Onyebuchi Ezigbo in AbujaNigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has advocated a deliberate link between digital transformation and social protection as African businesses embrace Artificial Intelligence. Managing Director/Chief Executive of NSITF, Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, made the call on Monday at the official launch of ESBC–InnoPower LLC (USA) Free MSMEs AI Master Training Programme, held at UN House, Abuja. He, however, stressed that technology alone would not guarantee business resilience, and urged entrepreneurs to match AI adoption with employee welfare and safety. He added that as businesses expanded across ECOWAS, they will require “equally responsive systems of occupational safety, workplace protection and social security”. Representatives of InnoPower LLC (USA) were also present.