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Stakeholders Demand Greater Investment in Local Talent, Intelligence to Drive Nigeria’s AI Revolution

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Stakeholders in Nigeria’s technology sector have called for accelerated investment in local talent, intelligence and innovation as the country seeks to harness artificial…

  • Stakeholders demand increased investment in local Nigerian talent and AI innovation.
  • Huawei Nigeria AI and Cloud Summit 2026 focused on "Built Local, Built Intelligent".
  • Huawei unveiled Nigeria Agentic Cloud to expand AI and cloud services with data sovereignty.

Wonderful raises $550M at $5B valuation for its AI automation platform

Artificial intelligence agent startup Wonderful AI BV today announced that it has raised $550 million in funding. The Series C round was led by Insight Partners, which was also the headline backer of the company’s previous raise in March. Salesforce chipped in as well along with Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer.

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