Another milestone 😁, I just completed the second part of skills plus Egypt scholarship on "Network Essentials". Now onto the last phase on "Enterprise Network" 🚀 #networking#SkillsPlusEgypt#certification
🎉 Another Milestone Achieved 🎉
Proud to announce that I've earned my first certification in Linux Essentials through the NDG Linux Essentials certification course 🐧💻
Excited to continue expanding my skills and knowledge in the world of IT🚀 #Certification#Linux#NDG
Nigeria is building a National Single Window for trade.
The idea sounds simple.
If you're importing goods, you shouldn't have to carry the same information from Customs to one agency, then another agency, then another.
Submit once. The relevant government systems should talk to each other.
This is one of those boring technology projects that can have a bigger impact than many consumer apps.
But Nigeria has built portals before.
The real test will come when the digital process says you're done, but someone at the port still tells you:
“Oga, you need to come to our office.”
That moment will tell us whether we digitised the process or just added a website to it.
This is the first time I’m tweeting in this manner. Today, I’m pleading with us to please come out en masse in January and vote for Peter Obi.
I’m not here to tell you to vote wisely because, based on track record, I believe he is the best option among the candidates contesting. Data don’t lie.
Are you not tired? Are you not tired that you can no longer celebrate Christmas or Eid the way we used to in the past?
Are you not tired of buying fuel for ₦1,400? Is gas at ₦1,700 okay with you?
Do you think it is normal that federal universities are now charging over ₦150,000 in fees?
What about the cost of transportation, data, rice, and virtually every other food item?
Are you happy that a mini flat now costs ₦2.5 million or more per annum?
You graduated from university how many years ago, yet you have nothing tangible to show for it. Are you not tired?
Are you okay with local flights becoming a luxury? With a round trip from Lagos to Abuja costing over ₦300,000? Are you not tired?
Are you not tired that you are in your 30s but cannot afford to get married or start a family because of the cost of living?
Look at the quality of your life. Compare it with that of your friends who left the country two or three years ago, or your age mates living in saner, more functional societies. Don’t you see the difference?
Are you not tired that, in your 30s, you cannot afford to buy a car or even rent a decent apartment?
Are you not tired that, despite how hard you work, your business is still struggling because people are too broke to patronise you?
Are you okay with the fact that all you have done for the past three years is survive?
We keep having relationship debates about going on dates and how nobody wants to be intentional anymore, but we refuse to tell ourselves the truth: the decline in romance is also a reflection of a struggling economy. Are you not tired?
Are you not tired that, in 2026, we are still dealing with basic problems like epileptic electricity supply, poor healthcare, police brutality, and so much more?
Are you not tired?
If we let this man win again, the next four years could be even more difficult. A government that has had four years to demonstrate what it can do should be judged by its record, not just its promises. We cannot afford to ignore that record when deciding what comes next.
Add four years to your current age and think about the gravity of the next election.
This is a plea. Get your PVC. Talk to your parents, siblings, and friends. Encourage everyone around you to get involved and make their voices heard at the polls.
Telling people to “vote wisely” is such a vague statement.
For once, let’s look beyond our tribal differences and do what we believe is right for the country. This is personal.
If we get it wrong in January, which is just two months away, the consequences will affect all of us badly.
It is very personal.
Your bank knows you.
Your telco knows you.
Your government knows you.
Then you cross an African border and suddenly everybody wants you to introduce yourself again.
We have built plenty of databases.
Getting them to talk safely may be the bigger opportunity.
One reason many government platforms struggle is simple: using them is optional.
This NCC Device Checker is different.
NCC says devices confirmed not to meet its requirements can be refused access to Nigerian mobile networks.
That changes the incentive completely.
A phone seller can ignore another government awareness campaign.
It becomes much harder to ignore a system when customers start asking, “Will this phone work on MTN, Airtel or Glo?”
And buyers will learn quickly if the consequence of not checking can be an expensive device that cannot connect to a Nigerian network.
From experience, adoption doesn't come because people love a new system.
It comes because the system has been connected to something they already care about.
This one has.
Privvy Ledger v1.9.0 is out! 🌍
• Dollars, pounds and naira in one net worth, at today's rate or the rate you actually get
• Automatic encrypted backups to a folder you choose
• Budgets that roll over what's left
Still offline. Still no account.
https://t.co/CvNlzrySD3
Customs is digitising baggage declaration at the Seme border. You can declare what you're carrying, have the applicable duty calculated through the system, pay and get a receipt.
I think there is a bigger experiment hiding inside this.
We complain about Nigerians avoiding rules, but how many of our rules are unnecessarily difficult to obey?
If I know what I should declare, what it will cost and can complete the process in five minutes, you've removed several reasons for me to look for a shortcut.
Of course, some people will still try to beat the system. We are humans after all.
But I would love to see what happens when government makes the correct thing easier than the workaround.
Maybe Nigerians aren't uniquely difficult to govern. Maybe we've spent too long designing systems that reward people who know how to bypass them.
What do you think?
My favorite type of tech company is the one making enterprise-level money and basically leaving small/solo developers alone
@Cloudflare is a perfect example.
I’ve built an entire side project around their ecosystem, from emails to backend/database stuff, and I still haven’t even had to add my card.
Even adding video/audio calling to an app can be ridiculously easy and still cost you nothing at small scale.
@posthog is another one.
I use it across web and mobile projects and I still haven’t paid them $1.
More companies need this model:
Make serious money from enterprise.
Let developers build, experiment and grow for free.
Charge us when we actually become expensive 😭
If you know more companies with ridiculously generous free tiers, drop them.