Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia

Frontend Developer @Univelcity || Mentor @_learnable

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[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

Recently, I published an article on @hashnode on units of measurement in CSS.
This article is a good addition to the resources aiding front-end developers in creating responsive web pages.
Click the link below to read
https://t.co/ak1uBDsCoj

#CSS3 #Frontend #responsivedesign

[Tosin Eniolorunda @Eniolorunda]

I have followed with rapt attention the discourse that followed my conversation at the Platform Nigeria on May Day. The stark reality is this - opportunities are few and far between, unemployment/underemployment is high and sadly there are too few employers for a huge market such as ours, at least when compared to other markets such as China, India that have similar youth bulge.

We Nigerians are some of the most hardworking and gritty people in the world.

But we must tell ourselves the truth. Nigeria currently doesn’t have enough highly skilled technical talent resident in Nigeria to build companies that can scale globally.

Interestingly, I have also read a lot of employers double down and agree with my current diagnosis around our country’s technical talent pipeline gap and confirmed it is true. Former Minister, Kemi Adeosun also referenced Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote comments around finding the right quality and quantity of talents for his refinery project.

Let me ask a hard question - can we say that Nigeria has enough highly skilled technical talent still resident in Nigeria? That's a huge conundrum that any organization that wants to maintain market leadership must solve for.

How many engineering executives do we have remaining in Nigeria that lead a payments team that handles payments infrastructure processing tens millions of transactions daily without fail?

How many senior data scientists do we have in Nigeria that can create data models to appraise millions of customers while managing prudent NPLs?

How many senior growth executives in Nigeria have the experience of growing a digital apps towards acquiring 80k customers a day through digital and offline channels while maintaining prudent CACs?

It is important to note that this is not about Nigerians generally, this is about senior Nigerian talents still resident in Nigeria.

Nigeria is not producing enough high quality senior technical talent and the little we have are emigrating.

I can explain these to be that Nigeria does not have too many feeder industries across the board. As such, there are fewer starter companies that young talent can come from to feed into senior roles in other companies. Every one then ends up fighting for the same pool of senior leaders that have experience and bandwidth to deliver and win in the market.

The effect of the Japa wave has been very well chronicled and I must add that this has been a trans-generational challenge. Remember that time in the early 80s where a lot of our medical professionals left for places like Saudi and the UAE? As at March 2024, Nigeria had lost around 16,000 medical doctors to other countries, most especially the US and the UK.

The quality of technical education is also falling as our standard of education is lagging behind global counterparts.

Can we say we have enough senior technical talent in Nigeria to compete with global competition especially China? But Moniepoint, Dangote, Flutterwave, LemFi are competing with them.

Training young talents can fill the gap for the future but is inadequate for today. Companies need senior talent and cannot wait the eight to ten years needed to get them to senior levels to compete.

In training young talent, Moniepoint has seen a lot of bright spots through our various interventions that are aimed at deepening the talent pool. So we are indeed doing something about improving talent density for the ecosystem. Through our DreamDevs programme, which is in its second year, we're training talented young engineering graduates with the skills they need to enter the workforce as top talent. We have supported the government's 3MTT agenda as well as a partnership with Unilag’s NITHUB to push the HatchDev initiative. Our Women in Tech internship programme, which now in its sixth year, provides women with the access, training and opportunities they need to build careers in tech. I also personally have a scholarship program for STEM students across select Nigerian universities in every geo-political zone.

Competing globally also means that you spend top dollars to retain top Nigerian talents that you have nurtured. We routinely retain Nigerians that emigrate and pay them according to their local market standards.

A recent example is an exceptional first class graduate we nurtured through our women in Tech program and had to go to school just as a path to emigrate and we had to retain abroad and offer an alternative naturalization path for her.

Moniepoint has over 3,500 full time employees with over 90% Nigerian talents, and we’re growing 20% YoY. We’d love a world where this is at 99% while building for the world.

