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AI News Feb 09, 2026 03:24 PM

How AI Is Transforming Nollywood — The Future of African Storytelling

For decades, Nollywood has been known as one of the world’s most prolific film industries, churning out thousands of films a year with creative energy and limited budgets. But now, a new force is pushing its boundaries: artificial intelligence (AI). AI has silently crept into Nigerian cinema, reshaping how films are made, who gets to make them, and who owns the stories that emerge. And while some filmmakers are wary, others are already using AI to push Nollywood into its next act.

AI News Feb 09, 2026 01:58 PM

T2 Mobile (Formerly 9Mobile) Is Quietly Making a Comeback — And the Numbers Finally Show It

For years, the story around Nigeria’s fourth-largest mobile network felt stuck in a loop: shrinking subscribers, fierce competition, and questions about survival. But something interesting is happening at 9mobile, now T2 Mobile, and it’s starting to show up in the data. For the first time in a long while, T2 Mobile has recorded three consecutive months of internet subscriber growth, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

AI News Feb 06, 2026 05:39 PM

This Free Chinese AI Model Has Now Surpassed GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Grok-4

This week, a Chinese startup called Moonshot AI released a new model Kimi K2 Thinking and quietly flipped the leaderboard. In independent benchmarks that test reasoning, coding, and autonomous tool use, this free, open-source model didn’t just compete with OpenAI’s GPT-5. It beat it.

AI News Feb 05, 2026 08:27 PM

PepsiCo Isn’t Using AI to Write Emails — It’s Using It to Redesign Factories

When most people think about AI in big companies, they picture chatbots drafting emails, summarising meetings, or answering internal questions. That’s not where PepsiCo is placing its bets. Instead, the global food and beverage giant is quietly using AI in one of the hardest places possible: its factories.

AI News Feb 05, 2026 08:22 PM

Google Partners with African Universities to Train WAXAL AI on Local Languages

A new chapter in the Africa’s AI story quietly began when Google unveiled WAXAL, an open-source speech dataset built to help computers understand and speak African languages. But this isn’t just another tech project. It’s a bridge between cutting-edge AI and the cultural and linguistic diversity of Africa, where more than 2,000 languages are spoken yet fewer than 5% have enough digital data to train modern language technologies.

AI News Feb 04, 2026 09:56 AM

GoCab’s $45M Raise Is a Big Moment for African Gig Workers — and the Future of Mobility

In a world where access to fair financing can make or break someone’s ability to earn a living, a relatively young fintech is stepping up with a clean, bold solution. GoCab, a mobility-focused fintech that helps gig-economy workers own the tools they use every day, like cars, bikes, and delivery vehicles, has just announced $45 million in new funding to take its vision even further.

AI News Feb 03, 2026 05:21 PM

How Nomba Quietly Became One of Nigeria’s Most Trusted Payment Rails

At the start of 2025, Nomba was processing about ₦37 million in transactions. By the end of the year, that number had exploded into billions without flashy hype, viral gimmicks, or aggressive marketing. Instead, something more interesting happened.

AI News Feb 02, 2026 04:30 PM

The Rise of Physical AI Notetakers: Why Smart Professionals Are Letting Gadgets Take the Notes

AI learned how to sit in our Zoom meetings years ago. Tools like Fireflies, Fathom, Read AI, and Granola quietly joined calls, listened in, and sent summaries before we even closed our laptops. But something interesting is happening in 2026. Meetings are escaping the screen.

AI News Feb 02, 2026 04:23 PM

Forget Chatbots — Claudebot Is the Next-Gen AI Assistant That Actually Does the Work for You

We have all used AI that answers questions. Helpful, interesting but still reactive. You ask, it replies. That era is over. In 2026, something much bigger quietly arrived: autonomous AI assistants digital workers that don’t just chat, they execute. The most talked-about among them? Claudebot, formerly known as Openclaw and it’s turning heads across the tech world.

AI News Jan 30, 2026 08:37 PM

Nigeria’s Flutterwave Wows Wall Street: What the NYSE Moment Really Means

In a moment that felt bigger than fintech, Nigerian payments powerhouse Flutterwave lit up the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the reaction back home was electric. For many Nigerians watching online, seeing their own company’s name on the trading floor screens wasn’t just news… it was proof that Africa’s tech dreams can play on the world’s biggest financial stages.