# National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Nigeria
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Proposed
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) with NITDA / NCAIR
- **Adopted**: 2024-08-01

## In brief

National Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a non-binding national strategy of Nigeria, issued by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) with NITDA / NCAIR. It was proposed on 1 August 2024. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

The draft strategy sets out Nigeria's vision for AI across five pillars: infrastructure, a thriving AI ecosystem, sectoral adoption, responsible and ethical AI, and governance. It was co-created through a 2024 multi-stakeholder workshop convened by the ministry and includes an implementation roadmap with pilot projects and KPIs. The published document on the NCAIR site is marked as a draft dated August 2024.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) with NITDA / NCAIR. Oversight: FMCIDE leads; NITDA and its National Centre for AI and Robotics implement. Stated purpose: Use AI for economic growth, social inclusion and technological leadership.

## Key dates

2023-08-28: FMCIDE announces initiative to co-create a National AI Strategy; 2024-08-01: Draft National AI Strategy 2024 published by NCAIR

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0145 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0145; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nigeria-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy
- **Official source**: https://ncair.nitda.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-AI-Strategy_01082024-copy.pdf
- **Source document**: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NITDA)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-11-04
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy" [AIPT-POL-0145, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0145 (accessed 4 November 2026).

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