How is Nigeria really using AI? The State of AI in Nigerian Business 2026

A nationwide survey of how Nigerian businesses of every size, in all 36 states and the FCT, use artificial intelligence. Run by Stanislaus Martins, who advises and trains Nigerian companies on adopting AI. The core takes about five minutes and is confidential; respondents see how their organisation compares with everyone who has answered, once there are enough answers to compare fairly.

What the survey covers

  • Adoption: who uses AI, how far they have got, and who is driving it.
  • Tools: which AI tools Nigerian organisations use, and what for, day to day.
  • Money: what AI costs, how it is paid for, and the effect of dollar pricing.
  • Results: time saved, revenue and cost effects, and whether AI pays for itself.
  • Risk: AI policies, company data in public tools, mistakes and regulation.
  • People: skills, training, hiring, and what AI is doing to jobs.

The six stages of AI adoption it asks about

  1. Not using AI at all
  2. Used now and then, with no plan
  3. Being tried on purpose to see what works
  4. Used regularly for one or two kinds of work
  5. Used regularly for many kinds of work
  6. Built into how the whole organisation runs

How it works

  1. About five minutes, mostly single taps, saved as you go so nothing is lost if you stop.
  2. See how your organisation compares with everyone who has answered.
  3. Optional short sections go deeper on returns, payments, risk, jobs and what comes next.

Get the findings

Results will be published on this page, by industry, organisation size and region where the numbers allow. Newsletter subscribers receive them by email.

Questions

Who is running this?

I am, Stanislaus Martins. I advise and train companies on AI, for a fee. No company has paid for this survey or seen the questions, and I will publish the method and the questions with the results.

How long does it take?

About five minutes for the core. After that you can add short optional sections, one to three minutes each, on returns, payments, risk, jobs and what comes next. Each one saves on its own.

Is it confidential?

Yes. Your name, email and number are optional. Only totals are published. No individual answer is published or sold, and written answers are quoted only if you allow it, without your name.

Who can take part?

Anyone aged 18 or over who works in or runs an organisation in Nigeria, or a Nigerian-owned organisation abroad.

We do not use AI. Should I still take part?

Yes, please. Knowing who is not using AI, and why, matters as much as knowing who is. You will skip the questions that do not apply.

What do I get?

When you submit, you see how your organisation compares with everyone who has answered, and with your own industry once enough of them have. In the first days, until there are enough answers to compare fairly, your comparison waits for you on this page. Leave your email and WhatsApp number and tick the box, and I will tell you when the report is out.

Can several people from one company take part?

Yes. Different people see different things. One response per person, please.

When will the results be out?

When enough responses are in to be worth publishing. They will be on this page, and newsletter subscribers get them by email.

How will the results be reported?

By industry, organisation size and region where the numbers allow, and every figure shows how many responses it is based on. People choose to take part, so the results describe the organisations that answered, not every business in Nigeria.