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For Africa’s tech ecosystem, 2025 was marked by a cautious yet tangible recovery, with funding reaching $3 billion and a record-breaking wave of consolidation. It was the year LemFi and Stitch snapped up smaller players to fortify their infrastructure, while Chowdeck aggressively redrew the logistics map. We watched as the narrative shifted from “who raised what” to “who is actually building,” a sentiment cemented by the return of heavyweights like Strive Masiyiwa entering the AI infrastructure race, the strategic exits orchestrated by VC firms like Silverback Holdings, and two fintech startups, Optasia and Cash Plus, going public. But maturity came at a steep price, forcing a reckoning with governance that dominated our headlines. The definitive stories of 2025 were a mixed bag: from the industry-shaking governance crisis at Stripe-owned Paystack and a ₦250 million ($190,000) Central Bank of Nigeria-imposed fine, to French media giant Canal+ facing regulatory scrutiny after its historic Multichoice takeover, while startups in Kenya faced their own siege as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) aggressively targeted crypto to close tax gaps. Here are TechCabal’s most definitive stories of 2025, according to our editors. ## **In Benue, fragile telecoms infrastructure makes an unsafe state even deadlier** by **Frank Eleanya** Persistent attacks in Benue State are exacerbated by a “digital disconnect” caused by vandalised fibre lines and unmanned telecom towers. A report by TechCabal examined how a communication blackout during the brutal June 2025 attacks on Yelwata prevented residents from calling for help or coordinating emergency response. ## **The many inventions of Motunrayo Sanyaolu, UNILAG’s first Engineering Spirit** by **Ngozi Chukwu** Motunrayo Sanyaolu, a 21-year-old electrical engineering student at the University of Lagos, has become a campus celebrity for her prolific drive to build hardware solutions for real-world problems. TechCabal detailed her journey from a childhood inspired by robotics to patenting a low-cost, off-grid heating blanket designed to save preterm babies from hypothermia in underfunded clinics. ## **AltSchool Africa set out to fix education. Now it’s learning its own lessons** by **Adonijah Ndege** When AltSchool Africa, the Nigerian edtech startup that trains Africans with in-demand tech skills, launched in 2021, it promised to prepare the next generation for tech jobs. This article examined the company’s recent troubles and how it exposed the cracks in Africa’s edtech sector. ## **The Port Harcourt school churning out Nigeria’s math gurus** by **Fancy Goodman** Graceland International School in Port Harcourt has established itself as an “obsessive” pipeline for STEM excellence, recently producing a student with a perfect 1600 SAT score. In this feature, TechCabal explored how the institution’s rigorous, decade-old curriculum—which introduces university-level concepts as early as JSS2—is designed to push students to global competitive heights. ## **One-click debt-trap: How product design fuels predatory lending in Nigerian fintech****** by **Muktar Oladunmade and Kosisochukwu Ugwuede** When digital lenders became popular in Nigeria, they promised to bridge the credit gap for millions by offering instant, collateral-free loans. A collaborative investigation between the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism and TechCabal revealed how these apps now weaponise deceptive product designs—known as “dark patterns”—to trap unwitting users in cycles of predatory debt they never explicitly approved. ## **M-KOPA lawsuit alleges racial disparity in employee equity, firm says claim is baseless** by **Adonijah Ndege** M-KOPA, one of Africa’s most prominent fintechs, is facing a high-stakes lawsuit from a former manager alleging that its shareholding structure was designed to favor expatriate staff over African employees. A report by TechCabal detailed the claims of a “two-tier” equity system that reportedly protected foreign investors from dilution while eroding the ownership rights of local staff. ## **Mapping my AI brain** by **Fu’ad Lawal** Since the launch of ChatGPT, generative AI has