{"id":277177,"date":"2026-06-20T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:15:13","slug":"stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholders push for human-centred AI, stronger data governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance-in-africa\/\">Stakeholders push for human-centred AI, stronger data governance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance-in-africa\/\">https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance-in-africa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-20 15:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"guardian.ng\">guardian.ng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders in academia, policy and digital governance have underscored the need for Africa-centred Artificial Intelligence (AI) policies, stronger data sovereignty and the preservation of indigenous knowledge systems.\n<\/p>\n<p>The call was made during panel sessions on Volume 2: Our Digital Lives and Indigenous Pathways, part of the multi-volume anthology, Living Sustainably Here: African Perspectives on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), founded by scholar and sustainability advocate, Olatoun Gabi-Williams, at the Lagos Studies Association Conference\n<\/p>\n<p>The volume was discussed during two sessions held on Wednesday and Friday, bringing together contributors to examine the intersection of technology, sustainability and indigenous knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The first panel session, moderated by Ms. Bisola \u201cBibi\u201d Dere, was held on Wednesday and examined the implications of emerging technologies and their relationship with sustainable development in Africa. A second session followed on Friday, continuing conversations around indigenous pathways and digital futures.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, Gabi-Williams stressed that AI development should remain human-centred and environmentally responsible, noting that technological advancement should support rather than hinder social progress and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI must be human-friendly and planet-centred. It must support civilisation and not become an impediment to the advancement of people and the planet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, African data should not be treated as \u201cfree raw material\u201d for foreign entities, adding that governments across the continent should move beyond policy declarations to practical implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi-Williams also raised concerns about the risks posed by unchecked AI adoption, particularly for younger generations, stressing the importance of safeguards and regulations that protect children and vulnerable communities.\n<\/p>\n<p>The scholar noted that while the volume acknowledges the opportunities presented by AI, it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance-in-africa\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stakeholders push for human-centred AI, stronger data governance https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/stakeholders-push-for-human-centred-ai-stronger-data-governance-in-africa\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-20 15:05:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Artificial-Intelligence-AI.-PHOTO-FORBES-2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-277177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277179,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277177\/revisions\/277179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}