Opeyemi Awoyemi @opeawo Twitter profile

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

3 months

The idea that an African tech entrepreneur must build a startup for Africa is severely limiting and an effect of long-term conditioning. Building for the world is a valid alternative and if that’s what you want to do, go for it.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Had dinner with the CEO of a $20b annual revenue company yesterday. Intimate - his family, my family, just 6 of us. Stay humble, folks, there’s a long way to go and a bright future ahead.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

A Nigerian bank just countered a startup’s offer for a developer with higher salary and stock options in a new subsidiary being formed. 🔥 Talent Game On!

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

My father recently confessed to me; he’d sent private investigators to find out wth I was doing to make so much money as a student (OAU 2004-10). That’s what great fathers do. Happy Father’s Day to all caring but annoying guardian angels out there.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

A US startup founder just told me his local Nigerian frontend engineer has delivered 10x of value a US based dev agency delivered in the same timespace of a month. Cc @TalentQL @markessien

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

10 months

My wife is a superstar.

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Brag about yourself

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

Henceforth, no policeman should threaten a driver on the road with police station. If the person has violated a law, fine electronically and leave. If @PoliceNG does not have the technology, it’s on them!

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

A former developer employee of mine just put $2500 in a syndicate I set up for a startup. He’s not a founder, he is still a developer. OND grad. He lives and works in Nigeria.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

Dear founder, it's really hard to build the next neobank. Think fintechization instead. Fintechization of industries is layering fintech on an industry to drive digital adoption. Here are a few companies that get it.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

Excellence does not exist in isolation. Networks matter.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

As a founder, I have found audit companies clueless about how startups work. Nonetheless, audits are increasingly important for startups at all stages, no thanks to increase founder-related scams. Someone should build a startup-audit-as-a-service company. Investors will pay.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

If you set your mind to achieve something, you will. It may take time, but it will happen. only death can stop you.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Conviction question for startup founders: If you won a $10m lottery today, would you still build that same company?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Announcing @fastforwardvc to help more African founders win by myself, @omolarami and @JakeRBright

Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale | TechCrunch

Fast Forward, a venture studio, plans to bring 10 African startups into its yearly program and have 3-5 as its success rate.

techcrunch.com

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Again and again, education is the core infrastructure for progress in a society.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Learnings - once you figure out your path, stay at it. It’s easy to get restless. Find your own hack to focus. - be very helpful not only to people downwards but upwards. - say no frequently but don’t burn bridges.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

I just watched something that almost made me cry. Altschoolers, does anyone have a guesstimate of how much data you need per month to attend your @AltSchoolAfrica classes and do assignments?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

Reinvention in progress. I’ve passed the Series 65, the exam prerequisite for individuals to be licensed as investment advisers in the US.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

As a startup founder, you may be tempted to offer big discounts to attract new customers. You want to be like Jumia. Discounts can easily eat into your profits if not used carefully. I wished I understood this clearly when I started out.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

US Fintech tip: Scammers will try to sign up on your app using google voice and voip numbers. You can identify these via a simple carrier type lookup. API call costs $0.005 via Twilio. You can block outright or add addt'l controls.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

Your tech is not enough, you need to learn how to sell. Even if you are using product led growth, understanding sales definitely helps. The "quote-to-cash" process helps me turn on my inner salesman when I need it.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 months

The self-employed businessman is the market @moniepoint went for. While everyone else was busy asking for CAC documents to onboard businesses for business banking, Tosin wondered why we were asking for CAC doc when 87% of entrepreneurs don't have one. And he figured out a…

Ugodre

@ugodre

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This is a very important data that says a lot about the structure of the Nigerian economy If a whopping 87% of your working population are self employed, it connotes so many things. Here are some examples that come to mind. 1. Suffering and smiling. Since we all have “work”…

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

My DM is getting flooded. Looks like @shl ’s tweet and Calendly’s raise is doing Elon-type magic for all African founders. Let’s keep hacking!