Self deception isn’t a virtue and we must tell ourselves the home truth - we need to raise the quantity and quality of our technical talents resident in Nigeria to compete. No organization can rise above the quality of its output and execution is everything in this game.

Nigeria will be great. Let’s all do the work together.

By the way, top tech talents still resident in Nigeria, we need you badly. We pay above market rates and you will make real impact. Please apply here: https://t.co/hrBbhCWj1k

For top Nigerian talents out of the country, we hire out of the UK, Portugal, Spain, India and Pakistan. Also apply, we are building digital banking infrastructure that provides financial happiness for emerging markets.

[chellseey @cheminichells]

Drug abuse is robbing us of quality music

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

I created a new page where you can find videos of 2023 APC election violence. It’s important you listen, download and share the audio at the top of the page. Share it everywhere on WhatsApp.

A govt that kills its people does not deserve to rule us:

https://t.co/kITULpJHLz

[Obiasogu David @afrisagacity]

This message from Governor Alex Otti is what should be preached in all churches and mosques today.

It is what every Nigerian needs to hear ahead of the 2027 general elections!

This is a powerful message! Please RETWEET!✍️

[MSIZI 🇿🇦 @msiziworld]

i was today years old when my best friend who works in shoe repair humbled me with this... like my laces actually stay put now 😭

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

This “Zombie” by Fela Kuti performance wil blow your mind 😳🙌🏾🔥👏👏

[@𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 @OneJoblessBoy]

❗️‼️❗️

[Felix The GenZ HR is HIRING @bsong_HR]

If you are in your 20's & early 30's, you need to read this.

Let me tell you why you are broke as a working-class Nigerian, living in Nigeria, despite being one of the hardest workers there is.

This is not a story. It’s a reality from my experience as a recruiter for the past 7+ years.

[Evergate Wellness @EvergateAfrica]

I want to build a wellness & healthy drinks brand in Aba.

I’ve done the planning. I have a 45-page business plan ready.

But saving ₦5M from a 9–5 could take me years.

So I’m putting this out here: I’m looking for funding to bring this to life.

If you can help, support, or connect me to someone who can, I’d appreciate it.

Please kindly tag anyone you think can fund my start up and help me repost. God bless you.

#BuildInPublic #StartupNigeria #FundMyStartup #EntrepreneurNigeria #SmallBusiness #HealthBusiness #Aba #SupportLocal #NigerianStartups

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@sirfolajomi what do you think about this?
I’d like to hear from you.

Thanks for your numerous insights on construction and design

[Tope Dada @TopeDada17]

I don’t still understand how we picked POP ceiling designs over this

[gr8Ceasar @Gr8Ceasar]

Please guys help me reshare this guys...my whole life depends on the content of the bag (my hard drives) contains clients job since 2020 😭😭

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@tosinolaseinde Yes

[Sam Otigba @SamuelOtigba]

If you’re Nigerian and you didn’t drop litter in your environment today, like & RT. I want to check something.

[Sam Otigba @SamuelOtigba]

If you’re Nigerian and you didn’t drop litter in your environment today, like & RT. I want to check something.

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@GIGMobility is the worst transport company I've used for a trip.
My worst two experiences travelling were all with @GIGMobility and it was all their fault.

To crown it all, their Customer care line is someone's personal line (and he doesn't even work there).

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@achebz He's (Flavour) correcting him on his (Odumeje) slang.
😂😂😂

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@mindaffairss @abdota Very funny behaviour.
God save us

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@mindaffairss @abdota The fact that people are arguing with @mindaffairss on his post is a sign that most people read without comprehension.

He said "throughout the whole state" not city or area, and you're mentioning VI, Ikorodu and co.

Comprehension skills === 0

[Prosper || Nwoke Ekwulobia @devprosper]

@chudy_jnr @gaiuschibueze Enugu is in the hands of God.
Gburugburu and billboard na 5&6.

Same with Willie.