evolved from a novelty into an “extended mind” for many professionals navigating the digital economy. In this personal essay, Fu’ad Lawal maps his use of LLMs as a sparring partner for creativity, pattern recognition, and perspective-shifting. ## **“I just want my $22,000 back”: Thousands of Nigerians grapple with losses after CBEX heist** by **Emmanuel Nwosu** The collapse of the so-called AI-powered trading platform, CBEX, left thousands of Nigerian investors reeling from losses estimated in the millions of dollars. An investigation by TechCabal traced how the scheme used sophisticated “smurfing” techniques to move funds through multiple blockchains and intermediate wallets, evading blacklists while operating under the guise of a legitimate money services business. ## **UBA promised blind customers braille account opening forms; many are yet to feel them** by **John Adoyi** When United Bank for Africa (UBA) launched Nigeria’s first braille account opening form in 2023, it was hailed as a landmark for financial inclusion. A report by TechCabal revealed how, two years later, the initiative remains largely an “unseen product,” with many blind customers across the country unaware of its existence and still facing systemic discrimination at branches. ## **Paystack suspends co-founder, Ezra Olubi, over sexual misconduct allegation circulating online****** by**Ganiu Oloruntade** When Paystack emerged as a titan of the African fintech landscape, it built a brand synonymous with transparency, kindness, and modern workplace excellence. TechCabal exclusively reported how the Stripe-owned payment giant suspended its co-founder and CTO, Ezra Olubi, following allegations of sexual misconduct involving a subordinate and the resurfacing of decade-old, inappropriate tweets. ## **Inside the server glitch behind JAMB’s 380,000 scrambled UTME score** by **Frank Eleanya** A skipped software patch and a “failure in system discipline” led to the scrambling of 380,000 UTME scores, sparking one of the worst crises in the history of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). A TechCabal technical audit revealed that, while a new scoring algorithm was deployed in northern clusters, it never reached the Lagos servers serving the South-East, resulting in a massive mismatch between questions and answers. ## **Why Flour Mills, Nigeria’s 64-year-old food giant, joined OmniRetail’s $20 million round** by **Ngozi Chukwu** In May 2025, Flour Mills of Nigeria made a strategic move into tech by participating in a $20 million funding round for OmniRetail, a B2B e-commerce platform digitising the informal retail chain. A TechCabal report explains how this partnership enables a traditional manufacturing titan to gain real-time visibility into “last-mile” consumption data and streamline distribution to thousands of small retailers. ## **Meta to unmask operators behind teen revenge porn channels in South Africa** by **Sakhile Dube and Tulani Ngwenya** Following a July 2025 landmark court order in the Gauteng High Court, Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, agreed to release the identities of individuals running WhatsApp and Instagram channels dedicated to “shaderooms” and revenge porn. A report by TechCabal explored how these anonymous digital spaces were used to exploit South African teenagers, causing severe emotional trauma and fuelling cyberbullying. ## **Road to 2027: Preparing for Nigerian elections in a world of AI deepfakes** by **Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode and Fancy Goodman** As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, the rise of “hyper-realistic” AI deepfakes poses a profound threat to an already fragile democratic process. ## **The Life and Times of Teejay, according to people whose lives his code touched****** by**Ngozi Chukwu** When Adetunji “Teejay” Opayele co-founded Bumpa, he set out to build a digital lifeline for Africa’s informal retailers, simplifying complex e-commerce into a single mobile app. A tribute by TechCabal explores how the 32-year-old CTO’s life—defined by a selfless commitment to solving problems and a “voracious appetite” for adventure—was tragically cut short by a negligent driver and systemic failures in Nigeria’s healthcare system.

