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Nigerian Payments, Solved.

Paystack is the easiest way to accept one-off and recurring payments online. We’ve figured it all out for you, from start to finish. No set up costs, no token, no redirects, no commitments. Source: Paystack Blog Oh my, I have waited to write this post for years! The title

What Twitter Can Still Be.

What Twitter Can Still Be. I’ve had this post in my head for 2 years. However, in the spirit of Jack’s call for ideas, Anil’s response, and the fact I have to write 3 posts per week this year or get fined, here is my #Twitter2017 feedback

An Open Source Project Nigeria Needs. Hint: Location! Location!! Location!!!

If you want the ONE question that disproves the theory about the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ ask 10 000 Lagos dwelling (and possibly all of Nigeria) Nigerians to enter their postcode in a website. An incredible majority would uniformly enter 2341. That could not be further from the truth. 234

Remita, TSA and Four Questions Arising

With the full implementation of the TSA policy by the Buhari Administration, SystemSpecs a Nigerian technology company has been accused of swindling the country of billions of Naira using Remita, a product of the company. The aim of this blog post is to explain Remita’s role in the implementation

Why Aren't Black Tech Founders And Executives, Speakers at Major Tech Conferences?

As with any blog post on race, I have to include a prelude. This post is neither meant to be combative nor to apportion any blame. It is merely to add to a continuous conversation about diversity in technology. This post is MY OWN observation made on behalf of MYSELF.

#TheList: One Nigerian Ministry I'd LOVE To See

The list of noisemakers Ministers comes out today. There is ONE Ministry that I think would ensure Nigeria grows aggressively in the next few years. The Ministry of Regional Development. This would be made up of 6 Ministers. One in charge of each of the Geopolitical Zone they come from.

Like Corbyn, Like Buhari

Before dismissing me as an SEO scavenger due to my choice of title, first understand the double entendre at play. Inasmuch as the backgrounds of Buhari, Nigeria’s President and Corbyn couldn’t be more different, (soldier vs. activist) they have a lot of likeness and for that, I like

Re: Fixing Twitter

Nothing great is Built On Twitter, even though it should be the most powerful real-time communications platform on Earth. There are simply no developer integration features for building stuff on top of Twitter as a platform, and that is absurd and disappointing. Source: Fixing Twitter “Nothing great is Built On

My Take on Buhari’s First 100 Days.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe – Abraham Lincoln The quote above best summarises what I think of Buhari’s first 100 days. But I’d like to expatiate a bit using an extended analogy that factors in

Let's Be Honest, Lagos is NOT Working

Allow me rant a little. Today it took me about 3 hours to complete the barely 25km journey from Ikeja to Victoria Island. “Why didn’t you leave earlier? ” would be the typical response. But why the fuck should one leave earlier than 9am for a 12 noon appointment at