Not long ago, I entered a space where futures are shaped, not in headlines, but in the deals and frameworks that define economic momentum. It was a seat at one of the most influential intersections of commerce and policy in the city of Lagos. I didn’t show up to network. I didn’t come for optics. I came to do what few had the will to attempt: fortify the creative economy, protect digital intellectual property, and introduce systems that could scale across culture, technology, and design. I wa...