From the CICANDA desk.
Brief perspectives on IT, communications, and market partnerships in Nigeria. Once a month, no noise.
Nigeria has 1,475 tracked startups, $2.17 billion in total funding, and a 31.8% growth rate in its tech ecosystem. Behind those numbers is a clearer picture of which technology bets are paying off — and which decisions established organisations should be making now.
74% of digitally-enabled firms in Lagos, Abuja, and Rivers are already deploying AI tools. This is a practical account of where artificial intelligence is delivering real returns for Nigerian organisations — and where it is not.
Most IT failures in Nigerian organisations are not technical problems; they are planning and procurement problems. Here is what reliable infrastructure actually requires.