Bosun Tijani Launches ATLAS Network for African AI Models

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani , has launched the ATLAS Network , a continental artificial intelligence initiative aimed at accelerating the development of large language models that reflect Africa’s languages, cultures and knowledge systems. The initiative was unveiled on Thursday during the opening session of the 7th Ordinary Session of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries (CPL-26) in Abuja.