Darshan Naidoo

Creating Delightful Product Experiences For Africa 🌍 | AI-Tech | Product Management | Speaker | Conference Chair | VIEWS ARE ALWAYS MY OWN.

[Always Keep Learning @AlwaysKeepL]

Strategic thinking vs systems thinking

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@sama Can you share stats? @sama? How many requests to generate per min? Per day? Curious 🥹

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@Adeniyi58226738 @LelapaAI @Adeniyi58226738 ✨✨

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@symbusi @LelapaAI @symbusi ✨✨

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@wokeupthehouse @LelapaAI Yesssss @wokeupthehouse ! Looking forward 🎉✨

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

"If you're in tech, run in one of these directions."

In this clip, @amasad (CEO @Replit) shares two paths to future-proof your career in the AI era:

1. Get as close to the metal as possible (e.g., NASA won't use GPT-Javascript to run rockets)

OR

2. Become a generalist who can go from idea to end product with AI end to end.

Amjad and I had a great chat covering:

• Why now's the best time to learn to code
• A live demo of building a nutrition tracker app
• The rise of personal apps and the future of work

Some quotes from Amjad:

"The return on learning to code doubles every 6 months. AI automates many of the boring parts. What's left is you and your creativity — the most exciting part of coding."

"The ultimate test for an AI coding agent is if you can make an app faster than you can Google for it. I think we've done it."

"I’ll be honest with you. I think roadmaps are dead. Here's why..."

📌 Watch now: https://t.co/Qn8Zspz0dw

[Microsoft SA @MicrosoftSA]

Highlights from the #MicrosoftAITour keynote:

✨ @LillianB1: Microsoft’s AI Skilling Initiative to empower 1M South Africans
✨ @shanselman: AI innovation for developers
✨@LelapaAI: Live on stage Demo's

Africa’s AI future starts now! 🌍 #MicrosoftAITour #MicrosoftAITourJHB

[George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian]

product manager preparing to write a PRD no one will read

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@NandosSA I wanna have Nandos personality. Because it’s giving

[Lelapa AI @LelapaAI]

We’re thrilled! 🎉Siya Xuza’s Lethabo Galactic Bot, powered by our #Vulavula technology, just won 1st prize at the SAB Foundation #SocailInnovation Awards!

Learn how our #AI platform is revolutionising service management across African languages
🔗https://t.co/MooRf0UPuw

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@OneCartZA Got the order almost 24hrs later, after calling your call center and then chatting to the shopper on WhatsApp who couldn’t find a driver for about 2 hours because Blouberg is a dangerous area 🙂‍↔️

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@OneCartZA - I’ve never had a pleasant experience with your delivery. Never. Its like playing a guessing game whether your things will arrive or not

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@OneCartZA Still not received an update nor any communication from @OneCartZA

[George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian]

The All-In-One Product Model 🤔

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Vulavula: Create deeply connected customer experiences for local African languages with… https://t.co/PMAOaJvY0R via @producthunt @LelapaAI #LelapaAI #Vulavula
Founders: @alienelf @tamati_biskit @vukosi

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@ablejoseph Stunning @ablejoseph ! All the best!

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@LelapaAI is proud to present an open source language model that stands small and powerful against the rest for African languages. Read more about its capabilities here —> https://t.co/N7JjMUlyX3

p.s it is 0.4B (smol and mighty)

#InkubaLM https://t.co/utrSpw3VT7

[Lelapa AI @LelapaAI]

We're excited to launch Inkuba LM 4.0B, the first small language model for IsiZulu, Yoruba, Hausa, Swahili, and IsiXhosa. InkubaLM is specially designed to support African languages and promote linguistic diversity in AI.

Try it out: https://t.co/LQBUtu9j2L

#InkubaLM

[Lelapa AI @LelapaAI]

We're excited to launch Inkuba LM 4.0B, the first small language model for IsiZulu, Yoruba, Hausa, Swahili, and IsiXhosa. InkubaLM is specially designed to support African languages and promote linguistic diversity in AI.

Try it out: https://t.co/LQBUtu9j2L

#InkubaLM

[Darshan Naidoo @darshann20]

“In other words, a project plan is a detailed, step-by-step playbook for achieving a specific goal. A product roadmap is a high-level strategic plan that outlines the vision, direction, and key milestones for a product’s success. It is the…” — @prodlabio https://t.co/Q33vGobW7S