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born 1977 Nigeria
Bosun Tijani (born 20 July 1977) is a Nigerian-British entrepreneur who is the current Nigerian minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, since 2023.
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All these opportunities are limited for developing countries if we only focus on connecting people to people.
We are still limited to connectivity between people, connecting people to people.
Focusing on connecting people to others is not sufficient.
Having an example of farmers being able to livestream their products and thus selling directly to consumers is very inspiring.
Beyond just a tour, we want to build strong presence in the Bay Area.
Our size will become a major part of us being able to invest in startups, and the longer we stay invested the more we will start to see significant returns and exits.
Within the community, we want people to be able to work together and generate new knowledge — whether on the application of AI in critical sectors or for critical services in Nigeria.
A lot of the young people are digital natives and of course you still find a lot of vulnerable young people, but the slightly older folks are the ones who are the most vulnerable.
To sum it up: in the North, people are scared of losing their jobs because of AI. In our case, we are creating more jobs with it.
If you look at what connectivity is doing in security, it allows to govern previously ungoverned spaces, it is even useful to manage forestry or farms.
When you look at the use of connected technologies in mining, it is saving lives: making mines a lot more precise in their daily operations, and helping miners to use resources more sustainably.
I think we are forgetting opportunities that exist as well and are very important. *The next conversation that we need to be having is about the link between connectivity and prosperity in developing countries.
However, that is a long term initiative and it is not going to connect those people in the next year or two. We expect that such a project will probably take about three to five years to be completed.
When people have a clearer understanding of artificial intelligence, they can better protect themselves instead of relying on laws to do so alone — laws must be there to support it, but individuals must also be well educated about this phenomenon.