Dr. Bosun Tijani, Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, provided an explanation for the inability of himself and his team to visit the Microsoft AI center in India on the previous day. He cited restrictions on movement in light of the ongoing G20 event in India.

Dr. Tijani is part of the delegation accompanying President Bola Tinubu to the G20 summit in India. On Friday, he shared on the X platform that the Microsoft AI Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy, Sandeep Aurora, kindly paid a visit to their hotel. During this visit, they engaged in productive discussions concerning Nigeria's National AI strategy.

The Minister, sharing photos from their meeting, wrote: “While we were unable to visit the @Microsoft AI Centre in India yesterday, due to the restrictions on movement around the G20 event, I am grateful to their Director for Govt. Affairs and Public Policy, @sandeepaurora, who came through to see us at the hotel.

“Our chat about their work in support of India’s AI agenda was inspiring and we are excited about the commitment of their global AI team to support us as we co-create our own National AI Strategy.”