Mr Babs

When competence is not the gate, performance cannot be the result.

Founder of Ultrabasketballng

[Benedict Dayas Toks @BenedictDayas]

Jason Njoku's words cut deep for a reason. They're true.
Even with majority ownership, founders can find themselves constrained by investor protections, board influence, and expectations that don't match ground realities.
Before you sign the term sheet, ask yourself: Are you building a house to live in, or a house to sell? The answer changes everything.

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

We "wee" not take it 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

@vangeorgh There are solar tracking systems. The cost of having them nullifies the benefits. Most times it's more cost effective to install twice the number of panels facing north and south than to install a few that follow the sun from east to west

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize that life has seasons. And not every season needs to be your best one. Some seasons are for building. Some are for healing. Some are for just surviving. You don’t have to win every single chapter for the whole story to turn out well.

[Charley 🦀 @charles_lukes]

I had to go look up the “just one engineer”

Ladies and gentlemen there are levels to this sh*t

The just one engineer is a distinguished engineer at Microsoft who has been with the company since 2001 and has been focused on .NET concurrency and runtime

He led the team that rewrote .NET runtime to native C and C++

He architected the task base asynchronous programming model in C#

This man is not just one he’s a power house

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

Crisis compresses time and evolution of technology. This is the WWII equivalent of engineering evolution

[Christophe Tymowski @Christophe_Tymo]

Ukraine : pourquoi les blindés russes deviennent-ils plus difficiles à détruire ?

Le commandant du corps ukrainien Azov, Denys Prokopenko, avertit que les chars russes sont désormais plus difficiles à neutraliser. Cette évolution ne repose pas sur un nouveau blindage révolutionnaire, mais sur l’accumulation de protections complémentaires et sur une meilleure coordination tactique.

Les véhicules reçoivent davantage de blindage réactif explosif, notamment sur les flancs et les parties autrefois moins prot��gées. Les premières « cages » artisanales sont également remplacées par des structures mieux conçues, parfois installées directement en usine. Leur fonction est de provoquer l’explosion des charges creuses transportées par les drones FPV avant qu’elles n’atteignent le blindage principal.

Certains chars sont aussi équipés du système de protection active Arena-M. Celui-ci détecte la menace et lance une contre-munition afin d’intercepter les roquettes, les missiles antichars et certains drones. Après les premiers retours du front, la Russie envisagerait de porter le nombre de ses effecteurs de 12 à 36. Des dispositifs mécaniques ou électromagnétiques de déminage complètent cette protection en déclenchant les mines avant le passage du véhicule.

Mais l’évolution la plus importante est tactique. L’infanterie russe cherche à s’infiltrer jusqu’aux positions des opérateurs ukrainiens de drones, tandis que l’artillerie frappe leurs zones de lancement. Les blindés peuvent ensuite être engagés en plusieurs vagues : la première force les défenseurs à consommer leurs drones et leurs munitions antichars, la suivante tente d’exploiter leur épuisement.

Lors d’un affrontement, une unité ukrainienne aurait ainsi employé près de 125 drones FPV pour arrêter seulement deux ou trois chars russes. Ce chiffre illustre les limites d’une défense reposant principalement sur ces appareils : tous n’atteignent pas leur cible, les brouillages et les protections réduisent leur efficacité, tandis que les stocks doivent être rapidement reconstitués.

Le char russe n’est donc pas devenu invulnérable. Il faut simplement davantage de drones, des attaques successives ou des armes antichars plus puissantes pour obtenir le même résultat. L’idée selon laquelle les drones auraient rendu les blindés obsolètes apparaît une nouvelle fois prématurée : la Russie apprend de ses pertes et transforme progressivement ces enseignements en solutions produites en série.

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[Shav Ngah ★ @shavnyuyngah]

I once argued with someone, not even a foreigner, that rice and so many of our other grains were not colonial imports. They completely disagreed.

Oryza glaberrima was already ours. Monty Jones had the curiosity to refine it. Most of our agricultural technicians and scientists today don't have that same curiosity, so these grains just disappear.

Our educational systems are failing us, and the lack of curiosity about ourselves in the African mind is contributing to it in enormously.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

This is a BIG DEAL ‼️‼️‼️

Imagine the Nigerian economy is a car.

For a while, the CBN had its foot firmly on the brake.

High interest rates discourage borrowing. Less borrowing can reduce demand, which can help bring inflation down.

