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Let’s start with the headline number. ₦132.45 billion. That’s how much 23 Nigerian states say they plan to spend on technology ministries and digital ambitions in 2026, according to budget data sourced from BudgIT’s Open States platform.
For millions of Nigerians, healthcare doesn’t begin in a hospital. It begins in living rooms… in busy markets… at the neighbourhood pharmacy… or even inside a late-night WhatsApp chat with someone who “knows someone” that might have experienced the same symptoms. That’s the reality.
A quiet revolution is unfolding inside Nigeria’s banking halls. Not the kind with dramatic announcements or overnight overhauls. But the kind that slowly rewires how decisions are made, how risks are assessed, and how customers are served.
Something interesting is quietly happening in East Africa… and it might change how governments use AI across the continent. This week, the Government of Rwanda signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its education system, healthcare services, and public sector operations.
For the longest time, if you said “venture capital in Africa", one word would immediately follow: fintech. Payments. Lending. Digital banks. Mobile money. That’s where most of the money has gone, and honestly, for good reason.
In 2016, Selar wasn’t a startup with a grand master plan to dominate Africa’s creator economy. It was just an idea. No pitch deck. No market thesis. No “this is how we’ll win” roadmap. Just one simple belief from founder Douglas Kendyson: People don’t just want to consume content sometimes; they want to support the people who create it.
In startup land, raising funding once is impressive. Doing it again? That’s when people start paying very close attention. Nigerian drone startup TerraHaptix has secured yet another $22 million in funding, in a round led by deep-tech-focused venture capital firm Lux Capital.
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.
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