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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
1 month ago
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Nigeria Ranked 72nd On Global Govt AI Readiness Index In 2025
Nigeria has been ranked 72nd out of 188 countries in the 2025 Government AI Readiness Index, placing it among the top-performing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The index, published by Oxford Insights, assessed 195 governments across 69 indicators grouped under policy capacity, governance, AI infrastructure, public sector adoption, development and diffusion, and resilience. The rankings measure how prepared governments are to deploy artificial intelligence in public service delivery.
Nigeria was ranked fourth within Sub-Saharan Africa, behind Kenya in 65th place, South Africa in 67th and Mauritius in 71st. In total, ten African countries appeared in the global top 100.
Oxford Insights described Nigeria as “amongst the highest ranking countries globally from the continent,” noting that recent policy moves and investment in the domestic AI sector are beginning to yield results. The report also highlighted Nigeria’s stronger performance in specific pillars, ranking 35th globally in policy capacity and 49th in development and diffusion.
According to the report, those scores reflect a growing AI ecosystem, a larger talent pool and efforts to move beyond strategy into implementation. Nigeria’s launch of the Nigeria AI Scaling Hub was cited as evidence of attempts to operationalise AI within government systems.
