AI, Capable Of Reshaping Security In Africa – DG DSS

Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Magaji Yusuf Bichi, said Artificial Intelligence (AI) had not been fully utilised as it can reshape Africa’s security architecture.

Speaking at the National Institute for Security Studies seminar for Executive Intelligence Management Course (EMIC), 17, chaired by the managing director of FCMB, Oluyemisi Edun, in Abuja yesterday, the DG DSS, represented by the director of administration, Mohammed Kawumi, said the future of AI in Africa must be carefully harnessed and managed properly.

He also said AI can make us respond quickly to emerging security challenges as it is like a double-edged sword.

The lead presenter and vice chancellor of Summit University, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, identified limited resources, vulnerability, and lack of robust monitoring as some of the challenges of AI.

This is even as the commandant of the National Institute of Security Studies, Ayodele Adeleke, said the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC), 17 seminars will x-ray the prospects and challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI), as the speakers have been carefully chosen as distinguished professionals.

Adeleke noted that the lecture series was conceived as part of strategies embedded in the module of the 10-month course to promote and provide a focal point for the programme.

Speaking on the seminar’s theme, “Artificial Intelligence, Security and Emerging Economies in Africa, Challenges and Prospects”, the commandant said AI is a tool for security solutions in Africa.

The National Institute For Security Studies is an educational arm of the Department of State Services (DSS). This year’s EIMC Course 17 is for the 10-month programme.

The Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC), 17 drew participants from DSS, FAAN, CBN, Military, Police, Fire Service, EFCC, ICPC, FRSC, Customs, FIRS, NUC, The Gambia, Niger Republic, Chad, among others.