It has become fashionable in recent times to declare that Nigeria isnt working, and the claim that the countrys digital economy is drifting ties in seamlessly with that zeitgeist. Fortunately, this critique is tidy, dramatic, and wrong. The reality is less theatrical but far more significant: Nigerias digital economy is not losing its wayit is maturing.
The real story is not one of decline, but of designthe deliberate construction of a framework that balances innovation with sovereignty, scale with safety, and openness with ownership.
