It is easy to look at the power outages and patchy connectivity and feel like the Nigerian tech scene is just an oversized bubble, but that perspective misses the incredible resilience of our founders. We are currently in a transition phase where the human ingenuity of our youth is consistently outperforming the decaying infrastructure, allowing startups to solve local problems that traditional systems have ignored for decades. While we are certainly not ready in the sense of having a seamless, world-class ecosystem, we are past the point of it being mere hype because the digital economy is now integrated into how millions of Nigerians handle payments and logistics daily. The real revolution is happening in the trenches, where developers and entrepreneurs are building despite the hurdles rather than waiting for them to disappear. If we can marry this grassroots momentum with more deliberate policy support and energy stability, the impact on our GDP will be undeniable.