Shaping Africa's Future Through Emerging Technologies
I'm Babatunde, an innovation leader and futurist. From Spatial Computing and AI to Blockchain and IoT, I lead strategies and solutions that drive real-world impact.
Lead Innovation Strategy
Driving emerging technology initiatives across AI, blockchain, XR, and IoT at one of Africa's largest telcos.
Build Tech Ecosystems
Founding communities and platforms that connect African innovators with global conversations on frontier tech.
Amplify African Voices
Through The Babatunde Show and speaking engagements, spotlighting the continent's tech builders and thinkers.
Selected Events
AI Adoption in Nigeria
Panel session on Trends, Drivers, Benefits, and Barriers to AI Adoption in Nigeria, hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa.
How an accidental VR encounter shaped the career trajectory of this emerging technologies specialist from PwC to MTN
A chance Google Cardboard demo turned Babatunde Fatai’s curiosity into a career building immersive tech from PwC to MTN.
Al for African Startups: Practical Strategies for Growth and Innovation
For most startups today, the best strategy isn't hosting complex open-source models from scratch. It's leveraging powerful APIs from major AI players.
The Babátúndé Show
Conversations on the future of XR, AI, and Africa's digital future.
Understanding, Building and Investing in Nigeria's Infrastructure
with Soji Maurice-Diya
Unpacking the complexities of Nigeria's infrastructure landscape — from telecom towers and power assets to roads and public-private partnerships.
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Latest Writing
View All PostsThe Collateral Continent: How a War Africa Didn't Start Is a Crisis Africa Will Pay For
Africa did not start the US and Israel’s war with Iran, but it is paying for it through fuel queues, rising food prices, and medicine shortages as shipping and energy routes are violently rearranged around its coasts. The crisis exposes a continent that provides strategic geography without bargaining power, forced to choose between remaining a corridor for other people’s wars or finally becoming a player in the global order.
ReadI built an open standard for agent-readable websites. Here's how it works.
As we move into a more agentic web, it becomes important for us to build solutions that are easily accessible and navigable by AI agents.
ReadThe 95% Series A Death Trap: Why African Startups Can't Graduate from Seed Stage.
Stop Blaming ‘Funding Winters’ - African Startups Have a Business Model Problem
Read“The future of Africa isn't being predicted, it's being built. Right now.”
— Babátúndé Fatai
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