Urban Alert's Minetrix AI Empowers Nigerian Mining Communities

Anthony Adejuwon and his team at Urban Alert, a Nigerian civic-tech organization focused on extractive transparency, spent nine months developing Minetrix AI to combat the lack of information regarding mining activities in Nigeria. The platform ingests over 37,000 public records, land registries, and environmental audits, enabling users to query the solid minerals sector in multiple languages, including English, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba.

Adejuwon observed that communities often knew mining was occurring on their land but lacked information about operational licenses, extracted minerals, and their statutory rights. This information gap hindered their ability to ask informed questions and negotiate Community Development Agreements.

Minetrix AI aims to empower these communities by providing them with the necessary data to understand their rights and engage effectively with mining companies.