Babatunde Akin-Moses

Optimist and avid believer in the Nigerian dream. I love humour, business, finance and tech. I work @SycamoreNG

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

Like play, like play, Uncle Tunde is now an author! 😄

I've been "cooking" this for a while, and I’m super excited to announce that my book, "Economics with Uncle Tunde", is now available for preorder! It's an illustrative guide that breaks down economic concepts in simple, relatable language, and it's scheduled for release on Monday, October 21st, 2024.

This book is for anyone looking for a practical understanding of basic economics. A portion of the proceeds from every sale will go to an "Uncle Tunde Fund," which I'm also launching to support education and healthcare initiatives across Africa.

I’m beyond grateful to everyone who helped bring this project to life and to Dr. @sgyemikale for writing the foreword.

You can preorder a copy for yourself, a friend, or loved one using any of these links:

https://t.co/WSYiloGJ1N
https://t.co/Sri0qV8oBj

PS: Please share with friends and family, let’s spread the word!

#JuniorandTunde #EconomicswithUncleTunde

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

Self Respect.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

I first heard that line in The Princess Diaries movie years ago. Mia (the main character) had just had a makeover, and a comment from her best friend made her cry. Joe, her driver, noticed and said those words to her.

When I was much younger, someone told me I didn’t live in a “fresh” part of town. I felt it a little, I won’t lie. Then I found out where they lived, and it was even farther out than my place 😅. Island and Mainland people in Lagos have been doing this to each other for years sha.

Can you imagine feeling differently about a house you’ve been living in just because of something someone said?

Sometimes a comment will get to you before you’ve had time to think. Fair enough. Once you’ve had a moment, you can decide how much weight to give it. I think that’s part of self-respect. If someone else’s opinion is worth considering, surely yours is too.

Have a productive week.

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

"They won't teach you this in business school."

I've heard this statement countless times, usually followed by an argument about why practical experience beats formal education.

But is that really true?

In my latest article, I share four reasons why I disagree:

1. No school teaches everything.
2. Business schools understand the realities of the environments they operate in.
3. Experience and formal education complement each other.
4. Sometimes, what people claim isn't taught in business school is either already in the curriculum or plain common sense.

I'm not saying business schools are perfect. But perhaps we should stop treating the classroom and the real world as rivals.

Enjoy reading!

https://t.co/zEX4WXYir1

[Demotivational Speaker @OdunEweniyi]

if you’ve been humbled by process or even effort, you tend to have fewer opinions, and you voice them even less

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

In 20 years of coaching founders, I’ve learned that the single biggest reason for failure is never starting.

[Bremen @Rxbremen]

A lot of young ones put too much pressure on themselves tbh.

Economy is hard and strangling, but sometimes people set expectations too high for themselves at young ages.

[Notadeepdive @readnotadeepdve]

@business CICC was named as an underwriter in OPay's F-1 and missing from last Friday's pricing announcement. We went through that, and the other suspect, Pakistan, on Sunday: https://t.co/5g5fNeAPKd

[Adédèjì Olówè @dejiolowe]

Since last Friday, Lendsqr has been battling a wave of cyberattacks.

We are safe, lost no money and no data, and no customer account has been compromised. But we've lost sleep and I have probably drunk a barrel of black coffee.

But that is not because they forgot about us. When a few fintechs got hit in early October, we turned on ourselves, found over 800 issues in our own systems and spent three weeks fixing them. That was three weeks before the attacks reached us.

This wave has been going through the technology world since early October. Binance lost about $6.3 billion after one engineer's laptop was compromised. Railway told every one of its customers to change all their secret keys. Hundreds of developer accounts on GitHub have been taken over with stolen tokens.

Abroad, companies come out and say it, and the next company learns. In Nigeria, we keep quiet. Every company whose people have spoken to me in confidence over the last few days has either been breached or lost money, and not one of them has said a word in public. So, the same people walk into the next company with exactly the same trick.

I'm done keeping quiet about it.

The way in is almost always a developer: stolen GitHub tokens, infected laptops, and fake recruiters sending a "test project" that compromises your machine the moment you open it.

If you are a developer, revoke every GitHub token you have ever created today and scan your machine. If you run a company, turn on two-factor authentication everywhere, remove everyone who has left, change your keys, and pick up the phone when anybody asks you to change where money goes.

I've written up everything: how they came at us, what we did, and every attacker address we saw, so you can check your own logs. The link is in the first comment.

Thank you to Muyiwa Olufon and the team at @hinokisecurity for standing with us.

Abeg, make we speak up. Fraud thrives in darkness.

[Stephen Fola-Badejo (MILT) 🇳🇬 🌍 @badejosf]

@AkinMoses1 This is one of the problems we have been having in the logistics space, (this is how it has been done, we dont want to change it etc...), unfortunately the fear is that some of them will be out of business, hence the need for street wise/ street smart technology approach.

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

Stability vs innovation.

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

Traits of an entrepreneur.

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

One of the greatest joys of building a company is watching people grow. Over the weekend, we celebrated the wedding of Ante and Jessica, our second Sytizen wedding! ❤️

Ante has been with Sycamore for over five years, growing into his present role as our Lead Frontend Engineer. Jessica joined us more recently, and together, they gave us another reason to celebrate.

For me, impact goes beyond the business we build or the numbers we achieve. It's also about the lives we touch, the people who grow with us, and the milestones we get to celebrate together. Our Sytizens are at the heart of Sycamore, and moments like these remind me why investing in people matters.

Watching two people who are part of our story begin a new chapter together was a proud moment for me. I even felt like the father of the day! 😂

Congratulations, Ante and Jessica. May your home be filled with love, joy, patience and God's blessings.

Happy New Month.

[Fintech is Easy @fintechiseasy]

Do We Care More About OPay Than Economic Policy? By @AkinMoses1
https://t.co/7mSD7WOPE4

[SYCAMORE FOR YOU @SycamoreNG]

We met Dr. Ifunanya, a proud Sycamore user, at the Fintribe Finance Fair

She shared her experience with the Sycamore app and highlighted how our competitive interest rates make saving with us even more rewarding💚✨

@financialjenny @TheFintribe

[Praise Alli-Johnson @ultrapraise]

After ranting about the decision delima, So let's talk about Opay 😂.

A very interesting read

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

@ultrapraise Thanks a lot for sharing baba. And I agree with your other post on the trust thing per the policy - totally understandable.

[SYCAMORE FOR YOU @SycamoreNG]

The theme of the Fintribe Finance Fair is “I Can”, a celebration of possibility, ambition and the power to become more…

We caught up with financial women to share what they believe they can be 💚✨

@financialjenny @TheFintribe

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

While OPay was trying to list its shares in New York, Nigeria was unveiling a new economic policy framework.

The news of OPay's stalled listing generated quite a bit of buzz, as expected. But I've barely seen anyone talking about the policy framework.

Anyway, does this mean we care more about the fintech than the economic policy framework?

That's what I explore in my latest article.

https://t.co/KI1u6QEy4s

[Eureka @eureka_seamless]

Eureka Studios is now part of NVIDIA Inception. 💚
A month ago, Danfo Run was a game about Lagos traffic. Now we’re a studio building original games.

This one means a lot.
#NVIDIAInception

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

Building in stealth or quietly.

[Babatunde Akin-Moses @AkinMoses1]

How working in consulting changed my life.