The minister said the roadmap titled: “Accelerating our collective prosperity through technical efficiency”, will serve as a “critical launchpad towards a Nigeria that thrives in the digital age”.
“This strategic blueprint is a detailed and progressive framework that encompasses five key pillars: Knowledge, policy, infrastructure, innovation, entrepreneurship & capital and trade,” the document reads.Some of the ideas include training of three million early to middle career technical talents over the next four years, creation of over 50 thousand AI jobs, and attaining 70 percent digital literacy by 2027.The intent is for Nigeria to retain at least 1.
The roadmap promises to position Nigeria in the top 25% percentile in research globally across six pivotal Fourth Industrial Revolution technological domains, including Artificial Intelligence , Unmanned Aerial Vehicles , Internet of Things , Robotics, Blockchain and Additive Manufacturing.The ministry is envisaging the use of a Nigeria Stack by 2027 to drive digital public services like social intervention and citizen reliefs.
The ministry also promised to improve Nigeria’s Economic Complexity Index from 99 percentile to 75 percentile.
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