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Across Africa, 2025 added new scale and texture to an already active tech ecosystem. Long-running conferences returned with bigger ambitions, while newer festivals carved out space for focused conversations around artificial intelligence (AI), data, policy, and startup growth. From government-backed summits outlining national digital strategies to developer-led gatherings exploring frontier tools, tech conversations moved fluidly between policy rooms, pitch stages, and community workshops. Cities like Marrakech, Lagos, Algiers, Kigali, and Cape Town played host to events that reflected the state of Africa’s tech ecosystem and its future. Here are some of the major tech events across the continent in 2025. ## **1. Africa Tech Summit Nairobi (Nairobi, Kenya, February 12–13)** The 7th Africa Tech Summit, held in Nairobi, brought together over 2,000 tech leaders at the Sarit Expo Centre and was organised around four distinct pillars: the Africa Money & DeFi Summit, the Africa Climate Tech & Investment Summit, the Africa Startup Summit, and the Africa Mobile & App Summit. Around 80 exhibitors showcased their solutions while 65 speakers took to the stage, creating a dynamic environment where mobile operators rubbed shoulders with crypto founders, investors scouted for the next big opportunity, and regulators engaged directly with innovators. The summit’s Investment Showcase became a hub for deal-making, with fireside chats and masterclasses running throughout the event. ## **2. Lagos Tech Fest (Lagos, Nigeria, February 19–20)** For its fifth year, Lagos Tech Fest convened more than 2,000 participants at multiple venues across Lagos, including Four Points by Sheraton, Club House, and the Landmark Event Centre. The two‑day festival, headlined by Mastercard, combined a welcome party, Nigeria’s Tech Leadership Roundtable, and the main conference program to spotlight opportunities across fintech, venture capital, crypto and DeFi, payments and banking, e‑commerce, and digital infrastructure. ## **3. GITEX Africa (Marrakech, Morocco, April 14–16)** The third edition of GITEX Africa returned to Marrakech under the theme “Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation,” drawing over 45,000 visitors from more than 130 countries and featuring around 1,400 exhibitors showcasing innovations in AI, cloud computing, fintech, cybersecurity, smart cities, healthtech, agritech, and connectivity. ## **4. Africa AI Festival (Lagos, Nigeria, May 31)** The Africa AI Festival convened one of the continent’s largest gatherings focused on AI and its role in African markets and society. Held under the theme “AI for Africa: Scaling Innovation and Inclusion,” the event drew over 5,000 attendees from more than 20 countries, including founders, investors and industry leaders. The festival featured over 50 speakers and startup exhibitors, covering practical AI applications in healthcare, finance, education, and enterprise services, while sessions on ethical AI, data infrastructure, and investment models highlighted the continent’s unique challenges and opportunities. Side discussions, workshops, and networking sessions facilitated direct engagement between startups and investors, with the Founder Showcase and Investor Lounge providing platforms to translate AI concepts into scalable African solutions. ## **5. Kids Tech Fest 2025 (Lagos, Nigeria, June 14)** Africa’s first large-scale AI summit for children and parents took place at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, drawing over 5,000 attendees. Organised by Digital Equity Africa, the summit aimed to introduce young learners to AI through interactive sessions, hands-on workshops, and family-focused learning experiences. The event covered practical and socially relevant AI topics, including how AI works, ethical considerations, digital safety, and responsible technology use. Separate tracks for parents and educators explored how to support children in developing AI literacy and navigating the digital world safely. The summit also served as a launch platform for two educational initiatives. Bud AI, a child-safe AI learning companion with parental oversight, and the Future Minds Online AI Learning Community, designed for children aged 6 to 16, were introduced to provide ongoing learning opportunities beyond the event. ## **6. AI Summit for Africa (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, August 17–20)** The AI Summit for Africa convened technology leaders, policymakers, academics, and industry experts in Victoria Falls under the theme “AI‑Powered Transformation: Unlocking New Frontiers for Sustainable Socio‑Economic Growth.” The multi‑day event focused on how AI can drive inclusive development across Africa’s key sectors, including healthcare, education, agriculture, and financial services. The summit also served as a platform for Zimbabwe’s government to outline progress on its National AI Strategy, highlighting initiatives to strengthen digital skills, expand connectivity, and promote responsible AI adoption. ## **7. GITEX Nigeria (Abuja & Lagos, September 1–4)** GITEX debuted in Nigeria with the theme “Forging the Rise of Digital Nigeria,” bringing together policymakers, enterprise executives, founders and investors across two of the country’s most strategic cities. The opening day in Abuja focused on the Government Leadership & AI Summit, where