---
id: "aiethics:lecture/ai-and-nigeria"
type: "AI Ethics course lecture"
title: "AI and Nigeria: Exploring Threats to Human Rights"
url: "https://aiethicscourse.org/lectures/ai-and-nigeria"
authors: ["Favour Borokini"]
summary: "This module looks at the implications of artificial intelligence technologies on human rights in Nigeria."
source: "AI Ethics: Global Perspectives (aiethicscourse.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# AI and Nigeria: Exploring Threats to Human Rights

A lecture of the course [AI Ethics: Global Perspectives](https://aiethicscourse.org/).

## Lecturer

- Favour Borokini, Data and Digital Rights Researcher, Pollicy

## About this lecture

This module looks at the implications of artificial intelligence technologies on human rights in Nigeria. The lecture begins with an explanation of AI and human rights before moving into specific use cases of AI technology in Nigeria and the effects that they have had on society. The course summarizes key considerations that must be taken into account to develop equitable and just AI systems, and concludes with an important note on inclusion in the AI ecosystem.

## Video and transcript

- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iii14nWRz38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iii14nWRz38)
- Transcript (PDF): [https://aiethicscourse.org/img/f3b546dd-67be-4bfb-b850-1e5f6c256532.pdf](https://aiethicscourse.org/img/f3b546dd-67be-4bfb-b850-1e5f6c256532.pdf)

## Read, watch, and listen

- [My Data Rights Africa](https://mydatarights.africa/)
- [Pollicy](https://pollicy.org/)