Nigeria Pitches AI-Enabled Services at UNGA, While Egypt Signs the Contracts

Nigeria wants to move beyond conventional IT outsourcing and position itself as a destination for AI-enabled services, NITDA director-general Kashifu Abdullahi told a “Hire from Nigeria” session on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. “Our opportunity is not simply to supply talent to the world; it is to equip Nigerian talent with AI, trusted digital infrastructure and globally competitive capabilities to deliver higher-value services to the world,” he said. Abdullahi appeared alongside Min