Artificial Intelligence
The simulation of human intelligence in machines enabling them to perform tasks associated with intelligent beings like speech recognition, learning, planning, e.t.c. is artificial intelligence (AI). We can attest to the benefits and how interesting some of the most popular AI innovations are like Siri, Alexa, Tesla, e.t.c.
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Across Northern Nigeria, a different kind of ecosystem is taking shape, without the headlines, without the high-profile accelerators, and largely without outside investment.
After Xara went viral, its Nigerian founder caught the attention of Elon Musk’s xAI. Built as a WhatsApp banking assistant, the startup now has 45,000 users and ₦8 billion ($5,000,000) in transactions.
AI is revolutionising Nigeria’s fight against deepfake fraud in banking. Discover how tech is defending against identity theft and improving fraud detection.
In 2026, the organisations that will be ahead are those that move beyond the pilot phase and rebuild their operations around AI in ways that reflect the specific realities of doing business in Nigeria.
Nigeria is scaling AI infrastructure fast, but power, cost, and GPU access still shape how quickly startups can build and train locally.
Sampson Ovuoba believes building UI should not be code-heavy, so he built Windframe for developers to build visually. Today, engineers from a16z use the platform for prototyping.
Nigeria’s AI law sets strict rules for startups, making compliance critical as risk tiers, penalties, and audits reshape how AI products are built and deployed.
As Nigeria drafts its AI strategy, Ghana and South Africa offer critical lessons on what works and what doesn’t.
Deepfake videos, cloned voices, and AI-generated result sheets. As Nigeria heads toward the 2027 election, experts say AI could transform political campaigning, and make it harder than ever to tell what’s real.
OpenClaw AI is a fast-rising open-source agent that connects AI models to your apps, enabling automation, deep customisation, and local control.
Modulaw AI embedded about 10,000 Nigerian appellate and Supreme Court judgments into its system, letting lawyers research, manage cases, automate workflows, and handle billing from one interface.
Discover 5 AI tools helping African founders automate growth, sales, support, and strategy while scaling with lean, high-impact teams.
A global chip shortage driven by AI data centres is pushing up manufacturing costs — and in Nigeria, import bottlenecks and illegal fees could turn a 20% global increase into a 60% price surge.
In this edition of After Hours, Ofure Fortunate Agaga shares how failing an exam reshaped her career path and how she found her way from medicine into AI.
Anthropic has signed a three-year deal with Rwanda to deploy AI against malaria and cervical cancer. The partnership could signal a new wave of AI collaborations between African governments and global tech firms.
At 85,000 users, Gebeya is a fast growing African AI startup built out of Ethiopia. The company has ambitions to build a small language model in partnership with Cassava Technologies.
Agentic AI in 2026 explained how autonomous AI agents plan, act, self-correct, and transform business automation beyond chatbots.
Who owns an AI remix? Who gets paid? And can African artistes protect their work from AI? This deep dive examines the business, copyright tensions, and economic realities shaping music’s AI era.
Despite WAXAL providing a critical foundation for 21 Sub-Saharan languages, Google is already expanding its reach to other African languages.
Nigerian AI startup Decide is now ranked fourth globally as one of the most accurate AI agents for spreadsheet tasks.
