Mudashiru Ayeni built a robot receptionist in Nigeria in 1971, years before modern AI and automation became mainstream, but his invention was misunderstood and dismissed.
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he Mudagraph was a battery-powered device designed to automate office interactions, essentially serving as a physical precursor to modern chatbots.
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While Nigeria’s tech ecosystem now attracts billions in investment, Ayeni’s story highlights the silent struggles of the independent inventors who cleared the path