RM

Safeguarding African society and democracy against digital harms | On the frontline of tech accountability in the Global Majority | Lead @DigiAfricaLab

[RM @RMAjayi]

I work with activist-researchers in/from Myanmar, India, etc, who've been doing this work longer than the majority of US folk & it baffles us to hear this narrative that there's no one doing work in the 'global south'

Our work puts us at risk from state-level actors AND big tech

[RM @RMAjayi]

@eboigbeanita Hello Anita.
I trust that you are well. I sent you and Tomiwa an email last week regarding an ongoing investigation about bylines. Could you kindly review and respond? It's time sensitive. Tx

[RM @RMAjayi]

@seunonigbinde @DemolaRewaju Hello Seun,
Could you kindly share with me any evidence you’ve seen that shows the Yahoo email address was associated with the Twitter account? It will help with our investigation. Tx

[Nwachukwu Egbunike @feathersproject]

Nigerian Twitter has an impersonation problem and the platform is failing to take action. "their existence along with the fact that they were not shut down by @Twitter when reported, sends an alarming message." https://t.co/35EgUcnKwK via @RMAjayi

[GV SSAfrica @gvssafrica]

Nigerian Twitter has an impersonation problem and @Twitter is failing to take action https://t.co/IQBiJLeGqz by @RMAjayi "Yet unpaid citizens seem to be doing a better job at policing Twitter than the experts designated to monitor fraud and impersonation."

[Blossom Ozurumba-Ehiarinmwian @blossomozurumba]

“Impersonation is a growing problem on Nigerian Twitter with some accounts set up using politicians’ names to promote propaganda while others snag celebrity names as part of marketing fraud schemes.” ~ @RMAjayi

https://t.co/VaJrOWXX6Z

['Fisayo Soyombo @fisayosoyombo]

40 Things I Learnt At 40 (11-20)

11. To err is human but to forgive is… human too! Forgive, but don’t make an exception for a friend’s treachery, for it is motivated by envy. Forgiveness to a treacherous friend should never be accompanied by a restoration of personal access, else you’ll pay for it in heavier terms.

12. It doesn’t matter what people in your personal life say to you in your presence; what matters is what they say — especially what they do — about you in your absence.

13. And all is dust, remember this. The topmost human frailty is the propensity to think we will live infinitely. Our days in life are indeed finite; I’ve been shocked by the sheer number of people who detest hearing this. Spending your entire life avoiding this truth will not increase your years by an extra second!

14. Money will guarantee you comfort — not happiness. Neither is bad as an ambition; the tragedy is miscalculating the source of the latter.

15. When in trouble and needing help, don’t go compiling a list of people you have been good to in the past, thinking they might want to bail you out. ‘One good turn deserves another’ is, in practice, alien to most people. Most people have short memories; when the chips are down, only a few will remember your past kindness. I learnt this the hard way, by the way.

16. One of the greatest gifts to oneself is self-awareness. Possessing it means nobody can emasculate you by exaggerating your weaknesses; you know them already. It also means nobody can be obsequious to you by magnifying your strengths; you know them already too.

17. Every strength has a weakness component, and every weakness has a strength component. For that reason, the human search for perfection in interpersonal relationships is Utopian.

18. On Entrepreneurship
The most useful resource you need to convert an idea into a physical business is not money (It isn’t even one of your top five needs!); it’s conviction.

19. On Career Choices
“Salary is the bribe they pay you to build their dreams”? That’s a lie, one of the worst well-worn career lies in history! Actually, salary is the allowance they pay you to build your own dreams. If your current job is not equipping you with the skills to drive you towards your planned career trajectory in paid employment or subsequently building your own dreams, then that’s on you. You either accepted the wrong job offer or you spent your time there quiet-quitting.

20. On Romantic Love
The ideal love is one where the first argument of the two people involved is who loves the other more. “I love you more than you love me.” “No, I’m the one who loves you more.” If you ever find that kind of love, better keep it! If you’re lucky, you’ll find only one of such in your lifetime. The luckiest of the luckiest humans will only find it twice. Some won’t find it even once.

[RM @RMAjayi]

❤️❤️❤️

[It’s Never You I Parents Deserve Better @ItsNeverYou22]

Almost 2 weeks to go ! Taking on the @LondonMarathon carrying 20kgs on my back! The weight of my 6 year old son Hugh when he died from cancer in 2021 , it hurts so much 😢💔🏃🏅help me get to £5000 🙌😃🦋 https://t.co/U1m8FxgOTj

[It’s Never You I Parents Deserve Better @ItsNeverYou22]

Almost 2 weeks to go ! Taking on the @LondonMarathon carrying 20kgs on my back! The weight of my 6 year old son Hugh when he died from cancer in 2021 , it hurts so much 😢💔🏃🏅help me get to £5000 🙌😃🦋 https://t.co/U1m8FxgOTj

[RM @RMAjayi]

@ronkelawal Congratulations, Ronke! More grease to your elbows

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

Excuse me.
Hello.
Hi.

I'm one of 50 Black women gamechangers in the UK! ☝🏿🥂👏🏿

Can I just say this headshot is superfly.

#Top50BlackWGC
https://t.co/fvwo5fmU8j

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

Dadiyata — a critic of Nigerian government on social media was abducted by gunmen on 2 August 2019 in #Kaduna: Where Is Dadiyata?

[San Diego FC @sandiegofc]

From Lagos to San Diego...

GRAMMY Award-Winning, Oscar Nominated Nigerian singer-songwriter @temsbaby joins San Diego FC ownership group as a club partner.

Tems becomes the FIRST African female to be involved in MLS ownership.

Read ⤵️

[AJ+ @ajplus]

8-year-old Ahmed Aaed spent the last year growing a small farm to feed his family in Gaza, sharing the ups and downs of farming with his 1 million followers on Instagram. Now, he’s finally home.

[Mark Amaza @amasonic]

The comments are very interesting, and I was wondering why until I remembered that he has blocked all possible critics on his account to successfully build himself an echo chamber. But good thing that many people can see through his BS & charlatanism.

[Big Mobs @babesmobee]

Rosemary Ajayi as in
THE Rosemary Ajayi
Anyway I have always known the guy is a clown so nothing to be shocked about

[When We All Vote @WhenWeAllVote]

Sandra Bland should be here celebrating her 38th birthday today.

Nearly 10 years later, we continue to honor her life and #SayHerName.

Happy heavenly 38th, Sandra. 🕊🤎

[Nelson @nelsoncj3]

“People are unable to move out, and for a lot of people, adulthood starts at being under your own roof,"

Heard from over 20 young people across Lagos, Accra and Dakar on the difficulty of finding affordable housing and how that hampers upward mobility.

https://t.co/yOH2yyM4vU

[RM @RMAjayi]

@prem_thakker @USAID #FactCheck:

Hey Prem! In my many years of studying Twitter, I’ve found that ‘This account does not exist’ usually shows up when an account handler disables the account, or changes @.

It’s very unlikely that Twitter would down the @USAID account.