"AI agents are becoming less valuable," Lanre Basamta (CEO, Optimus AI Labs) mentioned while catching up with him during the first day of resumption.
If you are in the AI space,…
Implementing an AI system properly usually isn’t a quick or solo effort. It often takes a small, dedicated team working over several months. Data engineers handle the heavy lifting around…
Your best technical lead just resigned. The person who understands everything about your systems, the one who can solve problems nobody else can touch, the star you built your technology…
Your AI proposal gets approve, the ROI projections looked compelling. The vendor quote seems reasonable and the leadership is enthusiastic about the efficiency gains.
Six months later, you're significantly over budget…
You're in the boardroom proposing AI, the presentation is polished, and the use cases are compelling.
The ROI projections look solid, then the CFO leans back in their chair with that…
There's a fear keeping executives awake at night, and it sounds something like this: "To implement AI, we'll have to rip out our entire ERP system that cost millions of…
The post-mortem meeting follows a predictable script. Leadership blames the vendor for overpromising, and the vendor blames the client for not being ready, while the IT department blames both.
Everyone has…
It's 3 pm on a Tuesday. Your new AI system is processing critical transactions when PHCN cuts power. The generator kicks in after the usual thirty-second delay.
Your lights flicker back…
You've probably noticed something strange about your AI assistant. It answers basic questions well, but keeps missing the mark when things get specific to your business.
You ask about "drawdown," and…
Business leaders across Africa are noticing a troubling pattern: competitors' AI solutions consistently deliver better customer experiences than their own implementations. These business leaders feel but rarely admit: "Our AI…
You bought into the promise of AI. You tried a popular, off-the-shelf model to automate a key business process.
The results were… underwhelming. The AI didn’t understand your internal rules, couldn’t…
The customer service manager at a Lagos e-commerce company receives an urgent call. A high-value customer needs to return a defective product, apply store credit, and rush-order a replacement before…