discussions centred on building and future-proofing digital infrastructure, scaling AI responsibly in public services, and upskilling talent for research and innovation. In Lagos, the Tech Expo & Future Economy Conference served as West Africa’s largest tech “super‑connector” event, convening more than 3,000 professionals and over 100 exhibitors to explore how technologies such as artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, and Internet of Things solutions are shaping national and regional markets. The conference’s executive track examined enterprise digital transformation, frontier cybersecurity strategies, and future networks, while investment‑oriented sessions discussed new funding paradigms for entrepreneurial innovation and growth, diaspora engagement in local scaling, and strategies for building homegrown unicorns. Running alongside the Tech Expo, the GITEX Nigeria Startup Festival showcased over 1,000 curated startups and more than 300 investors, featuring pitch opportunities, matchmaking programmes, and the Supernova Challenge, which offered founders visibility and potential funding connections. ## **8. Seamless Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa, September 8–9)** The conference aimed to explore the world of digital commerce. The premier event, which was held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, focused on financial services, banking, retail and e-commerce across all sectors on the African continent, with almost 6000 participants in attendance. ## **9. Africa FinTech Summit (Accra, Ghana, October 8–10)** The fintech event gathered Africa’s finest investors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and regulators to shape the future of financial services across the continent. It was held in Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra, Ghana and featured conversations spanning topics such as the future of cross-border payments in Africa, Web3 and Blockchain, the rise of mobile money and investment trends in African fintech. ## **10. AgentCon Accra (Accra, Ghana, October 9)** AgentCon Accra 2025, themed “Agents of Change: Building Ghana’s Intelligent Future,” offered a developer‑focused forum on autonomous AI agents, positioning Ghana as a hub for practical AI innovation. Part of the AgentCon 2025 World Tour, the one-day event brought together engineers, researchers, and creators to explore the design, deployment, and scaling of autonomous software systems capable of performing tasks with minimal human intervention. Sessions and workshops focused on agentic workflows, integration of AI agents into real-world systems, open-source frameworks, and tools for building intelligent assistants and autonomous services. ## **11. Moonshot by TechCabal (Lagos, Nigeria, October 15–16)** Lagos came alive in October when Moonshot by TechCabal hosted its third edition at the Eko Convention Centre, under the theme “Building Momentum.” The two-day event brought together over 4,000 founders, investors, creatives, and policymakers from more than 15 countries, creating a vibrant hub for dialogue, collaboration, and deal-making. With more than 140 speakers and nine content tracks spanning AI, climate tech, the creative economy, and emerging sectors, Moonshot blended the structure of a summit with the energy of a festival. Participants engaged in workshops, hands-on sessions, and fireside chats that focused on practical strategies for scaling startups, attracting investment, and leveraging technology for measurable impact. Deal rooms were abuzz as investors connected with promising founders, while curated sessions highlighted emerging trends and showcased innovative solutions across African markets. ## **12. DataFest Africa (Lagos, Nigeria, October 18)** DataFest Africa 2025, themed “AI in Africa: Solving Today’s Problems, Building Tomorrow’s Systems,” brought together over 4,000 attendees, 50 speakers, and more than 30 sponsors and exhibitors in Lagos for a one-day festival focused on practical applications of AI and data science. The event highlighted how data-driven technologies can address challenges in finance, healthcare, agriculture, and public governance across Africa. Sessions and workshops explored agent-based systems, AI for social good, data governance, and ethical AI, providing participants with hands-on opportunities to experiment with real-world solutions. The event also showcased ecosystem initiatives, including efforts by the Nigeria AI Collective to develop national AI repositories, curated datasets, and platforms for research and innovation. Attendees engaged in hackathons, product demonstrations, and practical workshops, turning AI potential into actionable, scalable solutions. ## **13. Mobile World Congress Kigali (Kigali, Rwanda, October 21–23)** The third edition of Mobile World Congress Kigali, held at the Kigali Convention Centre, brought together over 3,000 delegates from 109 countries, including government officials, telecom executives, regulators, and technology leaders. The event ran under the theme “Converge, Connect, Create,, positioning connectivity, policy, and emerging technologies as central to Africa’s digital growth agenda. The event’s programming was focused on four core areas. Connected Continent sessions examined broadband rollout, spectrum policy, and infrastructure financing. The AI Future explored responsible AI adoption, data readiness, and the development of African