Nigeria’s First ‘Deepfake Election’: Bloomwit Africa’s New Report Warns the 2027 Vote Will Be Fought in Channels No One Can See

Nigeria’s 2027 general election will be the first in the country’s history to take place with generative AI tools in wide circulation. The information environment around it has already been transformed, according to Navigating Nigeria 2027 , a new strategic communications and reputation report from Bloomwit Africa. Fabricated audio, video, and images of Nigerian public figures have already appeared and spread, and the country’s electoral and data-protection authorities have publicly identified A