One million Technical Talents Applicants to Undergo AI Training in Nigeria

As part of efforts towards a Digital Economy, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has said that the over 1 million applicants for the government’s 3 million Technical Talent (3MTT) program will be made to undergo an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) course.

He said this known via a post on X on Wednesday. According to him, all the applicants are being onboarded ontothe fallow platform ahead of the selection of the first cohort of 30,000 fellows. On Monday, the Minister disclosed that applications for the program had crossed 1 million and told the applicants to expect the next steps via their email.

Some of the applicants, who have received the email and confirmed their registration are now being onboarded onto the fellow platform. He also expressed satisfaction that some of the onboarded applicants were already completing the Artificial Intelligence Courses within hours.