Now, the CBN is releasing the brake somewhat.

MPR has gone from 26.5% to 23% that is a 350 basis-point cut.

What could this mean?

1. Credit could become cheaper.
Lower rates can make it more attractive for businesses and individuals to borrow, invest and expand by supporting economic activity.

2. Savings returns could come down.
If you’ve been getting returns of 20% or more on some fixed-income products, don’t be surprised if those yields eventually fall.

And when risk-free/low-risk returns fall, investors may start looking more closely at equities, businesses and other productive assets.

3. Capital could start flowing differently.

People have been asking for lower interest rates for a LONG time.

For context, 23% is roughly back to where Nigeria’s MPR was in February 2024.

But the CBN hasn’t completely taken its foot off the brake.

The CRR is still 45% for deposit money banks.

Very simply, if a bank has ₦100 of qualifying deposits, ₦45 has to be kept as reserves, before considering other liquidity and regulatory requirements.

So this isn’t just about interest rates.

It is about the flow of capital through the Nigerian economy.

The price of capital is changing.

And that could have implications for businesses, banks, investors, consumers and the broader economy.

What do you think?

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

This is what character means

[Timmy | Evolution @timmyisagod]

As a founder you know your numbers, you know how much runway you have left , you know that you wouldn’t be able to meet up with the next months salaries, the ideal thing for you to do is temporarily pause and communicate to your staffs , ask them to stop working and if things get better you would reach out to them , it’s wicked for you to make them keep working, sweating and toiling for you when you know you have no means of paying them.

[Timi Shindo @TimiShindo]

I have so much to say lol

It’s a pattern at this point. We’re so obsessed as a people with looking good rather than being good.

It’s why I rarely post my work on here, I genuinely can’t stand the dickriding, even when it’s directed at me.

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

Kind of like "the unbanked are unbanked for a reason"

[Victory🎙️| Use Recollyai @egbokavictory_]

There's a reason that untapped niche you're eying to go into is untapped.

Think about it.

[Yewande @LionessAtEase]

We’ve spent 3 days taking a new payment app into a busy market, and one thing became clear the first day. People don’t need another cool app. They need a reason to leave the one they already use.

They don’t care about your cashback, referral bonus or free transfers.

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

After rent expires

[Tosin Olugbenga @TosinOlugbenga]

I know when a startup will not survive especially if the target market is Nigeria or Africa.

Especially if I have seen people build similar things before.

I told a founder something fundamental about Nigerians that will make his startup struggle, he wished it away. I understand for him because it’s his first time.

You see those Nigerian first time founders with money, it’s after two years their eyes go clear…

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

This tween didn't age well at all

[Mazerance @Mazerance]

Someone please take the phone from Elvis, he’s going to dry up our company funds 🥹

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

@jayhemz I went with the Kimi k3 hype as well and exhausted tokens in no time. I've since moved to DeepSeek V4 flash. Tokens last forever now

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

😯

[Jorge Castillo @JorgeCastilloPr]

The Chinese already killed Jev. This one went fast

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

Super human feats

[Liuping Xu @LPX2019]

此刻，一个价值20亿美元的“幽灵”正在穿越地球

你看不见它。听不到它。任何屏幕上都看不到它的踪影。

机舱内有两名飞行员。36小时。无人接替。与外界隔绝。不容有失。

他们轮流在折叠帆布上睡觉。吃着用旧微波炉加热的食物。使用相距半米远的化学厕所。

当身体濒临崩溃时，摄入咖啡因绝非任性之举：这是为了不让一��价值超过某些国家的飞机失控而不得不依赖的最后手段。

这段视频并非为了取悦你而制作，而是为了让你切身感受驾驶舱里的寂静。

点击播放，然后如实告诉我：你能坚持12小时……24小时……还是会在8小时内就放弃？

[𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖆 @sunlove]

400 years of human evolution in 1 photo

[Mr Babs @RBabalogbon]

This is "abysmal dismal" as Patrick Obiagbon would say

[Tuchel @Officially_Kriz]

Tantalizers Plc has a total of 273 employees.

About 161 staff earn N400k or below annually.

80 staff earn between N400k to N1m, while 32 staff earn above N1m annually.

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

You shouldn’t vibe code and expect paying users for your app.

That’s still the domain of software developers.

You wouldn’t open a photography studio just because you have an iPhone that takes good pictures. No one would patronize you.