By Oladele Eniola
Mr Oluwaseun Dania, Managing Director, Alpha Greek Technologies, has called for greater collaboration among academia, regulators and the creative industry to ensure Africa shapes its own Artificial intelligence (AI) future.
Dania said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.
He said recently, at a World Bank and Eden Venture Group forum, he emphasised that AI has the potential to amplify creativity across the continent.
Dania spoke during a session on “AI for Entertainment Media Content: Advancing Impact and Research”.
“Africa’s creative sector already shapes global culture as AI gives our stories reach, scale and economic force.
“AI tools can support scriptwriting, visual effects, editing, audience forecasting and rights protection, thereby helping African creators produce globally competitive content at lower cost,” he said.
Dania said that at the forum, he unveiled an ‘Indie Studio in a Box’, a compact AI-powered production model designed to enable small creative teams to manage studio operations using minimal resources.
He noted that the innovation integrates AI-assisted script development, virtual pre visualisation, automated post production, multilingual dubbing, and digital distribution.
“A complete African studio can now live inside a laptop, and this is a transformative shift for creators and the economy.
“Also, A.I.R. Framework is an ethical guideline aimed at ensuring responsible and transparent use of AI in creative industries.
“The framework is built on three pillars, which include attribution (ensuring consent and credit for creators); integrity (mandatory watermarking of AI-generated content); and residuals (automated compensation through smart contracts),” he said.
He urged governments, big tech companies, universities, and creative industry players to partner in tackling algorithmic bias and strengthening AI education.
He proposed reforms to film, media, and computer science curricula to include AI literacy as well as the creation of research labs to study representation and fairness in machine learning systems.
He further called for the establishment of a Creative AI Regulatory Sandbox to be led by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with other government agencies.
Dania said the sandbox would allow stakeholders to safely test emerging AI tools within real production environments while ensuring ethical standards, inclusivity, and scalability. (NAN) (http://www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Folasade Adeniran
