Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Bosun Tijani has announced a $1.5 million initiative to boost artificial intelligence (AI) development in the country.。The fund, backed by global foundation Luminate, will be launched in Abuja on October 7.。Prior to this, the ministry partnered with Google to launch a $61,780 artificial intelligence fund, but the fund was criticized for not being enough to promote the artificial intelligence revolution.。