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Tinkerer, Developer, Community Person @gdglagos and CTO @ INITS. Driven by curiosity and a relentless desire to explore the inner workings of technology.

Lagos, Nigeria
Joined May 2010
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@dftaiwo
Femi TAIWO
5 years
@renoomokri Hello Mr Reno Omokri, INITS is not responsible for handling Election Results. INITS has never been responsible for handling Election Results. INITS DOES NOT have any server for Election Result Collation or Result Transmission for INEC. /1
@renoomokri
Reno Omokri
5 years
The firm behind the now deleted INEC SERVER is INITS Nigeria Limited, located at 16 Majaro Street, Onike, Yaba, 100001, Lagos, Nigeria. Femi and Ronke Taiwo are the individuals behind the firm. Contact details: 08034544165, info @initsnf .com. #IdentityOfCompanyBehindInecServer
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
#DevfestIbadan just took off! Excited to be here with @chukaofili @unicodeveloper @auwalms @Oyhetola and other amazing speakers #Devfest
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
INITS is looking for Experienced Data Scientists to join and build the team on site in Lagos, and to help our clients discover information hidden in vast amounts of data & help make smarter decisions. Here's everything to know about this role and how to apply in these images:
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
We do not know who provided you with the things (read lies) you shared. You should ask for your money back. /5
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
#DevFestLagos #DevFest2023 is definitely going to be lit! Our best so far. Can't wait for kick off tomorrow.
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
Femi TAIWO @dftaiwo of INITS meets Femi Taiwo @TheFemiTaiwo of @LEAPAfrica ... Pleasant surprise!!!
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Femi TAIWO
6 years
Exciting time on set with @adamse , shooting a video and talking about my experience using GCP.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
It's a packed room. Almost 500 devs and designers in here with us for #gdglagosdevconf
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
Super proud of and inspired by what @bosuntijani is doing with @Cc_HUB I'm a first hand witness & beneficiary of the support they've given the ecosystem & gathered for it. And more importantly, the doors they've opened. All the best in this phase!
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
INITS HAS NEVER OPERATED any Solution or Server for Election Result Collation or Result Transmission on behalf of INEC or in any Election taking place in Nigeria. /2
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
INITS IS responsible for the report on the accreditation of voters and it is a fact we have never hidden. /3
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
Congratulations @Kolokodess !! And congratulations to the us all :)! The developer community in SSA stands to gain a whole lot as you do more of the impactful work you already do through the various groups and things you help with and handle.
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5 years
1st day resuming @ Google Nigeria!! Super excited to be coming in as the DevRel Ecosystem CommunityMgr for SubSaharan Africa! Via my role, I would be interfacing w/dev communities,start-ups & tech hubs to grow & manage developer outreach & programs including @gdg 's across SSA!
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
One key announcement today: DIrect Carrier Billing is coming to telcos in Nigeria soon, starting with MTN and 9Mobile #GoogleforNigeria
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
INITS was registered in January 2009. Domingo is Ronke's maiden name. /4
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
My shout-out slide to the amazing people behind these communities doing so much for the ecosystem #gdgsummit
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
At the @DevFestSW event in Ibadan. @nextdeegit is speaking about the evolution of @gdg communities across the world #devfestsw #devfest17
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Congratulations to @paylaterNG , @HeliumHealth and the other 22 startups from around the world participating in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Class 5!
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
I remain forever grateful for the time spent at Socketworks. Working under a visionary leader & with a fantastic team of engineers opened my eyes and those of many others to possibilities. I agree with @asemota : Developer Communities are a huge catalyst to growth. Active ones.
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Interesting thing is that @nke_ise , @dftaiwo and others worked for @ChifeDr with whom I worked with thanks to my cousin Uyi Edokpolo and @afalli who are my home people 😂
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Guess what - Firebase now fully works offline on the web just like on mobile. (And other announcements)
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Femi TAIWO
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@hackSultan
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Happy International Men’s day to the men among the people who built this our new phase of active tech ecosystem + community when they were still struggling themselves. @ridwan_olalere , @unicodeveloper , @NeoIghodaro , @xyluz , @dftaiwo , @tushgeek , @Geektutor , @codebeast .
