Building AI infrastructure and empowering local talent to shape Africa’s digital future.
A pioneering tech entrepreneur who co-founded pan-African innovation hub CcHUB, Nigerian Minister Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani is driving rapid digital transformation so Africa builds domestic AI rather than relying on tools designed far away. Moving with urgency, he believes leaders must act on AI with speed—warning that if nations do not move fast, they will be left behind as the window to shape tech equity closes.
Bosun is putting this vision into action through Nigeria’s National AI Strategy and the 3 Million Technical Talent program, which has already trained nearly 300,000 young people to build local datasets grounded in Nigerian realities. Through a national AI scaling hub, he is deploying solutions across health, agriculture, and education while expanding fiber-optic infrastructure nationwide.
Bosun advocates for an equity vision where local communities develop the expertise to shape how technology works for them. Driven by a responsibility to his children and the next generation, he is building a lasting foundation for Nigeria’s digital sovereignty.