Regulators
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria · Nigeria
Role in AI policy
Heads NITDA, Nigeria's federal IT development agency; its National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics published the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. NITDA releases from 2026 report that he described the strategy as the framework for deploying AI in critical sectors together with sector regulators such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (July), welcomed a national diploma curriculum in AI from the National Board for Technical Education (August), and at GITEX Nigeria in September discussed the Cloud First policy and keeping classes of sensitive data, including citizens' personal data, within the country.