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For decades, buying fuel has followed the same routine across Nigeria — drive in, wait your turn, speak to an attendant, make a transfer (or bring out cash), and hope there’s no delay or mix-up before you leave. Now, that routine may be on its way out.
A new report by the African Development Bank is now placing Africa at the centre of the global AI growth conversation, not as a consumer of technology, but as a future builder of it. And the numbers? They’re massive. According to the Bank’s latest study developed under the G20 Digital Transformation Working Group, Africa could unlock up to $1 trillion in additional GDP by 2035 through inclusive AI adoption.
Okechukwu Nwaozor built an AI system. He was 17, just out of secondary school, and entirely self-taught. When he shared his plans on Facebook, the comments ranged from disbelief to outright mockery. Yet here he is today, leading a project that has captured the attention of developers across Africa and beyond.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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