K̴OXY #WID👩🏽‍🍳

Software Engineer, Web2 and Web3. I break down security, AI, payments, and how tech really works.

# Isaiah 60 vs 22❤️ Building @choppaddi

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The next wave of African fintech won’t be purely decentralized. And that’s the point.

Hybrid products are the real opportunity nobody is talking about. They sit at the intersection of traditional rails and decentralized infrastructure. Familiar enough for the user. Fast enough for the business. Compliant enough for the regulator.

Here’s the hard truth though, compliance in Africa is not one thing. It’s 54 different things. What satisfies a regulator in Lagos won’t satisfy one in Nairobi. What’s permitted in Ghana today might be restricted tomorrow.

I’ve watched promising projects die not because the product was bad, but because they built first and asked the compliance question last.
Compliance is not the enemy of innovation. It’s the floor that makes innovation sustainable.

Are you building pure DeFi, hybrid, or have you pivoted after hitting a compliance wall? The real story, not the pitch deck version.

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@findy_dev 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

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You succeed faster when you focus on doing what God wants you to do rather than trying to imitate what your friends or the people around you are doing.🙂

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@chinaza_chisom 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

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@vexor4i So trueee

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Good health is the most underrated blessing. People rarely appreciate it until they no longer have it. 💔

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@Eniolamercy10 Congratulations 😍

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@AutofillPeople 😅

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Showing up means making yourself available, even when you don't feel like it.

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@paschals_robert Exactly!

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Not every payment notification your app receives is genuine. 🚨

Hackers can send fake payment webhooks to trick your application into believing a transaction was successful.

That’s why webhook signature verification matters.

In this video, I explain:
🔐 What webhooks are.
🔐 How MAC authentication works.
🔐 How to detect fake payment notifications.
🔐 Why verifying webhook signatures is essential for secure payment systems.

Whether you’re integrating Stripe, Paystack, or building payment APIs, never trust a payment notification without verifying its signature.

Verify first. Deliver later.

How do you handle webhook security in your projects?

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@PocoOscar Yess, you are correct

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@_Casio_0 Thank you Casio 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

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@hecodesforme That’s trueee

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@synexalabs Thank you for sharing. 🙇‍♀️

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@IbrahimIjai 🧚🧚

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@mariamadegbite_ Trueee

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@NielsBergg We are superheroes!

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@_Casio_0 So truee 😭😭
And that’s not easy.

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@AutofillPeople So true 😅😅😅
I am currently in a virtual meeting and to be honest I am currently doing this 😅

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Not every payment notification your app receives is genuine. 🚨

Hackers can send fake payment webhooks to trick your application into believing a transaction was successful.

That’s why webhook signature verification matters.

In this video, I explain:
🔐 What webhooks are.
🔐 How MAC authentication works.
🔐 How to detect fake payment notifications.
🔐 Why verifying webhook signatures is essential for secure payment systems.

Whether you’re integrating Stripe, Paystack, or building payment APIs, never trust a payment notification without verifying its signature.

Verify first. Deliver later.

How do you handle webhook security in your projects?