Shakir Tewogbade

Research Data Scientist
K1 lover
PhD Student (AI in Supply Chain Management)

[Ayush Garg @_ayushgarg_]

Claude and ChatGPT can now cite real papers.

Ask a research question. Click any citation. You land on the exact line in the paper.

AnswerThis now works inside both.

https://t.co/BIZutsTtCw

[Olúwáférànmi Adéyemo, PhD @FeranmiFerary]

Dear PhD student,

Beyond completing your PhD research, use the opportunity to build your skills, expand your network and gain valuable experience.

I’ve spoken to several PhD students whose supervisors often advise them to “focus on their PhD” and avoid taking on too much extra work. While this advice is well-intentioned, particularly given the importance of completing your research on time, it is equally important to think about your wider research development.

Remember, opportunities after your PhD, including academic jobs, fellowships and routes such as the UK Global Talent Visa, require more than just a PhD certificate and a completed thesis. They also demand a broader portfolio of research experience, skills, publications, networking and knowledge exchange activities.

My advice is to develop a clear research and professional development plan alongside your PhD. Here are some practical things you can do:

1. Build your research portfolio:

– Look for opportunities to contribute to research projects beyond your doctoral research.
– Collaborate with other researchers on journal articles, book chapters or policy reports.
– Develop experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods (even if your research is focused on either of these), data analysis and research design.

2. Invest in academic networking:

– Attend academic conferences, workshops and seminars.
– Present your research at conferences, even at an early stage.
– Join relevant research networks, professional associations and Early Career Researcher (ECR) groups.
– Connect with researchers working in your area and build meaningful professional relationships.

3. Develop skills beyond your thesis:

– Gain experience in teaching, demonstrating, marking or supporting undergraduate students.
– Apply for the Associate Fellow of Higher Education (AFHEA) qualification.
– Attend training in research impact, public engagement, grant writing and knowledge exchange.
– Communicate research findings to policymakers, practitioners, businesses and the wider public.

4. Engage beyond the academia:

– Volunteer to contribute to policy discussions, community research or third-sector projects.
– Attend local government, charity and industry events relevant to your research.
– Explore opportunities to work with NGOs, think tanks, local authorities and research organisations.
– Translate your research into accessible outputs, such as policy briefs, blogs, reports and public presentations.

5. Start preparing for life after your PhD:

– Explore postdoctoral research opportunities and fellowship schemes early.
– Familiarise yourself with funding opportunities, including UKRI and other research council schemes.
– Build relationships with potential collaborators and mentors.
– Keep a record of your publications, conference presentations, research collaborations, public engagement and wider contributions.

Don’t just work towards completing your PhD; use your PhD years to build the researcher you want to become.

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

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[Séríkí Aláṣela | Séríkí Aláṣeyọri | Séríkí Adinni @AuthenticLagos]

Lmaoooo... Na creation of the Arabambi family be "Wasiu was all out to ruin Oṣupa"? Was it because Oṣupa wasn't a member of the Arabambi family that made you conclude that K1 formed it to alienate him from the industry? Did he form it to alienate Ayuba? Did he form it to alienate Atawewe, Remi Aluko, Scorpido and the several thousands of Fuji musicians in the industry?

Do you people just cook up imaginations in your heads and run to the streets with them?

Again, what exactly does "K1 dare not put his chest to Oṣupa" mean? Was there ever a point in Oṣupa's career when he was bigger than K1? Even in this pre-retirement phase of K1's career, Oṣupa is nowhere near him, talk less of surpassing him. I don forget say na you even call Oṣupa "the nemesis of K1". How? Látí ibo sí ibo? Even Oṣupa himself said in one of his albums that he would love to have the kind of glory K1 has. Do you understand the kind of thought that must have gone into making such a statement in a song? O dun mi pé I have forgotten the title of the album.

At this point, I have no choice but to tag you all "Obidients of Fuji Music", because the way una dey run to the streets with una half-baked imaginations is no different from the way your counterparts behave in the political space.

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

Idan !

[Wole @wolefizzy]

They said African languages were too fragmented, too complex and too commercially insignificant to build advanced AI for.

We disagreed. So we built it.

64 languages. 166 voices. 3 billion parameters. ONE model.

Today, we are unveiling STORM-Ensemble 3.0, the most capable multilingual speech synthesis model we have built at PlotWeaver.

From Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin to Swahili, Amharic, Wolof, Zulu, Xhosa and dozens more, STORM-Ensemble 3.0 generates speech across 64 languages, with 166 distinct speaker voices.

Every voice you hear is generated by our model, not a prerecorded sample.

But the real breakthrough isn't the numbers.

It's what becomes possible when this technology is in the hands of people who can build with it.

-African filmmakers distributing stories across languages.
-Banks and telcos serving customers in their mother tongues.
-Education platforms reaching more children.
-Developers building voice AI products without starting from scratch.

We are not building AI for African languages simply to prove it can be done. We are building the infrastructure to make our languages commercially viable at global scale.

Next week, I will be speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Antigua about unlocking the Commonwealth's creative potential. This launch is a practical demonstration of that ambition.

Africa must not simply consume the future of AI. We must build, own and shape the infrastructure that powers it.

Watch the video. Listen to the voices. Imagine what's possible.

Introducing STORM-Ensemble 3.0.

PlotWeaver. Build Once. Speak Every Language.

