continue to gain global visibility and forge meaningful partnerships.

At the 2026 Global AI Summit in India, Nigeria’s artificial intelligence ecosystem made a strong and intentional showing. Delegates, supported by Luminate, MacArthur Foundation, and the Nigeria AI Collective, actively contributed to high-level policy discussions, showcased locally built solutions, and engaged in South–South collaboration sessions focused on shared challenges and opportunities.

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Microsoft trained 4 million Nigerians in tech skills in 3 years. 70,000 got certified

At Data Science Nigeria, our approach to digital skills development is rooted in one principle: local relevance drives real impact.

In partnership with Microsoft, we designed and delivered training programmes tailored to the Nigerian context, moving beyond generic content to create practical, relatable learning experiences.

Through a hub-and-spoke model and a strong train-the-trainer approach, we have enabled learning centres and facilitators across the country to extend these skills into their communities. This multiplier effect continues to drive measurable impact, from empowering individuals to supporting small businesses with data-driven decision-making.

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Data Science Nigeria appoints Chinazo Anebelundu as Director, AI Solutions Delivery

Data Science Nigeria (DSN), Africa’s premier capacity-building, research, and AI solutions hub, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Chinazo Anebelundu as its new Director, AI Solutions Delivery. This strategic elevation underscores DSN’s commitment to delivering transformational, inclusive, and scalable AI-driven solutions rooted in Africa’s unique development context. Chinazo’s appointment reflects not only her proven business and technical excellence but also DSN’s dedication to nurturing homegrown talent capable of leading Africa’s AI journey on the global stage.

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African languages for AI: The project that’s gathering a huge new dataset

Discover how we contributed to a continent wide effort to reduce the underrepresentation of African languages in Artificial Intelligence. Supported by the Gates Foundation and working alongside partners across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, the project gathered one of the largest datasets of African languages for speech recognition and language technology development. DSN led data collection in five widely spoken languages including Bambara, Hausa, Igbo, Nigerian Pidgin and Yoruba to ensure that future AI tools reflect the way Africans speak and communicate in everyday life. This initiative strengthened digital inclusion, preserved linguistic heritage and supported the development of culturally relevant AI systems for Africa and the world.

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EdoCert: The digital solution giving Nigerians a fair chance

Data Science Nigeria led the development of EdoCert, a digital system that replaces fragile paper school certificates in Edo State with secure, easily accessible digital records. Built on the open-source Sunbird platform, EdoCert helps reduce lost documents, forgery, and storage issues. The project shows how digital public infrastructure can work at scale and could be expanded to other important records in the future.

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Synthetic data for AI

Such synthetic data sets—computer-generated samples with the same statistical characteristics as the genuine article—are growing more and more common in the data-hungry world of machine learning. These fakes can be used to train AIs in areas where real data is scarce or too sensitive to use, as in the case of medical records or personal financial data.
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AI Set to Boost Africa’s Big Four by $126 Billion

Artificial Intelligence is projected to add a staggering $126 billion in revenue and productivity gains across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa, according to a recent WTO report. For Africa’s emerging economies, this signals a profound opportunity to bridge industrial gaps and drive inclusive digital growth.
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Why AI might be a game-changer for Africa

Discover how Africa is preparing to leverage local insights to power its Artificial Intelligence evolution. Read more on how we are building hyperlocal datasets for nuanced models that can power more local-aware AI solutions for emerging market.
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AI for Africa: Use cases delivering impact

Do you know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to be the next major driver of growth and development in Africa? Our work was highlighted in GSMA report as one of the major catalysts and enablers of the AI opportunities in Africa including our organization.
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Partnering for a Safer Digital Space in Nigeria: Our Journey with NITDA and DSN

DSN partners with TikTok and NITDA Nigeria to deliver Online Safety and Digital Wellness Workshop, to empower parents and guardians with essential tools to navigate the digital world responsibly.
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EFInA and DSN launch National Financial Inclusion Dashboard at IFIC 2022

Data Science Nigeria, in partnership with EFInA, launched the National Financial Inclusion Dashboard. Financial Inclusion Dashboard. at the International Financial Inclusion Conference (IFIC) 2022. This dashboard showcases Nigeria’s journey to financial inclusion since the launch of the first National Financial Inclusion Strategy in 2012.
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Edo State Teachers for Tech Conference

The Edo State Teachers for Tech Conference was a first of its kind Tech Conference in Edo state. The conference brought together over 2,000 teachers across Basic Education, Secondary Education, Vocational Education and Tertiary Institutions and explored educational technologies for 21st-century learning trends, educational games, and many more.
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Global Grand Challenge, Leveraging LLM for Financial Inclusion

Data Science Nigeria won the Global Grand Challenge, which is a Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation Initiative. Hence, DSN will develop a multilingual, voice-based chatbot to demystify complex financial concepts and provide customised financial support to informal traders, women business owners, and smallholder farmers in Nigeria.
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Workforce Wanted: DATA TALENT FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

Data is everywhere; but how social impact organizations tackling the most complex problems of our day effectively unlock its potential remains a stubborn challenge worthy of our collective action.
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4 ways African governments can bridge the digital skills gap for a post-COVID economic recovery.

According to the World Bank, 83% of global population growth between 2015 and 2100 is expected to come from Africa. In other words, by 2100, 1 in 3 people on the planet will live in Africa.
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Africa Is Building an A.I. Industry That Doesn’t Look Like Silicon Valley

In late August, under the shade of an arching pepper tree in Nairobi, Kenya, hundreds of A.I. researchers gossiped about their algorithms. Some stood in front of posters, which wound around the tree’s sprawling roots, depicting …
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Africa is trying to establish its own “NeurIPS conference”

In the past three years, scholars and industry researchers from all over the African continent finally have a gathering place of their own: a conference called “Deep Learning Indaba”. Here, they began to outline the future of Africa’s own artificial intelligence industry.
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Africa Is Building an A.I. Industry That Doesn’t Look Like Silicon Valley

Deep Learning Indaba has become connective tissue for the African A.I. community — not only the space for the community to meet, but a part of the community itself. The conference forges relationships between researchers on the continent with a clear agenda: to build a vibrant …
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Nigeria AI Summit 2018, Lagos, Nigeria, 10-14 October 2018

Innovating for the next billions requires a different analytical mindset and engagement approaches. The drive towards the achievement of the millennium development goals requires a need-based deployment of machine learning and artificial intelligence methodologies in ways that address fundamental socio-economic issues with significant local content.
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