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Enabling billions of talents to create a better future. CEO @AltSchoolAfrica . Co-founded @TalentQL @Techpointafrica

Lagos, Kigali, Austin

https://t.co/XDYHgSEtQS

Joined November 2009

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3 months

I shed tears of joy when I received the news last week. @AltSchoolAfrica 's mission is personal to me, and whenever someone from #Luanda , #Yobe , #Mombasa , or #Kent applies to the school, I know we're building a future worth striving for. So, I'm excited to announce that AltSchool…

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3 years

POS agents by the roadside are now efficient than ATM. What a time be alive.

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4 years

This is powerful.

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3 years

New status: Father!

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3 years

Investors: What are the risks? Founder:

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3 years

I left home at the age of 16 after I knew that my parents couldn't afford to sponsor me to University. I worked different odd jobs from being a labourer to a Security guard, to selling recharge cards. Until I met @Fowe . He introduced me to the world of tech and…

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3 years

I have graduated from zipping dresses to loosen hair.

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5 years

So the weekend was full of drama as our wedding IV trended because of our #NoReception decision. I'm glad my wife is laughing about it now, because it wasn't funny over the weekend. Thanks to everyone that insulted or defended us, we're happy with our decision.

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Drove 4 hrs+ from DC to support @Tunde_OD in New York. #Tunde58hoursofChess

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4 years

This is why I love Nigerians. @dara_tobi wasn't part of the original guest list. He was invited 15mins to @jack 's arrival, he jumped on the road took a bike down, and now he got a job offer at Twitter. #JackInNigeria #NigeriaToTheWorld

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2 years

Every African should be proud of what #Rwanda achieved this week through #CHOGM . This level of excellence is exceptional. Congratulations to President @PaulKagame and the entire Rwandan citizen. Leadership is not by number.

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3 years

Our goal is simple; get minimum of 20,000 Africans to earn between $1,000 to $5,000 in the next 5 years. Welcome to . @AltSchoolAfrica

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2 years

Some young people are committing career suicide because of earning in dollars or japa.

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1 year

Feels surreal to see my portrait up on @Nasdaq Tower in #NYC ’s time square. Today, I and other awesome entrepreneurs graduated from milestone makers program.

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9 months

Remote is not for you at the beginning of your career.

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9 months

What opinion about remote work will have you like this?

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2 years

. @TabithaKavyu this is for you.

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10 months

As a founder, never hire an expert at the beginning.

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4 years

You meet some people and your life changes forever. I met @fowe when I was a security guard/Gateman. He introduced me to tech/programming and told me how tech was going to rule the future. He gave me a place to stay when I was completely homeless.

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2 years

ASUU is on strike? That’s where @AltSchoolAfrica comes in!

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3 years

My 2020 investment experiment. Mutual Fund - N300,000 (almost $1,000). 11 months, N305,000 ($670+). Tesla shares - $1,000, 4 months $1,560+ Bitcoin - $500, 4 months, $1000. Invest wisely in 2021.

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4 years

The best place to move your engineering team to in Nigeria is Ibadan. Reasons; 1️⃣ Better electricity supply 2️⃣ cinemas, supermarket etc 3️⃣ Rent is affordable 4️⃣ No crazy traffic 5️⃣ University forhackathon 6️⃣ 1:30hrs drive to Lagos 7️⃣ food is cheaper What did I miss?

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2 years

This is one of my favourite wedding shots as a photographer. Me on the floor. The outcome.

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4 years

How it started. How it's going.

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2 years

Super pumped to announce that I have been selected as an official @LinkedIn influencer.

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2 years

In the next 5 to 10 years, Africans will become as inevitable as Indians are in tech and media.

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7 months

My workstation for the day.

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2 years

As a CEO, you shouldn’t be the smartest person in the company.

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3 years

I just spoke with a foreign investor that invested in Gokada and a crypto startup in Nigeria. He's really worried.

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3 years

I just got my Rwanda work permit (W2). I will be hosting a space this evening to discuss how we incorporated in Rwanda in less than 12 hours and how I got my permit in less than 7 days. W2 is entrepreneur’s permit.

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10 months

These guys are about to change everything. Watch out!

