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Title: Can AI Really Help You Learn a New Skill? I Tested It. We have all seen the claims. Learn Python in two weeks. Learn to be a master graphic designer using AI. Learn to speak French with an app. It sounds too good to be true. So I determined to put it to test. I chose a skill that I have never heard about in video editing and spent 30 days learning only with the help of AI. No YouTube tutorials. No human teachers. Smart AI assistants and AI applications. This is what has really happened. The skill that I selected was video editing with the help of CapCut, the free app that is primarily used by numerous Nigerian creators. I was not used to editing a video other than cropping clips on my phone. I aimed at nothing complex, just that on day 30, I would have an opportunity to create a three minutes of a promotional video with transitions, overlays on the text, background music, and color grading. I would apply AI to all the things: address the software, solve the issues, and even come...

 Title: 5 AI Tools That Save Nigerian Professionals 10 Hours a Week. The only resource that you are not able to purchase is time. To the Nigerian professionals who have several clients, side hustling, and personal life, the idea of having an additional hour during the week seems impossible. The good news? AI technology has reached a level where it actually saves time, it is not an additional aspect to study. Repetitive work, routine tasks, and the ability to get free to do what really is important, are done by the right tools. The following are five artificial intelligence tools that can assist Nigerian professionals to save up to 10 hours per week in case they are used regularly. Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your AI Helper in all Your applications. Conceive half the time of doing a report. Or one-click in a sloppy spreadsheet to a concise preview. This is what Microsoft 365 Copilot achieves. Copilot is built within Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams the applications you already use in your...

How to Use AI to Write Business Emails That Actually Get Replies. You send an email. You wait. Nothing happens. You follow up. Still nothing. It is a sentiment that all professionals are far too familiar with. It is not your intention to be a problem. It is your approach. By 2026, there is overcrowding in the inbox. The average working individual gets above 120 mail messages every day. What you have to do is be memorable. AI is not able to write emails on your behalf but it can alter your writing style. This is precisely how AI can be used to develop emails which are opened, read, and responded to. The Most Common Failures of Business Emails. Know what goes wrong before using AI. E-mails are largely too lengthy, too general or too intent on the writer as opposed to the reader. You write what you desire and not what they require. The other problem? Tone. Nigerians tend to oscillate between high language and low language which is too formal and casual respectively. It is difficult to str...

Predictions: Where Nigerian Tech Will Be in 2030. 19 Banks Meet New Capital Requirements Ahead Of March 31 Deadline Bruno Mars announces 2026 stadium tour with Chicago stop HANYEL Imagine Nigeria in 2030. What is the technology environment? What industries have changed? What are some of the issues that bother you now that have been resolved? The future is never completely safe to envision but the trends that are already visible nowadays point at specific directions. This is where the Nigerian technology will be by the close of this decade. Fintech Becomes integrated Infrastructure. Fintech is no longer going to be an industry that you discuss in 2030. It will just be the way in which money operates. Financial services will be integrated into the customer experience of every business without any bank integration or intricate integrations. The open banking will come to full development, that is, your financial information will flow freely across providers with your permission. Not only w...

The Rise of African Tech Creators: Who to Follow in 2026. The following is a list of suggested recommendations to follow in this format on the 2026 African tech creators and innovators list to CONNEXTS written on. The tech ecosystem in Africa is no longer about new startups and venture capital deals. A fresh group of producers - producers of content, builders of platforms and founders in technology - is changing the way that technology is perceived, adopted and constructed throughout the continent. These voices are the ones that render complicated innovation to daily relevance. These are the African tech creators that characterize 2026. Shalom Ogo-Ayorinde (ShallyTech) is gradually transforming the way tech is taught in Nigeria. Having more than 200,000 followers on Tik Tok and more than 140 000 on Instagram, he has formed a community of useful, people-focused technical education. Rather than detailed specifications or running after buzz, his videographic short films insert technology ...

Nigerian Tech Startups That Raised Funding in 2026. This is a brief and practical roadmap of CONNEXTS that features Nigerian technology startups and efforts acquiring funding and support in 2026. Nigerian startup ecosystem began the year 2026 at a slower, but more robust rate. The tightening environment was seen in the funding activity in January as investors sought more explicit avenues to revenue and better governance. Nevertheless, the investment continues to flow to startups with real solutions, especially in mobility, infrastructure, deeptech, and energy. The following are the Nigerian technology startups and projects that have already been funded and supported in 2026. MAX was first in line raising a total of 24 million in January. The mobility and logistic firm received venture capital of 12 million dollars with the support of Equitane, Novastar Ventures, Endeavor, and other investors as well as debt facility of 12 million dollars with the backing of the Energy Entrepreneurs Gro...