Ayodeji Adekunle

Learning. Building. Sharing.

[Yuen Yuen Ang @yuenyuenang]

Dear readers from all over the world - thank you!

This year marks 10th anniversary of “How China Escaped the Poverty Trap.” It couldn’t have scaled walls and traveled without your support & sharing

The book is now FREE to download (link below)

https://t.co/OX87veC0RW

[Othell Yarwyck @bigbrovar]

Some months ago I posted about getting NEV from China.

Today I’m sharing the full experience of buying a car (an XPeng G6) directly from China to Nigeria - sight unseen, no middlemen.

Two friends used the same playbook and successfully got their own cars.

I’m open-sourcing everything I learned in case it helps someone else.
https://t.co/32fPfjxy0t

[Othell Yarwyck @bigbrovar]

I am currently active in the Chinese EV market and have been for a while. I would like to share some lessons I have learned to help anyone interested in importing cars from China. I am typing this in real time, so this will likely be a long thread. 🧵

[Nanyo 💋🖤 @Nanyo_sae]

Something good has finally come out of Nigeria!

Now you can learn those Coursera courses you've been yearning for and guess what? It’s completely FREE!

The Federal Government, through the Digital Training Academy, is providing 36,000 free learning licences for Nigerians to access digital skills training on platforms including Coursera and Pluralsight.

You can learn skills like:
• AI • Software Development • NLP • Quantum Computing • And more.
No announced deadline yet, so don't wait until the slots are gone.

Apply here: https://t.co/IzPFUykDKY

Go and learn something that can actually add money to your name.

[SB @seyedele]

Lol. Providus can’t be serious with this expected card payment workflow.

All my subscriptions are failing everywhere. SMH.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

This is another version of corn and kuli kuli. A car wash needs land, water, and people. Unless you are getting those for free, this is not starting from scratch.

[Ayodeji Adekunle @iDeji]

@AskMichaelTaiwo @asemota Beat boxing match of the year? Naa... you should see Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

One of the reasons I share almost everything we're doing in the South East is simple:

I want you to copy it.

If a strategy gets more children learning, gets more students excited about STEM, raises academic standards, or inspires excellence, don't admire it from afar or criticize Alex. Replicate it in your region. Improve it. Scale it.

Africa has spent too much time protecting ideas instead of spreading what works.

I don't want the South East to be the exception. I want it to become the template for Africa civilization.

Imagine every region in Nigeria building its own Olympiads, ranking schools, training teachers, identifying talent, and making education a public movement.

Imagine every African country adapting the same ideas to fit their own realities.

That's how continents change.

Education is Africa's greatest opportunity. If something works, copy it.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

One thing that deeply worries me about Nigeria is this:

Some dreams are almost impossible to achieve if you're born, raised, and educated here.

Want to become an astronaut? There is virtually no pathway.

Want to become a world-class professional footballer? For most talented children, the route is far harder than it should be because the development ecosystem is weak.

And there are many other careers where your biggest obstacle isn't your talent, it's your geography.

This is why some Nigerians have to leave the country, not because they hate Nigeria, but because that's the only way to fully pursue their dreams.

That should concern all of us.

A child's future should be determined by their ability and hard work, not by the accident of where they were born.

Nigeria has no shortage of talent.

What we're missing is a system that allows talent to become greatness.

[kp @YaHateTwoSeeIt]

Niggas gonna be watching Doomsday and Dune 3 back to back in theaters. And get to go home and play some GTA6. Life will be good.

[Ayodeji Adekunle @iDeji]

Wow! I have just got my new certificate in Government Analytics: Spring 2026. See it for yourself! https://t.co/tci4jABIke https://t.co/MwYhbzXIlC

[Item Inya Item @Healthwolf2]

The most dangerous trap in the world is the victim mindset. The second you decide your life is bad because of the economy, your parents, your boss, or your luck, you give them total control over your future. Even if a situation isn't your fault, getting out of it is entirely your responsibility.

[Machiavelli Bot @UnmodernmanBot]

You assume people will act fairly if you act fairly. They won’t. People act in alignment with their incentives, not your expectations. If the structure rewards selfishness, selfishness appears.

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

if you spend all day at a fish market, you’ll leave smelling like fish, even if you never touched one

but spend your day in a perfume shop and you’ll carry the scent even if you didn’t buy anything, that’s how environment works. it rubs off, whether you realize it or not. stay around complainers and everything starts to look negative. stay around excuse makers and growth feels optional but get around people who move with purpose, you’ll feel it.

get around people who live in gratitude, you’ll start to see differently. the scent of your environment will always follow you.

[Tai Lopez @tailopez]

Gustavo Fring was right, if you have a problem that means it can be solved. If it cannot be solved then it is not a problem. It is a reality to be accepted.

[Babájídé @Babajiide]

You guys share way too much information about your lives on the internet.

Many of you will regret it in future

[Justine Mach @justinemach_]

an idiot in motion goes further than a genius at rest

[Othell Yarwyck @bigbrovar]

When you DSS are busy arresting people using drone and connected to political opponents. You can understand why they is little bandwidth to go after less serious issues like bandit.

Insecurity is a matter of political will. Insecurity will end when political elite have a consensus to end it. That consensus will only happen if they see insecurity as existential to their political aspirations.

And only the people can do that..

[Ayodeji Adekunle @iDeji]

@Joe_brendan_ You can’t easily port into private sector with civil service experience. Where’s the transferable skill? My advice for anyone is to have good private sector experience before joining government. Then you can chase global Programmes/fellowships exclusive to civil servants

[Ayodeji Adekunle @iDeji]

Found this on LinkedIn. If teachers in Nigeria earn even close to this, the “school na scam” mantra would reduce