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
Need to ask for time off to attend #DevFestLagos ? We've made it easier to do so. Here's a template you can use with your line manager to get that time off.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Happy Birthday to Oga @aniediudo Thanks for the things you do for devs across SSA with so much passion online, offline & in the background👏
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
I really, really love what these guys did for the #DevfestLagos website and mobile app. Please read the thread below for how the work was done. #DevFest2023
@IchekeChinaza
Zeus
7 months
Leading the design team for this year's DevFest Lagos was an incredible experience🫠 I was so happy when everyone was onboard with all our weird ideas; even when we were battling deadlines, it was amazing how we still found time to create a unique experience for everyone🥹🥹❤️❤️
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Femi TAIWO
4 years
Registration closes today for this Hackathon. Have you registered?
@tushgeek
Kelvin🥷🏾
4 years
Have you registered for the #PayAsYouKnow Hackathon? The hackerrank contest will be shared soon. Register here: #FSIHackathon @fsingr @gdglagos
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
One of the most powerful articles I've ever read as a developer. IMHO, every experienced developer should read this.
@sitepointdotcom
SitePoint
7 years
How to Become a Better Developer by Coding Less :
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
The 3-day #isdev2017 hackathon organized by @isdevNigeria kicks off soon. Lots of devs in the room already.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Getting Started with Firestore for Web - iOS - Android -
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Guess what - Firebase now fully works offline on the web just like on mobile. (And other announcements)
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
Thank you so much @Karen_Amarii for fighting the huge fight needed to still get to speak at #DevFestLagos . You pulled it off! We love you and wish you swift full recovery! 🤗
@Karen_Amarii
Karen💫🤭
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Just concluded my session on Intellectual Property Rights @gdglagos #DevFest2023 . Grateful we don’t look like our struggles because if you had seen me, you wouldn’t know that I was on admission begging the doctors & nurses to get me stable enough to attend my session. I couldn’t
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
#DevFest16 #DevFest When someone in the Nigerian Army shows up at your tech event.....👌👌👌💥💥💥💨
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Femi TAIWO
6 years
YES SIR! One of the best things I've done was to go into building INITS with her.
@asemota
Osaretin Victor Asemota
6 years
Most tech people can't really alter their lives as they fall into a pattern that gives EVERYTHING to the product. The only person I have seen who has the best formula is @dftaiwo , his wife is his co-founder. She drives the business too.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
“Understanding the Power of Firebase Security Rules — Part 1” by @dftaiwo
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Slides from my @cakephp #CakeFest2017 session on Building to Scale
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
. @ace_kyd : It's time to add two new words to your profile : 1. Versatile 2. Prolific
@dscfunaab
GDSC FUNAAB
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Femi TAIWO
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If you are a CTO, Senior Engineer or a Mid-level Engineer, then join me today at 1pm WAT for a live streamed discussion with two Google Developer Experts @dalehumby and @jmwai as we share experiences & insights on Databases & Data Management Register -
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Femi TAIWO
1 year
Yesterday was #GoogleIO 2023. (Practically) Everything announced is now AI-powered/AI-assisted for Users and for Developers Here's a recap video of the key announcements.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
World Class Apps aren't built by accident. It's planned. Join the @gdglagos on this journey.
@segunfamisa
SF
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Join me at the @GDGLagos Developer Conference this July
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
@unicodeveloper Talking about Progressive Web Apps at #CakeFest2017 #CakePHP #GDE
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
#DevFestLagos is almost here and it's going to be bigger & better than ever! Get ready to code, connect and celebrate at the biggest developer festival in Sub-Saharan Africa on Nov 24 & 25. Turning up the dial with even more workshops, talks & networking
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
Meet other volunteer mentors today who want to help bridge the skill gap in our tech ecosystem
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Femi TAIWO
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Femi TAIWO
1 year
Here's an opportunity to become Cloud Certified with a 6-week Google Cloud Study Group. There's an increasing demand for Skilled Cloud Engineers and getting a Cloud Certification is a great way to learn and to validate your skill and knowledge. #RGDC2023 #PrepWithGDG 1/
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GDG Cloud Lagos
1 year
Getting ready for our Associate Cloud Certification study group tomorrow @gomycodeN 🔥 #RGDC2023 #PrepWithGDG
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
🙌🙌 We are all humbled and inspired by your journey and contributions! Thanks for encouraging and inspiring others too.
