Muhammad Khalil

GovTech Specialist - TA - KTSG | Katsina Directorate of ICT | @katdict | Technology Solutions Manager

[Chief Mamman @MA_Iliasu]

Remove yourself from the mood swings of 23 year olds who have never made any important decisions or faced any consequences in their lives.

It takes 759,646 flights landing safely before 1 crashes. Flights that landed safely never make the news but a plane crash always does.

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

@ainafacademy @LinkedInHelp @mahmouds @Mahmoudsardauna @Nuraharuna103 @Timaasulayman That’s serious

Let’s see if anyone was able to get it sorted

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

@ainafacademy @LinkedInHelp @mahmouds @Mahmoudsardauna @Nuraharuna103 @Timaasulayman That’s sad

Have you tried their support box?

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

The strongest people are not always the loudest.
Some strength is calm, disciplined, and controlled.

Quiet strength lasts longer.

https://t.co/qBNOSHToEZ

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

@kebram 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

[OPay @OPay_NG]

Do you have a big idea? Prove it.

Applications for the OPay National Innovation Challenge 2026 is ongoing.

Build. Innovate. Compete for the chance to become an OPay Scholar.

See eligibility and everything you need to apply.
Applications close June 14, 2026.

OPayScholars2026

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

I encourage all University students in Nigeria with a startup idea to please apply again. This is an extension of the Opay 1.2 billion naira scholarship fund

A life changing opportunity to show the world what you’re truly made of. Reach out if you need help with your application

[Tolu Ogunlesi @toluogunlesi]

2026 Update:

Yesterday in Lagos, the commissioning by @jidesanwoolu X @taiwoyedele X @nsia_nigeria of a phase of the Kasi Cloud @KasiCloud Hyperscale Data Center Campus. (NSIA is an investor in the project)

Construction started in 2022 (see below)

Described as "West Africa's first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable, carrier-neutral data centre platform."

Will, when completed, support up to 100MW of IT capacity for Nigerian businesses.

Sits close to six subsea cable systems, including Equiano and 2Africa.

Powered by a hybrid combo of gas, solar, and battery storage.

(Second image is a rendering).

[Tomilola Oluwafemi | Software Engineer @tomilola_ng]

I was going to build two websites for a multimillionaire. I am sure his business was making around 50 million a month.

I sent an invoice of 1.8 million, but his assistant reduced it to 800k, saying Oga wouldn’t pay.

When the invoice reached him, he called me personally and asked me to lower it to 600k, saying it was too high. I stood my ground, and we agreed on 400k for just one of the sites.

On the day we launched the site, I joined their team celebration dinner. It lasted less than two hours, and the restaurant bill was 420k.

He literally paid for a one-night dinner that cost more than what he paid me for three weeks of work

When we wanted to buy a domain, the one he liked was $80, he paid for two years upfront, that's over 200k

I realized he wasn’t concerned about the money; His goal was to keep me small.

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

Forward Deploy Engineer

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

My Bratha here

[Malam Abdul maje @avdoolmaje]

Katsina State Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, presided over the 8th Executive Council meeting in the newly renovated and upgraded State Executive Council Chamber following the completion of its renovation and upgrade works.

Digital Malam.

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

You can’t miss this

[Naufal Ahmad Sr. 🇳🇬 @9aufal]

Lessons from Katsina Self-powered Digital Initiatives – THISDAYLIVE

We serve as a central clearinghouse for all ICT projects, procurement of hardware, software development, training and change management,” he said. https://t.co/PPXwDEDM5c

[Africa CEO Forum @africaceoforum]

🌍 "Why don't you start one?" In four words, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu turned a moderator's question into a continental challenge from the main stage of the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali.

🛒 The question on the table was simple. Why does Africa, with all its commodity wealth spread asymmetrically across borders, still lack a continental exchange platform where producers and buyers can trade with one another rather than routing every transaction through external markets? Tinubu's answer turned the question back on the room. The continent's two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, have the scale, the volumes, the capital markets infrastructure and the political weight to launch precisely that platform. The case for waiting is increasingly difficult to defend.

📊 The numbers behind the provocation matter. Nigeria's non-oil exports to African markets grew 38% year-on-year in 2024. Intra-African trade is projected to climb from 15% in 2023 to 25% by 2030 under the AfCFTA framework. Cargo clearance times at major Nigerian seaports have already dropped by roughly 30% since 2023. The architecture for deeper intra-continental trade is being built piece by piece, but a continental commodity exchange would mark a qualitative leap, moving Africa from price-taker to price-setter on its own resources.

🤝 The deeper message is one of leadership by example. For years, the integration debate has been carried by communiqués and frameworks. Tinubu's challenge cuts through that. The two giants of the continent should stop debating who should move first and instead move together. That is what pan-African capitalism looks like when it stops being a slogan, African producers trading African commodities on African platforms, settled in African currencies.

🇷🇼 The question Kigali is putting on the agenda this week is no longer whether the AfCFTA will be implemented. It is who will dare to build its missing institutions.

#ACF2026 #AfricaCEOForum

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

@katdict

[Muhammad Khalil @devkaahl]

@yssafana @9aufal @katdict @talk2mshehu @ahunnaeziakonwa 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Harshil Tomar @Hartdrawss]

20 things that make your VIBE CODED app a SINKING SHIP :

1/ no rate limiting on API routes
> anyone can spam your backend into a $500 bill overnight

2/ auth tokens stored in localStorage
> one XSS attack = every single user account compromised

3/ no input sanitisation on forms
> SQL injection still works in 2026. your AI didnt tell you that.

4/ hardcoded API keys in the frontend
> someone WILL find them within 48 hours of launch

5/ stripe webhooks with no signature verification
> anyone can fake a successful payment event

6/ no database indexing on queried fields
> works fine at 100 users. completely dies at 1,000.

7/ no error boundaries in the UI
> one crash = white screen = user never comes back

8/ sessions that never expire
> stolen token = permanent access to that account. forever.

9/ no pagination on database queries
> one fetch loads your entire database into memory

10/ password reset links that dont expire
> old email in someones inbox = instant account takeover

11/ no environment variable validation at startup
> app silently breaks in production with zero error message

12/ images uploaded directly to your server
> no CDN = 8 second load times + massive hosting bill

13/ no CORS policy
> any website on the internet can make requests to your API

14/ emails sent synchronously in request handlers
> one slow SMTP server = your entire app hangs

15/ no database connection pooling
> first traffic spike = database crashes

16/ admin routes with no role checks
> any logged in user can access your admin panel

17/ no health check endpoint
> your app goes down silently. you find out from a client.

18/ no logging in production
> when something breaks you have zero idea where or why

19/ no backup strategy on your database
> one bad migration = all your user data. gone.

20/ no TypeScript on AI generated code
> AI writes confident, wrong, untyped code and you ship it anyway