AI Nigeria
Risk Insights and Instinctif Partners Launch Nigeria’s First AI-Powered ESG Rating Tool
Image sourced from Kiguru and Associates. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_6d3.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_6d3.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } ESG (environmental, social and governance) data analytics company, Risk Insights, and Instinctif Partners, a strategic communications company, today announced the launch of ESG GPS Nigeria, the country’s first AI and machine learning ESG rating tool, developed by Africans for Africa. ESG GPS is based on global standards and bespoke to the country’s laws, regulations, and best practices. “ESG GPS uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to process unstructured data with structured financial information to provide a rating to a listed corporate. Risk Insights ESG GPS tool considers voluntary and mandatory disclosure, negative news ...
Amnesty: Nigerian government highly sensitive to criticism
The country director of Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, says the federal government is “highly sensitive to criticism” and only focuses on appearances. Ojigho stated this on Thursday while addressing the topic “Is Freedom of Speech in Danger in Nigeria?” during a virtual conversation, tagged ‘Thursday Talks’. The virtual conversation, which is a monthly programme focused on engaging thought leaders, was moderated by Adeboye Adegoke, senior programme manager at Paradigm Initiative. The AI country director described the government’s ban on Twitter and its proposed amendment to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) code as attempts to gag criticism. “What we are seeing is a government that is highly sensitive to criticism and, as such, seeks to work more on the public re...
