10/07/2026
THE SILICON SAVANNA
From dusty paths where ancient rivers flow,
The glowing screens of innovation grow.
The code is written in a language deep,
While older structures of the city sleep.
The binary commands begin to trace,
A digital salvation for our race.
The tech hubs pulse inside the crowded block,
Defying shadows and the ticking clock.
Bright minds assemble around glowing screens,
To manifest what local progress means.
They build the software for the clinic floor,
To bring the healing to the poorest door.
Remote communities, long left behind,
Now meet the global network of the mind.
The simple handset in a farmer's hand,
Becomes a window to a wealthy land.
He checks the market and he tracks the rain,
Unlocking value from his hard-won grain.
Lord of all Wisdom, let the signals rise,
Beneath the vastness of Nigerian skies.
Lay down the fiber lines beneath the clay,
To clear the bottlenecks of yesterday.
Let bandwidth flow to every distant school,
And make the internet a common tool.
The healthcare app connects the isolated village,
Protecting mother's health from sudden pillage.
A quick diagnostic tool on a basic screen,
Bridges the miles that lay so deep between.
The local developers understand the strain,
And write the lines that soothe the communal pain.
We ask for recognition on the global stage,
As African brilliance turns a brand-new page.
Not just consumers of a foreign brand,
But creators writing for our native land.
Let venture capital find local worth,
To scale these projects across all the earth.
So let the digital infrastructure stand,
An iron network shielding all the land.
From Yola's hills to Lagos' coast line,
The sparks of tech and human wit align.
Bless every line of code, each server stack,
And keep our innovators from looking back. ~NIH
Nancy Ifeyinwa Humphrey
