Africa Environmental Law Model
AutoScientist Challenge 2026 | Legal Category
Author: Hussein Adeiza (mabera)
Role: Licensed Environmental Health Officer, Abuja Nigeria
Base Model: GPT-OSS 20B
Fine-tuned with: AutoScientist by Adaption Labs
Model Description
This is a LoRA adapter fine-tuned on a Pan-African Environmental Law and EIA Compliance dataset. It answers questions about environmental impact assessment, compliance, climate law, waste management and marine regulations across 9 African countries.
Training Data
- Source: National EPA acts, EIA regulations, AU frameworks, ECOWAS directives
- Dataset: 17 expert Q&A pairs expanded to 11,200 rows via Adaptive Data
- Countries: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal
- Quality improvement: 50.0% (Grade C → A)
- Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/yunusahusseinadeiza/africa-environmental-law-eia-compliance-dataset
Training Metrics
- Win rate: 51% adapted vs 49% base model
- Base model: gpt-oss-20b
- Method: LoRA — House Special + Reasoning Traces + Hallucination mitigation
- Dataset quality: 6.0 → 9.0 (+50.0% improvement, Grade A)
Coverage
| Country | Region | Legal Framework |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | West Africa | EIA Act 1992, NESREA |
| Kenya | East Africa | EMCA 1999, NEMA |
| South Africa | Southern Africa | NEMA 1998 |
| Ghana | West Africa | EIA Regs 1999 |
| Ethiopia | East Africa | EIA Proclamation 299/2002 |
| Rwanda | East Africa | REMA |
| Senegal | West Africa | Environmental Code |
| ECOWAS Region | West Africa | Regional Environmental Policy |
| Pan-Africa (AU) | All Africa | Maputo Convention, AMCEN |
Why This Matters
Africa has 54 countries each with unique environmental laws yet almost no AI model understands African environmental compliance. This model helps developers, investors, businesses and policymakers navigate EIA requirements, environmental permits and climate law across the continent.
Credits
Powered by Adaptive Data — Adaption Labs
AutoScientist Challenge 2026 | Legal Category