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4 years

I promised not to protest again after I led occupy Nigeria protest on Island in 2012. But this #EndSARS protest is our own, I don't want to bury my team member because of #PoliceBrutality . So, we're matching today, Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge, 10am. COME & JOIN US. #EndSARS

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2 years

Celebrating one of the smartest industrious Africans I know. The first time I met Chidi, I couldn't close my mouth as I was in massive shock. Someone from the GIG group reached out to me that the chairman would like to speak with me. I went there expecting an elderly man/woman,

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4 years

A year ago we did the "no reception wedding". It's been 1 year of doing life with this amazing lady. One year of joy, one year of tormenting her with my one line of Igbo language, one year of growth, one year of listening to Chike songs, one year of praying together...

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4 years

Last month we were harassed by SARS, glad I was there to challenge them. The SARS guy told me that if they were armed robbers, am I going to challenge them like that? They acknowledged that their actions and style were the same with those of armed robbers. #EndSARS

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5 months

Another 365 days on earth, grateful for love, family, growth, and the gift of friendship. Ready for the next phase!

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1 year

Another 365 days. Grateful for family and the gift of friendship. @elonmusk , no balloon 🎈 on my profile.

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3 years

I went to have lunch at a hotel this afternoon with my wife. The security guards said “welcome back sir”. And I unconsciously said “thank you”. My wife gave me a look, and I had to run back to the guard. Have you seen me here today? And she said “Yes”. I had to remove my mask.

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6 months

If you’re an African looking for opportunities in tech at #Afrotech . Reach out to me; I have some leads with a myriad of great companies.

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1 year

Back to the kitchen cooking!

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2 years

Tech + Music + Education = #FutureOfWork Happy to be building the future with the best guys in the industry.

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6 months

If you see how I hunt for job opportunities for Africans whenever I travel abroad, you would think I was president of Africa. The road to get 1,000,000 jobs for African talents is not an easy one.

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3 years

Today I will be stepping down as the Publisher of @Techpointdotng . I'm proud of what we've built and excited about the future of the company. Now handing over the baton to my Co-founder @MuyoSan . I know we have the best team on the continent and I'm being reminded of that daily.

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2 years

Hello SF.

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1 year

Back in my favorite city, Kigali!

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2 years

I’m happy to announce that @AltSchoolAfrica will be training 30 women in #Rwanda in media content production. 6 of them will join us on paid internship and some will join us full-time after the internship. Here’s a link to apply

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3 years

Some guys woke up and decided to build a NIBSS for fintech as an API. Power is about to change hand. Banks did this 28 years ago when they came together to formed NIBSS.

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3 years

CEO by day. Daddy trying to get baby to sleep by night.

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3 years

Still can’t get over how I met my wife. Thank you @Techpointdotng & @Facebook

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3 years

I think fully remote is dangerous for early stage startup core team.

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2 years

@Otto_Orondaam @YomaVictor This is so amazing. Is she interested in a career in tech? I'll be happy to give her full scholarship into @AltSchoolAfrica .

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2 years

The week has been challenging, but I received the best news from @theOluwafemi . I met Femi in December 2018 when he had just started learning coding. He didn't have a degree, so it was difficult for any company to take a chance on him,

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2 years

School resumes tomorrow. #AltSchoolAfrica

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3 years

Our problem in Africa is not skills but opportunities. If you create opportunities, Africans will get the skills.

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3 years

No startup built what they initially set out to build. The mission might be the same, but the process never is.

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3 years

People have no idea what African founders face when fundraising. It’s brutal and depressing.

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4 years

If you earned ₦150,000 ($1,000) per month in 2015 and you earn ₦480,000 ($1,000) now. Your earnings didn't increase over 5 years.

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3 months

Weekend with my boss!

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5 years

On Saturday, my family, friends and I went to Ngodo Isuochi in Abia State to pick my asampete. @beejeoma #YorubaIgboWedding #igbotraditionalwedding

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2 years

I'm thrilled to announce that AltSchool Africa has raised a pre-seed round. We've received amazing support from the ecosystem since the day of the launch, that's why we are reserving a small token for the public. Visit or to invest

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3 years

My goal is simple, to help as many young Africans access opportunities that enable them ‘put food on their tables.’

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6 years

I lost my wallet yesterday. A lady found it and called my next of kin's number on the driver's licence. I went there with my valid ID to retrieve it. Nothing was missing. My money was intact. I offered her money but she turned it down. There are good Nigerians out there.

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2 years

Welcome to the neighborhood @mono_hq

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7 months

Happy Birthday King @hackSultan ! Let's make money!

