mirg-icair-2026

MIRG-ICAIR 2026, the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, takes place 3–5 November 2026 at the University of Lagos, organised by UniLag's Machine Intelligence Research Group. Billed as Africa's leading AI-and-robotics research platform, it expects 900+ participants from 20+ countries under the theme "Artificial Intelligence for Africa's Sustainable Economic Growth."

What you gain & who presents

The programme convenes researchers, industry and innovators around scalable, context-aware AI for African economies — healthcare, agriculture, education and digital infrastructure. The speaker line-up is strong: Sanmi Koyejo (Stanford), Muhammad Abdul-Mageed (Canada Research Chair, UBC), Avishkar Bhoopchand and Ndidi Elue (Google DeepMind), Fatima Tambajang (NVIDIA), Bayo Adekanmbi (Data Science Nigeria), Tajuddeen Gwadabe (Masakhane) and Alex Tsado (Alliance4AI).

Where it fits

It's one of West Africa's most substantial academic AI/robotics gatherings, partnered with NITHUB, AI4D, Data Science Nigeria and the wider Nigerian AI community — a key venue for African AI research and talent.