language models. Fintech discussions centred on mobile money, digital payments, and regulatory alignment, while Africa’s Digital Frontier highlighted technology applications across public services, health, education, and entertainment. ## **14. Blockchain Africa Conference (Johannesburg, South Africa, October 22)** The 11th annual Blockchain Africa Conference convened practitioners, innovators, and industry leaders in Johannesburg under the theme “Ready for Business.” The one-day event drew around 270 attendees from 10 countries and featured 27 speakers, focusing on practical applications of blockchain and digital assets across African markets. Sessions explored finance, digital banking, enterprise adoption, tokenisation, and regulatory frameworks. Panel discussions addressed topics such as stablecoin adoption, institutional digital asset infrastructure, and operational challenges in blockchain implementation, offering actionable insights for businesses, regulators, and developers. ## **15. Africa Tech Festival (Cape Town, South Africa, November 11–13)** The 28th edition of Africa Tech Festival transformed Cape Town into a continental tech hub, drawing 15,000 attendees, 450 speakers, and over 300 exhibitors to the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The festival combined four major events into one integrated programme: AfricaCom, focused on telecoms and connectivity; AfricaTech, highlighting enterprise innovation; AfricaIgnite, championing startups; and The AI Summit Cape Town, exploring commercial AI applications. ## **16. Cairo ICT (Cairo, Egypt, November 16–19)** The 29th edition of Cairo ICT brought together governments, multinational tech companies, startups, and investors under the theme “AI Everywhere.” The four-day event was held at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo, featuring over 500 exhibitors and attracting over 160,000 participants from across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. The summit included multiple specialised tracks, including PAFIX for digital payments and financial inclusion, AIDC for AI, data centres, and cloud computing, Connecta for youth and entertainment technologies, Innovation Arena for creative solutions, and Cyber Zone for cybersecurity engagement. Over the four days, the event featured 96 panel discussions with 491 speakers, covering AI applications, cybersecurity, 5G and connectivity, digital identity, cloud computing, and smart infrastructure. Connecta hosted 84 sessions focused on youth innovation and entertainment tech, while other areas showcased digital education initiatives and startup exhibitions. ## **17. African Startup Conference (Algiers, Algeria, December 6–8)** The fourth African Startup Conference brought together more than 25,000 participants from across Africa and beyond. The three‑day event ran under the theme “Raising African Champions,” convening entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem builders to explore how African startups can scale, compete globally, and contribute to economic growth. Organised by the Algerian Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Startups, and Micro‑Enterprises, with support from Algeria Venture, the conference featured over 200 exhibitors, 150 investors, and more than 300 international experts showcasing solutions in fintech, AI, climate tech, creative industries, and enterprise applications. The conference concluded with the Algiers Declaration, a commitment by ministers and ecosystem stakeholders to promote fair, secure, and responsible digital platforms across Africa. ## **18. Google Devfest (Lagos, Nigeria, November 18-22, 2025)** Google’s DevFest is an annual developer conference organised by Google Developers Groups (GDGs) across the world. The 2025 edition in Lagos featured over 100 speakers and tech professionals from across all stages of their careers. The first day featured a ‘student day’ for students and aspiring tech professionals; other tech categories, such as AI & cloud, Web 3 and design, were allocated to other days. On all five days, the event concluded with networking, an opportunity for tech enthusiasts to build community. ## **19. Tech in Ghana (Kumasi, Ghana, December 4-5)** Tech in Ghana, a UK-Ghana platform, held one edition of its annual conference on the African continent. Organised twice annually, in London and Accra, the conference seeks to empower the country’s tech talent to create impact on a global stage. The 2025 conference, held at the Jubilee Hall, Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, spanned over two days. The ‘Royal’ edition, which was one of its kind, took place at His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s Jubilee Hall to explore how traditional industries, including manufacturing, education, and agriculture, are evolving with cutting-edge technologies. ## **20. AfricArena Grand Summit (Cape Town, South Africa, December 2–3)** Acting as the grand finale of a year-long world tour, the AfricArena Grand Summit took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Beginning with five hybrid events across four regions, acting as semi-finals to scout the continent’s top talent, it culminated in the Grand Summit in Cape Town on December 2–3, 2025. At the Grand summit, over 50 startups pitched over two days, from seed to growth-stage founders, paired with insights from the top minds shaping Africa’s tech and investment landscape.