#PlotWeaver #STORMEnsemble #VoiceAI #AfricanLanguages

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

I like this option.......push your work to repo and let others critique and make contributions

[HonestCritics @stellar_voyage]

@szintri Why can't research use platforms like github? Academia is still living in stone age. Journals are nothing but maafias.

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

@szintri AI is objective and human is subjective.........another topic for discussion in AI usage

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

@WithBukky Will explainability influence retail supply chain managers to use AI for demand forecasting and price optimisation.

[Bluechip Technologies @BluechipTechNG]

Our CEO, Kaz, broke down how data becomes intelligence at Digital Night: The AI Advantage 2.0, hosted at the Ikoyi Club. The takeaway: intelligence only counts when someone acts on it. That shift, from collecting data to acting on it, is the work we do at Bluechip Technologies.

#Bluechiptechnology #bluechip #dataandai #aiadvantage

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

@ScholarshipfPhd AI, Supply Chain, Explainability

[Iyalaya @lollylarry1]

DATA OF THE DAY

N10 Billion up for grabs for Nigerian researchers!

Applications are now open for the 2026 TETFund NRF Grant Cycle, with a 64% increase in funding across 30 national priority research themes for lecturers in public tertiary institutions.

Visit https://t.co/QP8A3LqaVP to apply.

#CBMInsights

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

@Demo4show AI + Supply Chain

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

Always moving strong 💪. Congrats bro

[Wole @wolefizzy]

Africans do not speak one language at a time. Neither should AI.

“Ẹ káàárọ̀. Ina kwana. Ụtụtụ ọma. Make una welcome to PlotWeaver, we hope you like our solution. People don dey use am reach us for football and cricket from Brazil and India. If you want to speak to us, send a DM. Nagode.”

Yoruba + Hausa + Igbo + Pidgin + English.

One voice. Five languages.

That is what we built with STORM-OS TTS V2.

It code switches naturally, keeps the speaker’s identity across languages, and adds consent-based voice cloning.

Give STORM a Hausa speaker and let that voice speak Yoruba, Igbo, English or Pidgin.

The Hausa accent survives.

Accent is not noise. It is identity.

We are already in early access for multilingual sports use cases spanning cricket in India and football in Brazil, with businesses in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria also building on the API.

30+ African languages are coming.

Africa is our foundation, not our ceiling.

📖 Full story:
https://t.co/MnZvRIMrKV
Your next market may speak another language.

Your voice no longer has to stop there.

@plotweaverapp.
Build once. Speak every language.

#VoiceAI #MultilingualAI #AfricanAI

[LagosYouKnow @lagosyouknow]

Fashola turns 63 today. Here is an old clip of King of Fuji, KWAM 1, praising him.

Happy birthday Babatunde Raji Fashola❤️

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

In Sallah mood, but I have to present my ongoing research today. One slide, 3 minutes presentation.
#AI #SupplyChain #Retail

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

King 🤴

[Depegan of Lagos 🇳🇬🇺🇸 @Mautiin01]

K1 De Ultimate ❤️✨🙌🏻🐐

[Bluechip Technologies @BluechipTechNG]

Speaker alert

We are excited to welcome @OlumbeAKinkugbe, Executive Director at @Galaxybackbone, to the stage at the Bluechip Data and AI Summit 3.0!

His take on AI transformation will be grounded in ways most panels never are.

📅 10th June 2026 | 9am
📍 Eko Hotel, VI, Lagos

Secure your seat: https://t.co/CRCcRgkApN

#BluechipSummit2026 #DataAndAI #BluechipTechnologies #AIAfrica

[Bluechip Technologies @BluechipTechNG]

₦4 MILLION. Up for grabs. Right now. 🔥

Bluechip Technologies x Data Science Nigeria are launching the DSN x BCT LLM Agent Challenge Hackathon 3.0! 🚀

Build LLM agents. Win big. Compete at the Grand Finale on June 10th. 🏆

🥇 ₦1.5M
🥈 ₦1M
🥉 ₦750K
🎖️ Consolation prizes for 4th–10th place

📅 Submissions: 4th May - 24th May 2026
🏆 Grand Finale: June 10th, Eko Hotel Lagos

NB: You must register to attend the summit to qualify for the hackathon.

🔗 Register For Both Here: https://t.co/FA90RBhfE3

Developers, data scientists, AI engineers, this one is for you. 💡

cc @dsn_ai_network
#BluechipSummit #DataAndAI #Hackathon #DSN #LLMChallenge #AIAfrica #TechNigeria #BuildWithAI

[Replit ⠕ @Replit]

Replit is turning 10, and we are making Agent free

Get ready to have fun building!

Want prizes? Join our buildathon in partnership with Anthropic

Prizes sponsored by Replit & RevenueCat

[The Tech Prophet (Amospikins) @Amospikins]

How to Build Your Own Small AI Model From Scratch (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

[Shakir Tewogbade @PingCHAQ]

Literature Review Challenge

10/90 One Citation per Day

"It is therefore important to carefully examine AI models to ensure not only that they produce accurate predictions on the available data but also that these accurate predictions do not arise from a Clever Hans (CH) effect."

Kauffmann et al. (2025)

Clever Hans Effect: This is situation where AI model appear "clever" (highly accurate) but is actually exploiting a simple, unintended correlation.

https://t.co/68A9AaRZJw