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A Polite Rant: How to Use Only An Hour to Make Online Payments in Nigeria.

I decided I needed to get business cards for an event tomorrow and decided to use my favorite online print shop Printivo. I uploaded my design, hit check out and my life took a left turn If Printivo were using Stripe, Balanced or any payment system from the 21st century,

Ambode vs Agbaje: My Random 'Objective' Musings on #LagosDecides

Unlike in the Presidential Elections, I am not vested in the Lagos Guber race between APC and PDP For APC Lagos – although the Fashola/Tinubu combo have arguably been the best performers in Nigerian governance, their handling of a couple of things leave a lot to be desired. For PDP

A Letter to my Fellow Nigerians on the Eve of Our Presidential Elections

My fellow citizen, I write this to bring awareness to something crucial as we approach the final stretch of the most important election Nigeria has ever had. Although a lot of us are on different sides of the aisle, quite a number of us want to get to the same

Re: Nigeria drafts in foreign mercenaries to take on Boko Haram | Reuters

The West African security source said several hundred foreigners were involved in running major offensive operations against Boko Haram, and were being paid around $400 a day in cash. via Nigeria drafts in foreign mercenaries to take on Boko Haram | Reuters. Rather than empower our soldiers and train millions of

Xenophobia vs. Protectionism: How should local Nigerian startups compete with ‘foreigners'?

I read a post that would not be too out of place if it came with the byline of BNP’s Nick Griffin. The crux of the post is that we should be afraid of the foreigners coming to Nigeria to take it all from the Nigerian tech scene and

With Konga’s 25 Million Dollar Raise, Here is the Bigger Story.

Techcabal just broke the awesome news that Konga just raised 25 million dollars. That itself is a big story, but looking closer, what is the bigger gist. Let us pay a little attention to the financiers. Here is a quote from the TechCabal story Beyond the fact that the round

My 14 Predictions for the Nigerian Technology Space in 2014

I think it is a fun and useful exercise doing predictions. It is a way of documenting wishful thinking and testing your perception abilities. Looking back, it would show how far along you have come. Here is my attempt 3 years ago https://oonwoye.com/2011/01/04/10-predictions-for-the-nigerian-tech-scene-in-2011/ For

Value Creation, Capture and Nigerian Music (File) Startups

I have always wanted to publish my ‘thesis’ on music (file) startups especially as it concerns Nigeria. I still do not have the time to do something comprehensive. However, as someone that spent quite a few years in this industry, anytime I hear another iTunes for Nigeria launching and relaunching,

Mobile Money Marketing: The Banked, Unbanked and Trickle-Down Economics.

This follows my previous post on Mobile Money The concept of trickledown economics is propagated by politicians who want to give tax breaks to the rich. Their idea is thus; money exclusively trickles down for the rich to the poor. So if you want to stimulate the economy, you do

Thoughts on Mobile Money and its (non) Adoption in Nigeria

I have been thinking a lot about why Mobile Money is yet to catch up in Nigeria like it has in Kenya and maybe Uganda. Below are my thoughts. I believe the primary issue stems from the fact that, although the circumstances that allow Mobile Money to thrive in Kenya