Africa's first AI data standard — and how we helped build it.
The Intelliscan Standards Institute is an independent body advancing the global standardization of AI data practices. Through the ADBOK® Framework, it defines the shared terminology, workflows, and quality benchmarks that responsible AI requires — and certifies the professionals who do the work.
AI is only as good as the humans labeling its data.
Modern AI is built on human judgment. Annotators decide what counts as a person in an image, what counts as harassment in a chat, what counts as the correct answer to a prompt. Evaluators decide which model response is preferred. The professionals behind these decisions are the invisible backbone of every deployed AI system — and until now, their work had no global standard.
That gap creates real problems: annotation quality varies wildly across vendors. Models trained on different data show different behaviors. Organizations have no way to verify that the humans behind their training data are qualified, or that the work meets a defensible bar. ADBOK exists to close that gap.
Standardized terminology
A shared vocabulary across vendors, platforms, and academia — the way the medical and accounting professions have one.
Certification pathways
Four professional levels from entry annotator (AAP) through operations leader (CADO), with defined competencies at each tier.
Workflow standards
Reference frameworks for annotation, evaluation, RLHF, and quality assurance that organizations can adopt or align against.
Ethical guidance
Responsible-AI principles built into the framework — fair pay, transparent labor, bias mitigation, and worker wellbeing.
Six knowledge domains, one professional standard.
ADBOK organizes professional competency for AI data work into six core domains. Each Intelliscan.Africa delivery team member trains and certifies against the relevant domain for their role — so the people behind your data have credentials, not just experience.
Real partners. Real work. Real numbers.
5 University Partners
In MOU discussion across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya to adopt the AI Campus curriculum.
8-Member Working Group
Contributors across the USA, Japan, Portugal, Nigeria, and Ghana stewarding ADBOK.
NUC Engagement
Active dialogue with Nigeria's National Universities Commission on CCMAS curriculum alignment.
4 Certifications
AAP, CAP, CADE, CADO — mapped to real AI data production roles.
Industry Pilots
Active discussions with AI platforms and BPOs on piloting ADBOK across their workforces.
Independent Governance
The Institute operates independently, governed by its advisory board and working group.
Read the framework. Get certified. Set the standard.
The Intelliscan Standards Institute is the home of ADBOK, the certifications, and the global working group. Visit their site to learn more, partner, or get certified.