We find, train, and connect exceptional Nigerian and African talent to work on the technical, governance, and policy challenges that will determine whether advanced AI is safe for everyone. Because the people solving these problems must include Africa's best minds.
AI Safety Hub Nigeria (ASH Nigeria) is a nonprofit dedicated to building Nigeria and Africa's pipeline into global AI safety, biosecurity research, and governance — ensuring that the people shaping the future of AI include Africa's best minds.
The word 'Hub' in our name is not incidental. It describes how we work. ASH Nigeria is the central organisation, but our reach extends into universities across Nigeria through a growing network of campus-based AI safety hubs.
We work in two directions: preparing Nigerian and African talent to enter global AI safety careers, and bringing the world's leading AI safety organisations and training programmes closer to Nigeria.
Exceptional talent exists across Nigeria and Africa. Our role is to build the infrastructure that gives it a path.
Evidence-based, intellectually honest, built on the best available research in AI safety.
We are a bridge organisation. We connect, refer, partner, and build alongside the global AI safety community.
AI systems built elsewhere, trained on data that does not represent Nigerian users, are deployed here without oversight. When they fail, the consequences fall on Nigerians.
AI making credit and loan approval decisions through fintech platforms, often without Nigerian data representation.
Healthcare triage and medical recommendations driven by models trained on non-African clinical data.
Social media content moderation failing to understand Nigerian languages, culture, and context.
Hiring screening tools that may encode biases against African candidates and their contexts.
Agricultural advice and resource allocation systems misaligned with Nigerian farming realities.
The frameworks governing AI globally do not yet reflect the full range of humanity they are meant to protect.
Identifying talent, building knowledge, creating community, connecting people to global opportunities, and shaping policy — all interconnected.
Our flagship free, four-week virtual curriculum for Nigerian tertiary students and early-career professionals. Covers AI safety fundamentals, technical alignment, governance & policy, and career pathways — with annotated reading lists, reflection exercises, and one-to-one application coaching for global fellowships.
Campus-based AI safety hubs embedded inside Nigerian universities. Starting with 4–6 institutions in Year 1, each hub runs regular AI safety meetups, delivers local APEx cohorts, and functions as an access point for global programme applications. Led by trained student Hub Leads.
Weekly publications across four pillars: Global AI Watch, What We Are Reading, Education posts using Nigerian scenarios, and curated Opportunities. All freely available on Substack.
Virtual and in-person speaker sessions, fireside chats with global AI safety researchers, reading group convenings, and public seminars. Working toward Nigeria's first national AI safety hub convening.
Building formal relationships with MATS, Anthropic Fellows Program, IAPS, Cambridge ERA:AI, ARENA, ML4Good and more. Hosting bootcamps in Nigeria and seeking dedicated opportunities and scholarships for hub members.
AI safety needs researchers, yes — but also policymakers, communicators, lawyers, economists, ethicists, and institution-builders. We welcome all.
STEM, social science, law, policy, and related fields who want to understand AI safety and explore it as a career.
Graduates and young professionals in their first few years of work considering a transition into AI safety or governance.
Lecturers and researchers wanting to understand AI safety and integrate it into their teaching or research.
Government officials and public sector professionals making or influencing decisions about AI.
Software engineers, data scientists, and AI developers who want to build more responsibly and safely.
NGOs, advocacy groups, and community organisations engaging with technology and its effects on Nigerian society.
ASH Nigeria is an early-stage organisation with a clear long-term vision. In the near term, our focus is on Nigeria. Over the medium term, we are building toward three strategic milestones.
Hubs in tertiary institutions across Nigeria creating a country-wide community of practice, with trained student leads at every institution.
Partnerships with global AI safety organisations bringing training programmes — including ARENA and ML4Good bootcamps — directly to Nigeria without requiring international travel.
Meaningful African representation at the Geneva 2027 international AI governance summit, where the rules for advanced AI will be negotiated.
ASH Nigeria as the founding node of an African AI safety hub network. In conversations with community builders in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
A world where African researchers, policymakers, and governance professionals are active shapers of how AI develops — not passive recipients of decisions made elsewhere.
— ASH Nigeria Vision StatementFocused and complementary — each role owns a clear area of responsibility, all coordinating through the Executive Lead.
Directs ASH Nigeria's overall strategy, vision, and operations. Responsible for setting organisational direction, building relationships with global AI safety organisations and funders, representing ASH Nigeria externally, and leading the organisation's long-term planning and African representation in global AI governance processes.
Produces and publishes weekly content across all four pillars, manages LinkedIn, Substack, and Instagram, and grows and sustains the online community. Ensures ASH Nigeria's voice is consistent, intellectually serious, and accessible.
Curates and annotates APEx reading lists, produces technical paper explainers, maintains relationships with AI safety researchers globally, and ensures all educational content is accurate and rigorous.
Responsible for delivering APEx cohorts, supporting university hub leads, organising speaker sessions and public events, managing participant experience, and working toward the national AI safety convening.
Tracks Nigerian and African AI policy developments, builds relationships with government institutions and civil society, develops ASH Nigeria's governance positions, and manages the path toward multilateral AI governance participation.
Ensures ASH Nigeria functions as a well-run, accountable organisation through financial management, administrative operations, compliance, record-keeping, and supporting internal processes.
Apply for APEx, join a university hub near you, subscribe to our Substack newsletter, and follow our content on LinkedIn. No prior expertise required — curiosity is enough.
Interested in hosting an ASH Nigeria university hub? We train and support student hub leads, provide curriculum and resources, and connect your institution to global AI safety pathways.
AI safety practitioners in technical, governance, or communications roles can contribute guest sessions to APEx, mentor programme alumni, or join our fireside chat series.
Organisations in AI safety, biosecurity governance, or capacity building in the Global South are invited to explore referral agreements, joint programming, or shared resources.
We are seeking philanthropic support for our Year 1 operations and programme delivery. The cost of building a serious AI safety pipeline in Nigeria is low relative to the potential impact.
Fill out our survey at aisafetyhubng.github.io/apex-survey. Your responses directly shape how we build the curriculum.
Whether you are a student, university administrator, researcher, or organisation — we want to hear from you.