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Technology entrepreneur, creative economy strategist, and Founder of Alpha-Geek Technologies, Oluwaseun Dania, delivered a major intervention at the World Bank and Eden Venture Group’s Entertaining Change: Next-Generation Media Partnerships for Social Impact and Gender Equality event, introducing groundbreaking ideas shaping the future of African storytelling, AI governance, and digital policy.
Speaking during the knowledge-sharing session on AI for Entertainment Media Content: Advancing Impact and Research, Dania outlined how artificial intelligence can unlock unprecedented opportunities for creators, researchers, regulators, and development partners across the continent.
Key messages delivered at the event are:
AI as a Multiplier for African Creativity
Dania emphasised that AI is not replacing creativity, it is amplifying it: “Africa’s creative sector already shapes global culture. AI gives our stories reach, scale, and economic force.”
He showcased how AI supports scriptwriting, editing, VFX, audio enhancement, audience forecasting, and rights protection, enabling African creators to produce globally competitive content at significantly reduced cost.
The second is Indie-Studio-in-a-Box: A Creative and Economic Breakthrough.
Dania introduced the Indie-Studio-in-a-Box, a streamlined AI-powered production model that allows small teams (5–8 people) to execute an end-to-end studio pipeline from a single laptop.
The model includes:
AI-assisted script development, Virtual pre-visualization, Smart on-set production tools, Automated post-production (clean-up, VFX, edits), Multi-language AI dubbing, AI-enabled IP protection, and Rapid digital distribution.
“A complete African studio can now live inside a laptop. That is a transformative shift for creators and the economy.”
The third one is A.I.R.: A Modern Ethical Framework for Creative AI.
To ensure AI adoption remains responsible and creator-centred, Dania unveiled the A.I.R. Framework, which sets out three core pillars:
A — Attribution:
Clear rights, consent and credit for creators, performers, and their likeness.
I — Integrity:
Mandatory provenance watermarking to maintain transparency around AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
R — Residuals:
Smart-contract systems that ensure fair, automated compensation whenever a creator’s work or likeness is reused.
Next is Collaboration with Academia to Tackle AI Bias & Update Creative Curricula
Dania strongly advocated for deep collaboration between the government, Big Tech Companies, the creative industry, and universities to ensure African voices and contexts shape the AI tools used in media.
He stressed the importance of:
Updating film, media, and computer science curricula to include AI literacy
Teaching future creators how to recognise, audit, and mitigate AI bias
Building African-language and culturally relevant datasets in partnership with universities
Establishing research labs that study representation, inclusivity, and algorithmic fairness.
Creating pipelines between academia and the creative industry to ensure continuous innovation.
“If we want AI systems that understand African faces, voices, stories, and social norms, we must build them ourselves, through research, curriculum reform, and proactive academic collaboration.”
The last of them is Call for a Creative AI Regulatory Sandbox.
Dania called for a NITDA-led Creative AI Sandbox, involving NDPC, NFVCB, NBC, NCC, CBN, guilds, universities, and development partners.This sandbox would trial emerging AI tools in real productions, ensuring safety, ethics, and scalability.
Oluwaseun Dania is an internationally recognised entrepreneur, digital policy advocate, and creative economy strategist. He is the Founder of Alpha-Geek Technologies, the CEO of Crello, and a member of global bodies including the Forbes Business Council, Chatham House, the World Economic Forum SME Connect, and the Institute of Directors (IoD). His work sits at the intersection of technology, storytelling, governance, and social impact.
