This capacity-building workshop hosted by Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact & Development (AI4SID – www.ai4sid.org), in collaboration with the Africa Hub for Innovation and Development (AHFID), University of Toronto’s Artificial Intelligence & Math Modelling Lab (AIMML) and the West Africa Institute of Public Health (WAIPH), aims to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and public health practice in Nigeria.
Rather than exploring abstract or futuristic applications of AI, the workshop grounds the conversation in Nigeria’s current realities such as limited data infrastructure, evolving health systems, and growing but uneven digital capacity. The goal is to show how the tools, talent, and systems that already exist can be harnessed to strengthen healthcare delivery, improve decision-making, and enhance disease surveillance and prevention.
The one-day program brings together 40 mid- to senior-level professionals who are public health officers, data scientists, NGO leaders, policymakers, and healthcare innovators, for intensive, hands-on sessions and strategic discussions. Participants will explore core AI concepts, practical use-cases in disease surveillance and immunization, ethical and regulatory frameworks, and pathways to scale AI initiatives sustainably within Nigeria’s health infrastructure.
The event will be held on 12 November 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and will feature faculty from AI4SID, WAIPH, U of T AIMML and AHFID.