@TiemmaBakare
Your Friendly Neighborhood Bakman
7 months
Shout-out to @aniediudo and @dftaiwo for the support and mentorship over the years, it was truly tremendous to have worked and learnt from you both.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
@theodoraisola speaking about the Role of Women in Tech. Good tips not just for women but for men too - Find the areas you can fit in - Have a staying power - Know that there are opportunities for you #DevFestSW #devfest17
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Femi TAIWO
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So if you've been doing Data Science for at least 3 years & have excellent understanding of machine learning techniques & algorithms like k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Random Forests, etc AND common data science toolkits, such as TensorFlow, R, PySpark, NumPy, we're looking for you!
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Femi TAIWO
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@robert_thas
Robert Thas John
6 years
At Google Cloud Developer Community Lagos with @dftaiwo and @chukaofili
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Femi TAIWO
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Remote Config Realtime updates now available! This is such a big deal for Mobile Developers that use @Firebase , especially if you've ever had to rollout config changes to 100,000+ devices running your app & set feature flags based on the app versions...
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
It's only been 30 hours and 89% of our 350 tickets gone already. The @gdglagos I/O Extended is going to be packed!
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
The @TEDxGbagada Salon Event is happening on Oct 14 Theme: The Future of Tech in Africa Limited tickets available
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Femi TAIWO
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"Do you build applications that run as a service? Or are you a DevOps engineer who deploys or manages such applications? You should check " - @chukaofili #gcdclagos
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Robert Thas John
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
The #GDGLagosDevConf has kicked off with @kingsmentor talking about Managing Pilot Releases
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
🤣🤣 It's called : "Raising the bar". The again, maybe the right phrase is "Teleporting the bar"
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
@unicodeveloper Talking about Progressive Web Apps at #CakeFest2017 #CakePHP #GDE
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Femi TAIWO
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@aniediudo at #DevFestNW17 #DevFest17 in Kano talking about Communities.
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
He's really good at connecting with the audience. We had a lot of Android Devs in the room, yet with rapt attention people laughed & learned
@KelvinOyanna
Skiliwewe
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@codebeast connected with the audience & made Progressive Web App interesting to explore.👏👏 #GDGLagosDevConf
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Femi TAIWO
5 years
@renoomokri Here's our response to your tweets.
@dftaiwo
Femi TAIWO
5 years
@renoomokri Hello Mr Reno Omokri, INITS is not responsible for handling Election Results. INITS has never been responsible for handling Election Results. INITS DOES NOT have any server for Election Result Collation or Result Transmission for INEC. /1
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Every session with a camera icon is being streamed live and you can join in and not miss out on any #io17
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Femi TAIWO
1 year
All roads lead to #oscafest23 today! Schedule is packed with plenty to look forward to today and tomorrow.
@oscafest
Open Source Festival
1 year
The workshops at #oscafest23 today are going to be hands-on. So come eager and ready to learn... bring your laptops along to make the most of the workshops. Meanwhile, if you haven’t marked your favorite sessions, do so here: See you soon 🙌💛
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Femi TAIWO
6 years
Awesome shots from #DevFestLagos #DevFest18
@aniediudo
Aniedi
6 years
@s_egahi @gdglagos @moyheen @dftaiwo 176 photos for your viewing pleasure
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
This is a big deal! Not one, but two! Super-excited!
@unicodeveloper
Odogwu Machalla
7 years
Happy to announce that two NIGERIANS will be holding down the fort at #CakeFest 2017 this year in NYC Prepare to be amazed @cakephp 🔥🔥🔥🔥🚀🚀
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Femi TAIWO
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@Ace_KYD talking about the Gathered App, a mobile app to connect people at meetups. Available on Play Store #gdglagos #io17extended
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
YES! The excitement and interest today was palpable. We will play our parts in making things happen.
@sundarpichai
Sundar Pichai
7 years
Can't wait to see what developers around the world will build w/ @TensorFlow . Thx for tuning in, Lagos! #TFDevSummit
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
#TechPointInspired was lit. Joined the livestream & really enjoyed it. Two thumbs-up to @wexcely and the entire @Techpointdotng team
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Femi TAIWO
2 years
"One of the things that can harm you the most - your own thoughts, unguarded." - Adaeze from @nguvuhealth #iwdlagos @gdglagos #iwd2022 @WTMLagos
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@dftaiwo
Femi TAIWO
7 years
Congratulations! Well deserved!
