Anyone that has built or hired at scale understands the point Tosin of Moniepoint is trying to make.
Finding one person is different from when you need 50 in a short while. And no, you cannot pass arround the same developers.
Let's leave tech.
Can you find great plumbers, mechanics, electricians in Nigeria? At scale?
If you you want to repair a Mercedes with a complex problem in Lagos (10 million people) you'd be given the same 5 names. 3 would be those doing side waka from Coscharis.
For Lekki Bridge, they imported people cos they could not find the 10 or so deep sea welders in Nigeria.
Some skills take years to build and require systems. We are not talking tying gele, doing drop shipping. A global company competing no dey find who go "run am".
There is a place for interns etc. But those are not the person that will build the company.
We lied to ourselves that population = asset is where our problem stated.
Nigeria has many problems and Tosin is not one of them. Go elsewhere and look for who will massage ya egos.
Nigerian-American entrepreneur Tayo Oviosu is transforming financial access across Africa as founder of Paga. His work is helping millions send, pay, and bank digitally, driving innovation and expanding opportunity. His journey reflects #AmericanExcellence in action.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is disrupting fuel supplies to Africa, pushing countries like Ghana, South Africa and Kenya to seek relief from Nigeria’s huge Dangote Refinery, but one plant may not meet soaring demand.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Lekki in Nigeria.
Notice how much military propaganda right now centers Black women dancing, eating, buying houses, talking about deployment like a lifestyle upgrade. Representation being used to brand empire that oppresses them at home, now using them to sell violence carried out abroad.
@ShaleTier7 Once had a founder from Silicon Valley tell me his startup was making synthetic methane and I asked "why would you do that when methane trades at negative prices?"
He said "what do you mean? I didn't know that"
The new global 10% tariff that Trump just imposed is done under the authority of Section 122 of Trade Act of 1974. This gives the President the authority to impose global tariffs of up to 15% for a maximum of 150 days.
Two predictions:
1) Trump will at some point soon find a reason to boost the tariffs from 10% days to 15%—don't make him mad, Canada!
2) On July 20, 2026, exactly 150 days from now, the Section 122 tariffs will be paused for 15 minutes and then immediately reinstated for another 150 days.
Biggest lie from high school: “be nice to nerds because one day you’ll end up working for them”
Uhh yea not true they work for us and we hide them from clients
Earlier today, on my orders, the Nigerian armed forces stood gallantly as a defender and protector of constitutional order in the Republic of Benin on the invitation of the government.
Our armed forces acted within the ambit of the ECOWAS @ecowas_cedeao Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. They have helped stabilise a neighbouring country and have made us proud of their commitment to sustaining our democratic values and ideals since 1999.
Nigeria stands firmly with the government and people of the Republic of Benin.
~ PBAT
Nigeria’s Former Defence Chief Reveals Cost Of Drone Missile, Says ‘Once You Fire One, N150Million Is Gone, Hit Or Miss’ | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/w4tdSfgeYg
This week, I demanded the release of a 2019 phone call transcript between President Trump and MBS.
This obviously touched a nerve.
The very next day, the Trump admin spewed lies to silence and intimidate me. It’s not going to work. (1/4)