Sahil Lavingia

@shl

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Excited to invest in another African startup! The power of Twitter 😍

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

8 months

I had the opportunity of doing a deep dive into @GoDaddy and I saw how they evolved into the partner for growing businesses. Whogohost ultimately is copying that playbook. The acquisition of @sendchamp comes with strong technical talent that also improves Whogohost’s ability to…

TechCabal👨🏾‍🚀

@TechCabal

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In a strategic move to deepen value offering, WhoGoHost, a web hosting company, has acquired SendChamp, a cloud-based communication startup. The acquisition is a combination of cash and equity

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

7 months

Mexico is the #3 country with the most airports, 1700 of them. 3 key drivers: Mountainous terrains, huge tourism revenue, and trade facilitation. Wonder if an aviation overhaul can help in easing food transportation issues within Nigeria.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Except you are making money from advising people, you need to have a hard cap on how much time you spend advising people one-on-one.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

I spoke to a Nigerian entrepreneur/CEO whose business did #500m turnover in October. His monthly salary is #3m . His bonus, super hefty. Drives a G-Wagon. Same goes for most bank EDs. That's how I think startup founders should be remunerated. Entrepreneurial stipend + hefty bonus.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

Starting a new company is scary, even for a serial entrepreneur like me. I took a 90-day unpaid leave from Indeed to make the jump.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

2008. My sister convinced my dad to give me N50,000 - which I wanted to use to apply for a .ng registrar license. You can’t predict the future, you can only prepare. @whogohost

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

I am 34. @whogohost is 15 and still winning. Wow! I. SHOULD. WRITE. A. BOOK.

GO54 (formerly Whogohost)

@GO54_hq

2 years

Happy 15th anniversary to Whogohost! We have been standing strong for 15 years and we have you our customers to thank for it. Join us as we celebrate 15 years of being the best cloud solutions company in the West African region Happy Anniversary to us 🥳🥳 #Whogohostis15

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Bumpa raises $4m for its Shopify for emerging markets play, making life easy for sellers in Nigeria.

Nigerian retail automation platform Bumpa raises $4M, led by Base10 Partners | TechCrunch

Bumpa, a Nigerian retail automation platform, gets $4 million from Base10 and other investors to scale into other countries.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

And to the alt fathers out there - looking out for those who aren’t your biological kids as if they were yours. 🙏🏿🙏🏿. You are rare angels.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

5 years

Nigerian students! Don’t let ASUU’s strike bring you down. Jobberman was born during an industrial strike in 2009. Learn a skill, volunteer somewhere, get a free internship. It don’t matter if you spend just 2 weeks, just start.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

@whogohost ’s been trending on Twitter. Apologies to everyone here. Here is #giveaway . You can get a .ng domain on Whogohost for the next 24 hours at just N3,000. Use the code: “opeawo” on checkout. If you love whogohost, please retweet.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Race Condition, the favorite gig of scammers troubling Nigerian fintech. via @LinkedIn

Race Condition, the favorite gig of scammers troubling Nigerian fintech.

In today's world of instant gratification, consumers are demanding faster and more convenient payment options. Fintech companies have risen to the challenge, offering innovative solutions that allow...

www.linkedin.com

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

5 months

A decade ago, I was trying to get into venture capital. I started Haystack because I didn’t get the jobs I wanted, so friends convinced me to start a small fund as a mini track record to eventually convert into a real job with another firm. But the universe was sending me a…

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

23 days

Founders and Investors should normalize audits upon companies shutting down. There’s a lot to learn from autopsies.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

Ghanaians don’t complain when something is situated in Nigeria. Can we be a big brother and be happy for them? Maybe dash them one state too...

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

Nigerian founders, if you could have charged a client N1m to develop software, don't ask them to pay N2,000 monthly all in the name of SaaS. Be smart.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 month

As a founder, be very careful about jumping on bandwagons. A startup that used to pose as a neobank play has hit $1m in quarterly revenues. I can still see neobank for X on their site but revenue from bank products is 0.2%.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

5 months

Sometimes you don’t have to be Mark Zuckerberg, just be Dustin Moskovitz. Both are billionaires. Find a star, align forces and stay the course.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

It can happen. It is happening.

Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He’s One Of America’s Wealth...

Calendly was built out of frustration. Now the scheduling app is worth $3 billion—and the subject of a heated Twitter spat among Silicon Valley elite.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

B2C Cross-border fintech is 10% moving money, 30% regulatory, and 60% fighting scammers.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Meta's whatsapp cloud API pricing for Nigeria and most of Africa does not make sense. It's 3x the price for North America. Is this a result of push back by African governments or Meta not being meta enough?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

5 years

@JasonNjoku @irokotv I founded @Jobbermandotcom and @whogohost . One was venture backed, other bootstrapped. One made me popular, the other made me wealthy.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

A founder recently told me “I’d rather face the probable disappointment by a cofounder than go through the assured pain of being a solo founder”.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

The kind of investments we need in Nigeria is those that lead to more of exporting goods and services and not more of exporting profits.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

An African fintech spinoff (payroll) is looking for an entrepreneur leader to take it to the next level. Currently @ 100 companies, $120k already in monthly payroll. This is a mission not a job. High double digit vested equity. Interested?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Build the change you want to see in the world.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

Do not become an entrepreneur just because you don't want to work for anyone. Customers, investors, partners are all bosses in disguise.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Lagos barbers are unsung heroes.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

There’s no need for statements like this. There are more Nigerian entrepreneurs in offline than digital. Yet both are needed. And beware, because something is loud on TechCrunch or on Instagram does not make it bigger. Or smaller.