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Femi TAIWO
6 years
@tejuafonja Nah. The thanks go to you, @abolaji_dev and @synedexter for taking the time out to talk about AI to almost 500 kids at the @gtbank #SKSTechJam
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
"Don't start with the technology. Start with the experience you want to build"- @Paul_Kinlan #ProgressiveWebApps #ProgressiveRoadshowLagos
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Femi TAIWO
3 years
I remember this day. Keep growing & inspiring people @coder_blvck !
@coder_blvck
Big Sheddy 🦅
3 years
Throwback to the first tech event I spoke at, probably like 7 people were in attendance 🌚
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Femi TAIWO
2 years
We've started the speaker announcements :point-down. #DevFestLagos is going to be awesome! I've seen the entire speaker line-up and it's so on point. Diversity. Depth. People with real expertise and War stories. #DevFest
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Thanks from us all for the part you play in inspiring many in the ecosystem. So - Right back at you!
@unicodeveloper
Odogwu Machalla
7 years
Thank you @dftaiwo for highlighting the vibrancy of our tech ecosystem in Nigeria. Big things are happening 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Cloud Functions for Firebase lets U write small pieces of JavaScript & run them in response to events #GoogleNext17
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Femi TAIWO
4 years
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ― Margaret Mead
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
The Google Launchpad Build event series is coming to Africa this month! Register now:
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Femi TAIWO
7 months
Way more men than I can possibly tag here. Everyone - organization, man and woman who is/was organizing tech events, building communities offline & online, mentoring, writing, speaking, coding, sharing & supporting, has helped to get us thus far in this journey as an ecosystem
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
Shout out to @okoghenun and @kn9ts at #PWADevSummit talking about Progressive Web Apps in Nigeria & Kenya
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Femi TAIWO
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@heytjmiller
TJ
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Hey, if there is a developer/contributor out there that you admire/appreciate/respect, take a second and let them know. #vibes
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Looking for a live opensource project to contribute to? Here's one that makes sense by @ace_kyd Just send a PR
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Femi TAIWO
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
This thread. 👌
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Femi TAIWO
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"The Secret of Fast Programming: Stop Thinking" via @mkanat
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
Takes a conscious selfless effort of a few to start the fire & grow the ecosystem Kudos for helping lead the charge
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Meet the EatDrinkLagos Bot. Awesome stuff!!
@ireaderinokun
Ire Aderinokun
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Hey there @zegbua ! Nice to see and chat with you again!
@zegbua
Ized Uanikhehi | Growth | Data | Magic
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Running a late-stage startup in Nigeria (+Kenya & SA)? Apply now to Google Launchpad Accelerator via @google
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
This is happening.
@unicodeveloper
Odogwu Machalla
8 years
48 hours to go... The 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 is coming to #Lagos #DevFest16 #DevFestSW #worldClass 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
@downtempo just called me legendary 🕺🕺🕺🤸🤸🤸💪💪🙌🙌
@downtempo
Andy Volk ✌️
7 years
Spending time with the legendary @dftaiwo at #gdglagosdevconf
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Femi TAIWO
9 years
My friends in Sierra Leone regaled me with tales of the bravery of Nigerian Soldiers. How much more for Motherland #ThankASoldier
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Femi TAIWO
8 years
"54% of users will quit before doing yet-another-signup". Interesting insights shared at the #LaunchpadDev #lagos by @aniediudo
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Femi TAIWO
1 year
Just found a treasure trove of content here for developers : Technical sessions, Workshops and Codelabs. Exciting days ahead!
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
Do you have old computers not being used? Please lets donate them cc: @asemota @EmekaOkoye @EditiEffiong @emeka_onwuka
@MercyAkamo
Mercy Akamo
7 years
Hi guys 👋 My husband and I are collaborating to create a safe place were under privileged primary school kids can read & be tech enabled.
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Femi TAIWO
6 years
Cloud Armor A new love story is starting for applications that face a lot of malicious, distributed, intelligent and serious attacks. Serious protection powered by ML. #GoogleNext18
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Femi TAIWO
7 years
@Kolokodess speaking on Building a Sustainable Technology Ecosystem at #isdev2017 @isdevNigeria hackathon
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@dftaiwo
Femi TAIWO
8 years
I join @aniediudo in this effort too, one hour/week “Plugging the Skill Gap in Nigeria’s Technology Ecosystem”
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