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Will AI become more important to businesses in 2026?

 

In this episode, Data Governance Specialist, Yinka Oke and ML Engineering Specialist, Maduabuchi Anamelechi, make projections about the future of Data and AI to individuals, small businesses, corporate organizations and government agencies.

"What's the difference between Data Skills and Data Tools?"

In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with Seun Akintibubo, a Data Analytics & AI Trainer and CEO of Avita Technologies.

Seun shares where exactly to begin if you're considering getting into the data industry and the right background knowledge to have to start a data career.

Currently, Seun is the Principal at Avita Technologies and has spent the last two decades training data analytics professionals. He mentors newbies into the data analytics industry and advocates for a more robust data and AI ecosystem in Africa.

They also discuss biases around age limitations, the difference between data skills and data tools and the how to develop Africa’s growing data talent pipeline.

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“A one stop shop for data management systems - EBS”

 

In this episode of Digital Space by RadioIITA, Simon Imoro, Data Manager, Breeding; IITA, talks about the Enterprise Branding Systems which is an open source, cloud based software that houses and manages all the data systems for the maize breeding program of the IITA.

From music in Status to reposting, WhatsApp got a whole bunch of new features in 2025! 
Listen in to catch all the details of the updates that rocked the app this year.”

Cybersecurity continues to be a burning issue in Africa.

In this episode, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Ouranos; Yusuf Oluwaseyi Onileyan, speaks to the trends that shaped the world of cybersecurity in 2025.

Agentic and Conversational AI have been the most popular topics of discussion this year.

 

From LLMs to data protection and regulation, the Founder of Africa Agentic and Conversational AI Summit, Sydney Eneremadu, speaks to the major trends that shaped Conversational and Agentic AI in 2025.

2025 was the year Facebook quietly changed its personality. Reels took over, original content finally won, spam got punished, and the feed got cleaner. 
Listen to Cruise Ctrl as we break down the Facebook updates that actually mattered in 2025; what changed, and why it matters!

Fake Life versus reality, which do you live? 

How do you manage to stay true to yourself in today's increasingly AI-generated world?

Is opposition relevant to the life of a society? Should every society encourage the voice of opposition?

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What does dignity in Labour and Africa’s failing democracies have in common?

The recent surge in military coups and a decline in democratic qualities especially in the Sahel and West Africa have made us question the practice of democracy across Africa. What can be done to save Africa’s struggling democracies?

In the same breath, we are faced with daily examples of a dysfunctional society and Ekene advocates for dignity in labour, as the way out.

Will dignity in labour bring about respect for all roles and reduce classism? Is it the repair that the society needs to build a more productive and equitable community where everyone feels valued?

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“African businesses deserve the same speed, affordability and reliability as any business in the world, that’s what we’re building.” 

In this episode, Joshua Nwogodo, CEO, ZuniQ. speaks about why cross-border payments in emerging markets remain slow and expensive, how Zuniq is fixing these challenges with modern infrastructure, and what the future of seamless global payments could look like for Africa.