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For most Nigerian content creators, staying online is often the easiest part of the job. The real struggle happens in the background: creators wrestle with erratic data connections and the daunting task of tailoring global technology to a local audience. For years, the solution was simply to work harder, but in 2025, the game changed. This year, artificial intelligence (AI) moved from a playground for the curious to the engine room for the productive. With limited infrastructure, rising data costs, and intense competition for attention, efficiency is no longer optional but essential to survival and growth. AI offers creators practical ways to compress time, reduce costs, and compete on a global stage without expanding their teams or budgets. These tools are reshaping how Nigerian creators sustain their work, scale their output, and remain visible in an increasingly crowded creator economy. I spoke to some top Nigerian content creators, including Fisayo Fosudo, Mercy Thaddeus, and Akunne Emmanuel, to understand how they are integrating AI into their creative workflow to improve efficiency and output, as well as the creative decisions they refuse to hand over to machines. ## Scripting and narrative architecture The most immediate impact of AI this year has been the death of the “blank page” syndrome, a common challenge where creators stare at an empty page or screen, struggling to turn ideas into structured content. For many creators, the process of moving from a raw idea to a structured narrative has been compressed from hours into a matter of minutes. Akunne Emmanuel, the tech creator who breaks down product design to his audience on his BuildWithDudu Instagram page, often starts his creative process with a rough personal script. He uses AI to refine the angle and ensure the message flows naturally. “Once I have an idea, I can generate a strong first-pass outline in under ten minutes, then spend my time refining tone and insight instead of staring at a blank page,” Emmanuel says. Mercy Thaddeus, an AI content creator who breaks down Artificial Intelligence for her audience and is known as Mercythaddeus_ on Instagram, says she uses Gemini for “refining my scripts. Refining scripts with Gemini is part of a wider shift in how creative work is being produced globally. Generative AI tools are increasingly used not just for grammar or tone, but for structuring ideas, tightening narratives, and speeding up production cycles. According to findings from research presented by Adobe MAX, which surveyed over 16,000 creators across the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, South Korea, Japan, India, and Australia to examine the mindsets, behaviours, and expectations shaping the future of creative work and the creator economy. The study found that a significant majority of creators now integrate AI into their workflows, particularly for writing, editing, and ideation, seeing these tools as collaborators that help them work faster and push their ideas further rather than replacements for human creativity. TechCabal’s content creator, Ayodeji Aboderin, turned to AI in 2025 to build what he calls “content engines. By feeding frameworks into models like ChatGPT, he can deconstruct complex technical topics into simple, relatable stories. Aboderin explains the shift in his process: “It makes it very, very easy to break down ideas and make [them] into simple ways the audience can understand.” ## Technical prototyping and visualisation In a market where high-quality stock footage or a dedicated design team can be prohibitively expensive, creators are using AI to “show” rather than just “tell.” Beyond the written word, AI has become a silent partner in the production of visual assets and technical demonstrations. Thaddeus leverages her background in software engineering to use AI coding assistants to change how she presents products. “I know how to build products, but it is time-consuming and often requires a team,” she says. “ Before, building a landing page or a simple tool would take a full day of coding. Now, I can use AI coding assistants to spin up a functional prototype or a clean UI in about 20 minutes. This allows me to show rather than just tell in my videos.” Aboderin has adopted a similar approach for visual storytelling, noting that he no longer spends hours scouring sites like Unsplash. He now generates bespoke visual assets to illustrate specific narratives. “It [is] easy to visualise with AI, as opposed to looking for imagery or visuals that will tell [a] story. I [don’t] have to go and search for it. I just generate it from scratch,” he says. Research and deep exploration Research has traditionally been the most time-consuming part of the creative cycle, but in 2025, AI agents have taken over the heavy lifting of data gathering. Fisayo