Nigerian govt secures ₦2.8bn grant from Google to foster AI development The Federal Government has successfully secured a grant of 2.8 billion naira from Google to foster the development of artificial intelligence (AI) talent in the nation. The Minister of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, announced this significant partnership during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. This initiative follows a recent collaboration with Google that resulted in the launch of a N100 million AI fund in Nigeria just a month prior. Tijani highlighted that this funding is part of Google’s...