James Odede

Cofounder, CTO @AquarechLtd | Founder @LakeHub | Building next gen of techies via @Zone01Kisumu | @Acumen & @WashFellowship Fellow

[James Odede @odedejames]

Milestone! We have closed our seed round @AquarechLtd

I want to thank our investors @AquaSparkImpact @Acumen @katapultimpact & MercycorpsVentures for believing in and supporting our vision of creating sustainable food systems in Africa

Proud of our team lead by @DaveOkechOkech

[Techpoint Africa @TechpointAfrica]

Kenyan fish farming platform Aquarech has raised $1.7 million in funding to build infrastructure to enable further vertical integration of its technology and hire more staff.
https://t.co/6lJ2caaIkh

[Eng. Akoth Raila @irene_raila]

Ruoth Jaduong' Oginga Odinga came back with the declaration of independence from london after he went to negotiate for it, he then came back and had Kenyatta released and made him the prime minister and later president. THEREFORE OGINGA ODINGA IS THE GREATEST SHUJAA OF KENYA.

[James Odede @odedejames]

Too many zeros

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Anthropic recorded a staggering $80,000,000,000.00 net loss in the first half of 2026.

[James Odede @odedejames]

Purchasing everything cash instead of credit.

[Asiya P @PipiAsiya]

Let's go😁😁

[KIFOTO @Kifotooh]

Mwanaume ni mtu anaweza acha sahani chafu kwa sink na aende aoshe lorry

[James Odede @odedejames]

Nairobi has a world standard National Park existing in harmony with the buzzing city. That’s a standard New York will never reach. So no comparison Sir

[Rob Finnerty @RobFinnertyUSA]

I want to offer an apology to the people of Nairobi, Kenya. The passion you have your city and homeland is amazing… We all make mistakes. I misspoke, and I am sorry to anyone I have offended.🙌

[Merchant @NyakagwaSteve]

Dear broad-based disciples, especially from Siaya, even if Orengo changes tune and aligns with the re-election of Ruto, vote him out in 2027. Ho doesn't believe in Ruto, he will only align o that he wins

[James Odede @odedejames]

Very consistent with what other older people observe.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

the older i get, the more i realize being in a hurry is a terrible way to live life.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

To our highly qualified engineers at @KeNHAKenya, while you were busy resurfacing the Chiromo section, did it never once cross your minds to address the pathetic and dangerous road design? Or was that simply not part of the assignment?

#ReclaimNairobi

[James Odede @odedejames]

It’s courageous of Sam to tell his story as it is. The Kenyan/African ecosystem needs to stand behind him and hold such institutions accountable.

[Finance Historian @BoardLotSultan]

"I am on 7 months without a salary, on the verge of financial ruin, at the mercy of landlords and creditors. No Board has removed me as the CEO yet the World Bank are just sitting there, driving me to the verge of a mental breakdown. All so that they can take control of the Board and acquire the company at a depressed price. Employees are praying and fasting daily wondering when the siege will end."
— Sam Gikandi, Co-Founder & CEO, Africa's Talking

Read the full story of the Corporate Chicannery at Africa's Talking here
https://t.co/GAs44QLYWz

[Finance Historian @BoardLotSultan]

2017: Sam Gikandi founded Africa's Talking, with Eston Kimani. Annual Revenue $20m

2018: received $8m funding from IFC [World Bank]. The World bank valued the company at US$ 100m [kes 13 billion]

Little did he know that the funding was a plan to completely decapitate him, and take the company he built. Away from him. Forcefully.

Today he lives from one court to another fighting after he was removed and decapitated from the company he built. What a sad story🙄

Read the story here 👇

https://t.co/EISIi7CSD5

[James Odede @odedejames]

The twars energy could liberate even SA if well directed.

[Gekomaithagu 🇰🇪 @Kijana_Babu7]

How about we unite as Africans and push for Peace in Sudan and Congo... Let's pause on the twars for a min, Our African brothers are being butchered men.

[Technopolis Development Authority @TechnopolisKE]

The Technopolis Development Authority and Zone Zero One Kisumu Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance digital skills, Artificial Intelligence , innovation and opportunities for young people across Kenya.

The partnership will leverage the Jitume Digital Hubs to expand access to AI and digital skills training, mentorship, capacity building, innovation challenges and startup support.

The collaboration will also support the development of AI and digital skills curricula, Training of Trainers (ToT) programmes and practical, hands-on learning opportunities, helping equip young people with skills that respond to the evolving digital economy.

Through partnerships such as this, the Authority continues to strengthen the Jitume Digital Enablement Programme as a platform for connecting young Kenyans to skills, innovation, entrepreneurship and pathways to digital opportunities.

#Jitume #SiliconSavannah

[Kiswili Cyprian @kharsh_art]

Are we really going to fumble a Maraga presidency?

[James Odede @odedejames]

Wueh!

[Sir Adam ™ @AdamMaina_]

Maharagwe ya coconut cannot be referred by it's actual swahili name on UberEats because a certain baby was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria.

[Killa Lando @KillaLando]

This...this isn't Ksh. 2.75b.

Man, it's $2.75b.

Ksh. 250b +.

And y'all acting like it's normal? Doesn't matter that it happened 12 yrs ago.

Let's break down what this could have done.

🧵

1. 100k km of high speed fiber for hospitals, schools, etc costed at 50b.

[James Odede @odedejames]

Cage fish farming in Kenya is still nascent, done by small-scale fish farmers. The government has no business formulating such punitive policies that will curtail the sector. Help me sign the petition to scrap the 5% fish levy by Government

https://t.co/ch0oVRZ1CO

[James Odede @odedejames]

I&M Bank mobile banking app is so annoying, you can spend hours just trying to log in.

[Aquarech Ltd. @AquarechLtd]

We had the honour of welcoming @USAmbKenya to our Fish Deli in Kisumu.

Over a shared meal of our signature Air-Fried Tilapia, we had meaningful conversations around strengthening food systems from the lake to the table.

[James Odede @odedejames]

Why would the world economy “collapse” because of disruption of 20% of oil supplies? How important is the 20%?

[James Odede @odedejames]

Mimi 50 Bob ilinishinda kumaliza without looking like Pablo Escobar. The suspicion I drew made me too uncomfortable. I had to come clean. 😂😂

[➀（ ͜.人 ͜.） @Za_Kimotho]

Tukiwa watoi kuna day niliiba 200 ya mzazi, nikashindwa kuimaliza ikabidi nimetupa hiyo change😂😂