Fosudo uses tools like Gemini to explore different angles for his famous gadget reviews. Rather than relying on AI for the “news” itself, he uses it to figure out how to “attack” a topic or discover which elements of a new device are most relevant to his audience. “We do our research [by ourselves]. We just use [AI] to explore different angles of how to tackle stuff, rather than rely on it like ‘this is the news,” Fosudo explains. Aboderin takes this a step further by deploying AI agents to scan patterns and recurring conversations across the web. “I can automate that process and send agents on errands to learn about it while I do other stuff,” he says. However, this efficiency comes with a caveat; Fosudo warns that AI-driven research can often present outdated information as current fact: “Websites may have an article from 2003, but the date [on the AI-researched article] says 2025, so I don’t rely on information given to me.” ## Strategic outreach and monetisation The impact of AI has also bled into the business side of content creation, specifically in how creators manage their professional relationships. While AI doesn’t replace the networking required to land a big deal, it has significantly reduced the friction of communication. Creators now use AI tools to draft outreach emails to brands, generate personalised pitch decks, and summarise long email threads for quicker follow-ups. Some also rely on AI to create meeting notes, refine proposals, or adapt the same pitch across multiple platforms, allowing them to spend more time building relationships and negotiating deals rather than wrestling with repetitive administrative tasks. Emmanuel says he uses AI to structure outreach and follow-ups, adding that “while AI doesn’t replace relationship-building, it supports it by removing friction and delays in calculating responses.” Thaddeus finds that AI helps her overcome writer’s block when drafting cold emails and proposals, ensuring her outreach is “professional and clear.” Indirectly, this efficiency is driving better monetisation. Thaddeus notes that by cutting down the time spent on scripting and coding, she has more time to build actual assets: “These projects build my portfolio, which attracts high-value clients.” ## The Nigerian context gap Despite the efficiency gains, there is a clear consensus among these creators: AI is not 100% accurate. Globally, concerns about AI accuracy, bias, and hallucinations have followed the technology as it spreads across creative, academic, and professional fields. Large language models are known to generate confident but incorrect outputs, blur facts, and reproduce gaps in the data they are trained on. As creators’ credibility depends on trust and relevance, these weaknesses are a limit. In Nigeria, where context, timing, and cultural specificity are critical, the margin for error is even thinner. “AI typically does not understand the Nigerian context; it exaggerates,” Emmanuel says. “ Authenticity and local relevance still come from lived experience.” Thaddeus is vocal about the fact that she never uses AI for local trends: The [AI] models often hallucinate or are outdated when it comes to hyper-local contexts.” She says she still relies on X and local news blogs to spot what’s actually happening on the ground. Emmanuel echoes this sentiment, noting that AI systems trained on global data often miss the cultural subtext. “Most AI systems are trained on global data, which means they don’t naturally understand local nuances, timing, or cultural subtext, especially in a market like Nigeria. That gap requires intentional human judgment. Without it, content can sound accurate but disconnected. Learning where AI helps and where it misleads has been the real work,” Emmanuel says. The disconnection that emanates from AI use has led to a human-first research model where creators like Thaddeus do the heavy lifting manually and only use AI to refine the grammar of the facts they’ve already verified. ## The human boundary Ahead of 2026, the line in the sand for Nigerian creators is that AI cannot replicate a personal opinion or a unique personality. Fosudo is particularly adamant about the “creepiness” of AI in certain commercial contexts, arguing that the human element is non-negotiable. “Seeing ads of food and the food is AI is weird. [Also] if your skincare brand is doing [ads], they shouldn’t use an AI [face],” he says. Thaddeus and Emmanuel conclude that the connection with the audience is built on trust, which is fundamentally a human transaction. As Thaddeus puts it, “AI can give me facts, but it cannot have a perspective. My experiences and my personal opinions on the industry are things AI cannot replicate.” In the Nigerian creative space, AI is the engine, but the creator remains firmly in the driver’s seat.

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