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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 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 Jan 28, 2026 09:43 PM

The Global AI Race Is On — And Africa Can’t Afford to Watch From the Sidelines

A quiet race is happening around the world, and it’s not about oil, gold, or even crypto. It’s about who adopts AI fastest and the latest numbers are eye-opening. According to recent global AI adoption data circulating online, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Norway, and Ireland are leading the charge, with over 40–60% of their working population already using generative AI tools monthly. These aren’t future plans. This is happening now.

AI News Jan 20, 2026 01:47 PM

Is Nigeria Ready for Its First AI Data Centre by 2026?

Nigeria’s Data Centre Expansion Is Accelerating Nigeria’s ambition to compete in the global digital economy is increasingly tied to one critical piece of infrastructure: data centres. As artificial intelligence drives heavier computing workloads, the conversation is shifting from whether Nigeria will build more facilities to whether those facilities can truly support AI at scale.

AI News Jan 16, 2026 11:00 AM

AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits $1.3B Valuation in Less Than a Year

In the fast moving world of artificial intelligence, speed is everything. Few startups show this better than Higgsfield, an AI powered video creation platform that has reached a 1.3 billion dollar valuation less than a year after launching its product.