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1 year

There's always a whiteboard in my office.

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2 years

It’s all about energy, the story might’ve changed, but the energy remains the same!

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3 years

I didn't know I'd enjoy my stay in Rwanda. An African country that works. The colour of the skin is not our problem.

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3 years

In the future, I will be charging equity for Founder's portraits. I shot these famous portraits, and they didn't share their cash with me.😭 Gbenga's first day as #Flutterwave 's CEO / Shola and Ezra days after #Paystack seed round.

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2 years

#AltSchoolAfrica

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3 years

My onboarding package. 🚀🚀🚀 Thank you @TalentQL

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2 years

One of the deadliest mistakes early stage funded startups makes is that they hire “Police” instead of “Soldiers”.

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3 years

After running @TalentQL for 2 months, here's what I discovered; Africa/Nigeria doesn't have a developer problem but a SENIOR DEVELOPERS shortage.

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3 years

Added another year today.

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5 years

We actually hosted @jack in our office. Wow, impossible is nothing! #TechpointMeetsJack #JackInNigeria

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Thank you @Techpointdotng ! Great talking with you all.

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8 months

I pray for you to have the courage to start, the strength to continue, and the wisdom to understand that it’s a marathon.

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2 years

Happy Birthday @hackSultan

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10 months

3 years ago, when 3 of us were in the same place, we launched @TalentQL . I'm excited for what's next. 🚀 @hackSultan @opeawo

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4 years

Don't hire people base on their tweets. Most of them are fake deep.

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2 years

. @AltSchoolAfrica + @TalentQL team hangout with our investors.

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6 years

As a CEO, you are not the smartest person in your company. Acknowledge that and move on.

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2 years

This brings back memories. I still can't believe I have done this before. I also used to carry 2 bags of cement (100kg) on my head at a time.

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Whatever muscles you got from the gym, Never challenge people like this to a fight! They didn't get all of these through gym and supplements!

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3 years

Happy New Year. I am starting 2021 on a different note. I relocated to Ile-Ife. Let's walk the talk. #FutureOfWork

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1 year

Yay! I got accepted into @_buildspace S3. I’ll be spending some time in San Francisco figuring out how @AltSchoolAfrica can leverage AI to deliver the future for African youths.

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1 year

More chefs in the kitchen. Let it cook 👩‍🍳

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1 year

One day I will build something like this in Lagos and Kigali!

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1 year

We're building something new in SF...😈 It'll be a 4,000 square foot space for people to build whatever tf they want -- music, software, film, games, whatever. Lease signed + construction underway. Very early, janky sneak peak:

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2 years

There's no other way to it; we have to redesign the concept of school and education for most Africans. The current system can't scale for us.

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1 year

I just realized that we don’t have a male employee in our #Rwanda office.

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4 years

I'm here as an entrepreneur that employees young Nigerians. These guys are our investment, you can't continue to rob and kill them. #EndSARS

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9 months

You'll have more failed projects than successful ones. The challenge is many people don't want to fail.

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4 months

This year, join a community and be active in it. Don’t isolate yourself.

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3 years

Dear Africa focused investor, The next Paystack might not be in payment. Spread the seed.

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2 years

Last year we started a 6 months program that transforms African developers into World-Class senior engineers. Over 80% of them got high-paying jobs (up to 8X from their last pay) within 3 months of graduating.

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3 years

The #Rwanda government should do a visa program for remote workers. This is a great place to live as a remote worker.

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2 years

Back to work.

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2 years

+1, grateful for another year.

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5 years

Our latest startup, we're definitely going to bootstrap this. With @beejeoma

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10 months

Say hello to @AltSchoolAfrica / @TalentQL office in Austin, Texas.

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4 years

We've been working on a project that would create opportunities for thousands of Nigerians, and SARS is our major threat. #EndSARS

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10 months

I have been passionate about African talents for a long time. In 2015/16, I traveled across different schools in Nigeria, telling the story of exceptional students building technology solutions. I'm happy to see those people on a global scale now.

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4 years

A decentralised, leaderless protest. #EndSARS

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3 years

Coding and finance are two inevitable skills for the future.

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2 years

I’m happy to announce @TalentQL LLC-FZ in UAE. Dubai has invested in positioning itself as a preferred location for companies looking to serve Africa & the Middle East. We plan to be closer to our clients (Fortune 500 & top startups) while bringing opportunities to talents.

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