@UMaTedugh Engineer Founder @kadaraprime ,
Land development | Urban growth | Investment
Building scalable communities. Investing in land| Building the future
I didn’t start Kadara Prime because it was easy. In fact, nothing about it has been easy.
About four years ago, I was working as a digital marketing consultant for a real estate company. That was when I came across what would later become a life-changing opportunity. But let me rewind a bit.
Around 2016, while I was a 300-level engineering student, I missed my registration window and had to defer my final year due to some reasons, a story for another day.
At that time, my friends and I were in the early stages of our entrepreneurship journey, barely started. We organised a seminar and secured sponsorship from the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). It was a Hausa seminar we named HAPSE, aimed at educating people about the contributory pension scheme under the Pension Reform Act in Hausa in Kano.
That experience introduced me to the pension industry. Fast forward to 2022, and I found myself in a position to understand the newly introduced 25% Retirement Savings Account withdrawal for residential property. That period opened my eyes.
I began to see how disorganised the real estate sector was, especially in Kano, where I live. I went everywhere. Different locations. Different communities. Trying to understand how things actually worked.
And that was when I registered @KadaraPrime Land Development Company Limited (initially Kadara Real Estate). I didn’t start Kadara Prime because it was easy.
There was no funding to rely on. Even some family members were sceptical, and honestly, that was understandable. When people barely know you, how do you expect them to trust you with their hard-earned resources?
There was no safety net. I self-funded the company through my side hustles until the 2nd quarter of 2025.
Just an idea… and a problem I couldn’t ignore. In the early days, progress was slow.
My first project, a joint venture that I fully self-funded, was a very difficult experience. But I’m grateful for it. It taught me lessons I couldn’t have learned any other way. That experience shaped me, is also what led to the rebranding from Kadara Real Estate to Kadara Prime Land Development.
Accessing land wasn’t straightforward. Things that should take weeks stretched into months. At times, it felt like the system itself was designed to resist structure. And then there were funding issues.
The plans were clear. The vision was strong. But the capital wasn’t there. There are moments people don’t talk about. Moments where you question everything. Is this worth it? Should I pause? Should I walk away and do something easier?
Because the truth is, it would have been easier. Easier to follow a more predictable path. Easier to wait until everything was “perfect.” Easier to do what everyone else was already doing.
I almost gave up at some point. But I’m grateful for the few people who believed in me. Their support, their encouragement, meant everything.
And it’s something I will never take for granted.
But beyond that, I couldn’t ignore what I had seen.
The gaps in the system. The inefficiencies. The missed potential. I kept asking myself: what actually needs to be done? I know it may take time. And I’m okay with that. Because I believe it will be worth it in the end.
Walking away wouldn’t solve the problem. And more importantly, I understood this: If we keep avoiding difficult problems, we will keep repeating the same outcomes.
So I stayed. Not because it was comfortable, but because it mattered. Kadara Prime is still in the early stages. (Yes can still participate in a private funding of our projects) DM me, let's talk!
We are building step by step. Solving problems as they come. Learning, adjusting, and moving forward.
But one thing has remained constant: The commitment to build something that works.
Something structured. Something reliable. Something that creates real, lasting value. This is not a straight path.
But it is a deliberate one. And I’m fully committed to seeing it through.
One of funnier moments from Speed's World Cup run.
Two people ask for a selfie at Spain vs. France. He thinks randos. It's Ana Botín (Exec Chair of Banco Santander) and Juan Rigo (head of Mercadona, Spain's largest grocery chain).
Botín says "he's the Walmart of Spain and I'm the JPMorgan of Europe."
She pitches him to open a checking account at her US brand OpenBank with a juicy 4% deposit interest ("OpenBank like OpenAI").
Two billionaires and some of the "most important people in Europe" but Speed "has more followers" lol
One of funnier moments from Speed's World Cup run.
Two people ask for a selfie at Spain vs. France. He thinks randos. It's Ana Botín (Exec Chair of Banco Santander) and Juan Rigo (head of Mercadona, Spain's largest grocery chain).
Botín says "he's the Walmart of Spain and I'm the JPMorgan of Europe."
She pitches him to open a checking account at her US brand OpenBank with a juicy 4% deposit interest ("OpenBank like OpenAI").
Two billionaires and some of the "most important people in Europe" but Speed "has more followers" lol
I want to like this a million times. Companies and empires share so much in common. They are either conquered eventually or they keep conquering until they implode. Politics inside large companies is the same as the politics of empires.
Businesses and empires both struggle with scale. The Roman Empire expanded too far, leading to overextended supply lines, costly mercenaries, currency debasement and inflation, heavy taxes, bureaucratic bloat, and internal divisions that eroded agility and loyalty.
Long-running companies often mirror this: layers of management slow decisions, growth pursuits dilute focus and raise fixed costs, politics and silos emerge, early innovation fades, and external shocks expose accumulated weaknesses. The longer you operate, the clearer the need for discipline, adaptability, and ruthless prioritization to avoid the same fate.
I design and develop private layouts in Kano, if you are looking for a trusted developer to invest with, you can try me and @KadaraPrime once and the rest will be a historical relationship that never ends.
The hadith of the prophet SAW that warn us to, “be mindful of what we utter with our Tongue” seems to be forgotten by lots of us. Your statement is quite inaccurate, I will advise to take it down please. Regards.