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Building a learning institution with a better experience at @altschoolafrica

@hacksultan_ea

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Side project:
Currently building the only 1992 BMW e36 daily + sport build in Nigeria.

Selling at 40 Million Naira when I finish building.

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@sridharfyi The founder should buy back 0.5% from you at a good discount.

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@BGBLRRRR Oya no vex. Help me tell the students wey still dey school 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[BIG BLRRR🐻 @BGBLRRRR]

Nah when I just graduate una come start student plan

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✅ For the first time in Africa, a company is building something for student with student pricing in mind. Students can now attend AltSchool and get a globally recognised diploma for a super discounted student price. 💵💵.
This diploma will give you two things :
Easy access to further your education globally, and the knowledge to build your career in tech.
https://t.co/OrzJo3zqwX

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The more risks you take, the higher your chances of being successful.

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@GOVUK Do we have to pay tax on the 1hour too?

[Big Sheddy 🦅 @coder_blvck]

Five years ago today, @the_beye left us. So much has changed, but I still miss him every day. I'm doing so well now and I just wish he was here to see how far we made it all the way from Yaba. Hope he's in a better place, smiling like he always did

You'll be forever missed, gang

If you'd like to leave a tribute for him:
https://t.co/ns6TaHWEV9

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You have so much potentials.
Start using it.

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@devfunsho You self dey here?

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Now I can hustle alone, since I’m the only one awake in Nigeria right now.

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@KneWKeeD Mannnnn

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@needaubrey @swoopappng 🚀🚀🚀🚀

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@mdeeeeee_ Welcome back.

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@the_Lawrenz 1-0

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This is a truth you may not have considered when it comes to tech in Nigeria, and I’ll share it today. Bookmark this so you can read it later, and ask questions in the comment s.

Three things drive the growth of tech in an ecosystem:
1. Where the money goes.
2. Where the talent is.
3. The areas with the lowest barriers to entry because of the economy.

1. Where the money goes:
Before most builders decide to start a company, they ask themselves: “What industries are getting funded around me?” And when I need to hire, which skill sets are available in abundance?
It used to be problem first, then solution. Now, it is convenience first, then finding a problem within that convenience.

2 Where the talent is:
You ask yourself: When I need to hire, how easy will it be to find people in this industry? Is there enough talent available in the field I want to venture into? Or do I need to look outside the country to find the best people?
And you already know how this will influence whether you build at all and what you choose to build.

3. The areas with the lowest barriers to entry because of the economy:
There’s a reason why 99% of people entering tech, especially engineering, in Nigeria are doing something related to software and the web. That’s because it has the lowest barrier to entry.
But beyond that, people also see it as the area where they’re most likely to get a job quickly. Learning is no longer driven by passion or ambition, but by the question, “Which of these courses can I take and get a job within six months?”

So Nigeria’s tech ecosystem is stuck in a loop.
People want to learn skills they believe every company is hiring for.
Builders want to start companies they believe will be easy to hire talent for and that VCs are interested in funding.
VCs want to fund startups they believe will deliver the best ROI in the shortest time, and they want these companies to have easy access to talent.

This is the 9ja growth paradox. And guess who can save us from it? The government.
Yes, the government needs to establish funds that invest in less conventional industries, support less conventional startups, and fund the training of less conventional skills.
The government also needs to make access to resources easier and better, so people don’t learn a skill simply because it is all their available resources can support, but because it is what they genuinely want to learn.

[K.O.O @Dominus_Kelvin]

Talent is overrated…

Most things are learnable, but most folks just classify certain things as talent so they can feel good about being mediocre at said things.

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with @iamnotstatic

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People don’t know this but you can even learn how to become a pastor, how to sing, how to talk smoothly.

You can learn any fucking thing. It’s not rocket science.

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There’s literally nothing you cannot learn, you can learn how to draw, how to fuck, or even how to dance.

Forget talent, just learn it if you don’t know it.

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@bamzrealnigga @lawrenx_ Why do you think we have music schools?

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There’s literally nothing you cannot learn, you can learn how to draw, how to fuck, or even how to dance.

Forget talent, just learn it if you don’t know it.

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@frankgracy Go to AltSchool.