{"id":1152,"date":"2025-06-13T02:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2025-06-13T02:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:40:19","slug":"nigeria-teams-up-with-meta-to-launch-ai-accelerator-and-deepen-tech-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria teams up with Meta to launch AI accelerator and deepen tech collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Meta-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Meta-1.webp 500w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Meta-1-300x180.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the Nigerian Federal Government has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nairametrics.com\/2025\/06\/10\/fg-meta-launch-ai-accelerator-program-to-boost-innovation-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partnered with Meta<\/a>&nbsp;to launch the Nigeria AI Accelerator Programme\u2014another significant step in Nigeria\u2019s expanding efforts to position itself as an African hub for artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accelerator aims to support startups building AI-driven solutions tailored to the country\u2019s economic and social challenges. It will be run by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and its research arm, the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ministry, the programme will offer selected participants access to technical resources, mentorship, and a support system designed to refine AI use cases in sectors like agriculture, health, financial services, and education. The first cohort will run from August to December 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techpoint.africa\/news\/nigeria-meta-ai-accelerator\/\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the Nigerian Federal Government has&nbsp;partnered with Meta&nbsp;to launch the Nigeria AI Accelerator Programme\u2014another significant step in Nigeria\u2019s expanding efforts to position itself as an African hub for artificial intelligence. The accelerator aims to support startups building AI-driven solutions tailored to the country\u2019s economic and social challenges&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}