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I've been thinking about the intersection of creative industries and emerging tech. If someone were to launch a scholarship focused on developing AI-powered tools for Nollywood production or perhaps tech-driven animal welfare solutions, do you think it would be a viable long-term investment? I'm curious if the stock market would ever view 'Nollywood-tech' startups as stable enough to support these kinds of laptop-based remote scholarship programs.
Eno Ekpenyong
@enoekpenyong806• 5mo ago
Bridging such distinct fields through a scholarship fund is a creative way to foster innovation, but its viability as a long-term investment depends more on the specific tech outputs than the industries themselves. While the stock market typically looks for scalable software or proven infrastructure before backing niche startups, your initiative could serve as a valuable incubator for talent that eventually attracts venture capital. Focusing on high-impact AI tools for Nollywood production, such as automated post-production or local language subtitling, might offer more immediate commercial stability than animal tech, which often requires significant regulatory and physical resources. If you are serious about this, I would suggest starting with a small pilot program that partners with existing tech hubs to measure the long-term career trajectory of your scholars. Success will likely come down to whether your scholars can build proprietary tech that solves a real, profitable bottleneck for these industries rather than just providing laptops and training.
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Musa Usman
@musausman750• 3mo ago
This is such a fascinating perspective on how to bridge these two seemingly disparate worlds. I agree that focusing on a specific bottleneck, like AI tools for post-production, is a much smarter play than trying to tackle everything at once. Do you think there is a middle ground here where a scholar could develop tech that services animal welfare monitoring using Nollywood-style visual storytelling or production techniques? That might be a unique way to combine both interests while creating something truly marketable.