Nigeria Launches First AI-Enabled OGBV Tracker

On Pan-African Women’s Day, the Centre for Redefining Alternative Civic Engagement for Africa, known as RACE Centre, launched Nigeria’s first AI-Enabled Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV) Tracker in Abuja. This innovative tool has already documented over 20,000 verified cases of online violence across major social media platforms.

The tracker utilizes machine learning, localized keywords, and context analysis to detect, categorize, and monitor OGBV in real time within Nigerian and African digital spaces. Evelyn Ugbe, the Executive Director of RACE Centre, stated that the tracker was developed in response to the experiences of Nigerian women facing digital violence.

The launch event included representatives from government, security agencies, civil society, and development partners. RACE Centre acknowledged the support of Luminate and Co-Impact, led by Regional Director Mary Wandla, for their contributions to the tool’s development.

The system is designed to flag actionable cases and provide evidence for advocacy, research, and referrals to relevant authorities.