K E N E

Builder. Lifelong learner.

[Mr. Láyí @layiwasabi]

life has fewer pleasures for the ambitious

[K E N E @KeneOhiaeri]

@Akintola_steve Nice thread! You should check out https://t.co/CIkv9LzVe7. It’s a tool that tries to do exactly this at scale.

[Victor Okafor @TheVictorOkafor]

Built a company that was every young Nigerian’s dream to be a part of.

Understood design and product like no other did before it was cool.

Forbes 30 under 30.

Tech bro before it became a buzzword.

If Nigeria had a young Steve Jobs, it was him.

Way ahead of his time. Built a product that could’ve been selar + mainstack + nestuge + selfany combined. He had the early mover advantage.

Then just like Jobs, he was set to be ousted from his own company. Forced to sell what he had built.

Disappeared to the US.

But never stopped building.

One day when tech media is serious, they’ll tell the story of Evans Akanno.

Till then, let’s keep pretending Cregital and Disha didn’t happen.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Mr. Possible @Mrpossidez]

In the Financial Times publication yesterday, I saw the name of the woman who won “Most Innovative Lawyer, 2025,” and I smiled. She was the first partner I ever worked with in the US. Easily the most brilliant finance lawyer I’ve met. Her command of derivatives math, structured finance, law, negotiation, all of it, so unreal.

I remember how this lady, on her birthday in 2023, was so sick after days of losing sleep yet she was still holding down a call from the hospital just to get the deal done. We had a major deal to close. Her voice was gone but she pushed through. I watched her leave the office at 2am on occasions and she was get back to the office before me by 6am. She was the first partner I worked up that went 48 hours straight no sleep, just pure will to close back to back deals. I locked in with her many times and was high on her energy. A true outlier by all standards.

But the funny thing about these kinds of outliers is that there is an utter absence of performance in their convictions and habits. You can’t really advise them to do or not do things a certain way as it would be like asking them to counting their teeth with their teeth.

And the closer you are to such levels of excellence, the more you realize that the very qualities you admire in such people are often the very qualities that might break them. You stop feeling motivated by them; you start feeling protective of them. I used to think to myself sometimes “I hope she’s okay”. It was less about whether I wanted to be like her. In part because I understood her. I understand the animal in her.

When I saw her name in the FT yesterday, I laughed. I know how many people will read that headline and say, “Someday, I’ll be like her.” But if only they knew what it would actually take - the toll, the sacrifice, the solitude - they might hesitate. They might even walk away. And yet, paradoxically, it’s because we don’t know the real cost that we’re still able to dream. Maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe that’s the only way anyone becomes great at all.

[K E N E @KeneOhiaeri]

@Babajiide A success story on how distribution pushed a Nigerian product (physical or digital) achieve success, can help drive the point home.
Here to learn boss. 🤲🏾

[dára sobaloju @darasoba]

Pewbeam now works completely offline.

This took serious engineering work, deep product thinking, and many sleepless nights. With this, we can serve churches of all sizes and capacities, regardless of their tech setup, technical know-how, or internet coverage.

This is a huge step toward what was only a dream for me about three months ago.

[Eve @Pabitelle]

No, Anthropic didn’t ban your account

You can’t login because Claude is down

[K E N E @KeneOhiaeri]

@abdul_uxui @_zayneeh Most of it is perceived value, not cash in the bank. Compare their balance sheets to know who is really king.

[Chizi @chiziaruhoma]

🇳🇬 Built CBN-MCP: Your gateway to Central Bank of Nigeria data via Model Context Protocol!

First Feature Search circulars, extract PDFs, analyze regulations - all through a clean API.

[dára sobaloju @darasoba]

If you are a designer or product person, watch this series by Linear, it will make you better at designing products.

https://t.co/ahZVvyHDeI

[C.A.S.A @i_am_casa_]

When people hear tokenization, it sounds like another overhyped tech buzzword.

But it’s actually simple:
A token is just a digital ticket for internet access.

Let me explain 👇

[Josh Miller @joshm]

The @browsercompany just signed a merger agreement to be acquired. We will remain independent. Our focus is Dia.

I’ve written and rewritten this post more times than I’d like to admit, but what I keep coming back to is simple: the work continues, and we’re grateful for this moment.

The work continues because when I stop by the coffee shop near our office, nobody is using Dia yet. Our “internet computer” vision hasn’t been realized. Dia hasn’t yet changed how you work on a Tuesday morning. This deal is about giving us the resources, distribution, and monetization muscle to get there.

At the same time, it feels disingenuous not to pause and briefly celebrate this milestone. It reflects our team’s craftsmanship and relentlessness, the support of our coaches, board members, and advisors, and the incredible effort from our deal team: Ryan Purcell from Gunderson, Nancy Peretsman and Leah Schwartz from Allen & Co., and Clare, Abby, Eissra, Rebecca, Cory, Nash, and Hursh from The Browser Company.

Most of all, we’re grateful for what this means for Dia. It means we can hire faster, ship faster, and bring Dia to more people. We can now invest in cross-platform support and secure syncing, train custom AI models designed specifically for Dia, and turn ambitious ideas about “computer use” and “memory” into reality.

To everyone who’s filed a bug, sent feedback, or shared a kind word: thank you. We haven’t always gotten it right, but we’ve always cared deeply. That will never change.

Dia isn’t going anywhere. We’ll be here for the long haul, with the same team just a new partner helping us push further. We’ll take a breath this weekend, and then get back to work. Big launch next month.

In the meantime...

[dára sobaloju @darasoba]

Decided to make Pewbeam (the Bible presentation AI agent) fully offline so churches won’t need internet—especially smaller ones with limited coverage or budget. Currently running the model for embeddings locally… pray for my laptop 😅

[C.A.S.A @i_am_casa_]

Designing for Digital Inclusion: Why Decentralized Connectivity Matters

Most of us connect to WiFi without thinking.
But behind that simple tap, a quiet shift is happening, one that could redefine who gets online, and how.

This is the story of decentralizing access 👇

[Figma @figma]

Turned 13 today

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

AOL says it will discontinue dial-up internet on September 30

May this sound echo in eternity:

[Shater Tsavsar ⚡︎ @Tsavsar_]

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[Figma @figma]

Shipping something big today

[K E N E @KeneOhiaeri]

@HabuSadeik Nice thread! My thoughts on next steps: migrate a lot more people to Band A; enforce prepaid across board; then maybe explore a state genco.
How exactly can a state genco work in this case?
Can we classify Geometric Power as an example?