The AI Advantage: Making AI Work for Small Businesses

​Artificial intelligence will reshape how businesses compete.

​The question is whether African businesses will help create that future—or remain consumers of systems and ideas developed elsewhere.

​Africa’s small businesses operate with real constraints: rising costs, limited capital, infrastructure gaps and shortages of specialised talent. This is precisely why the intelligent adoption of AI matters.

​AI cannot solve every business problem. But when applied to the right problems, it can help small teams research markets, support customers, analyse information, prepare proposals and automate repetitive work.

​On 12 September, I will host:

• ​Professor Victor Odumuyiwa, Professor of AI and NLP, University of Lagos • Eyitayo Ogunmola, technology entrepreneur and CEO of Utiva

​We will discuss how small businesses can identify practical AI opportunities while protecting trust, privacy and human judgement.

​The AI Advantage: Making AI Work for Small Businesses

​📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026 ⏰ 1:00 PM–2:30 PM WAT 📍 Online via Google Meet 🎟 Register free: https://luma.com/0i1pn5yv

​This is an important conversation. I hope you will join us.

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