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@EmekaOkoye

3 years

Startup money can't see road to Oba. Crypto money can't make noise at Oba. There are entrepreneurs and there are entrepreneurs. When Nigeria is ready for development, those entrepreneurs that appeared at Oba are most likely to build the industries that will boost our economy

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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7 months

Many single guys tell me they're finding it hard to meet a partner who's beautiful, smart, respectful, and 1000+ other criteria. You are looking for an already shining diamond shone by someone else, why not find your own diamond and shine it?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

Skill is the same everywhere (mostly). The biggest noticeable differences between someone who’s worked at global companies and only Nigerian companies is their approach to 1) problem solving 2) conversations

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Some people reached out to me to collabo and contribute data for AltSchool students' use. So we set this up. Anyone can donate. @AltSchoolAfrica will manage disbursement. Donate: Transparency: cc: @AdewaleYusuf_ @hackSultan

Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

I just watched something that almost made me cry. Altschoolers, does anyone have a guesstimate of how much data you need per month to attend your @AltSchoolAfrica classes and do assignments?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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4 years

Back then. Today. 7 years down. Forever to go.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

9 months

Good move by MasterCard. The best distribution channel for payments is through mobile. And cards is definitely not going to be the winner in Africa in 10 years from now.

Bloomberg Africa

@BloombergAfrica

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JUST IN: Mastercard agrees to buy a minority stake in MTN's $5.2 billion fintech business

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Exit no 1 of 2023 for me.

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@erinkwoo

1 year

news: Twitter has agreed to acquire Laskie, the recruiting tech startup run by prolific tweeter @ChrisJBakke , in a deal that valued the company in the low tens of millions. Both cofounders and five Laskie employees now work at Twitter.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

Woke up to this. I’m officially in a meme. @LekanOlude @atadewunmi @0x @OdunEweniyi @JoshChibueze

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

GSuite is becoming super expensive and bloated for emerging markets. Data sovereignty would soon become a big issue. Any founders/engineers/designers thinking about email and basic storage for small businesses?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Why is it hard for lots of frontend designers to do pixel perfect work? I mean, the job is to replicate exactly what you see... and since its code and not tailoring, you have a million chances to edit and make it good.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

4 years

I regret all the years I downplayed the importance of Sales & BD in a tech business. We all need each other to win long.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

@Dualprince @TalentQL @markessien Referral from a referral. They wanted someone who was great at using ChakraUI, a React component library created by Segun Adebayo another Nigerian and used all over the world (400k downloads).

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 months

If you had access to an API that allows you to get/query list of Nigerian companies by industries, number of employees, profitability, revenue, location and ownership and key decision maker (head of this and that); how will that help your business?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

I wanted to get 1000 people earning $1000 in Ile-Ife, but @AdewaleYusuf_ and @hackSultan are taking this to another level across Nigeria with @AltSchoolAfrica . I'm glad this is happening. Real life skills + a real certificate. Skills, check, certified, check. Don't miss it!

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@hackSultan

3 years

Tomorrow, I’ll be talking about @AltSchoolAfrica along with @AdewaleYusuf_ , @Okoyecb and the team 🚀🚀

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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3 years

Fraud seems not so harmful until you become a victim. Say no to fraud at all levels.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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4 months

The startup journey is so unique - I know at least 2 fintech players in Nigeria with million dollar annual revenues (not transaction volume) while their CEOs were part-time. What made this possible?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

8 months

We built not because of next valuation round but because we wanted to create value. As founding CTO @Jobbermandotcom , my developers earned at least 2x than me @logbon72 dejibalogun

Demotivational Speaker

@OdunEweniyi

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we returned the 50% (of N70,000)💀😭

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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3 years

I love capital efficiency. There is a top 5 agency bank in Nigeria that is not a bank and has only raised $1m in its lifetime.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

How to build a Peer-to-peer (P2P) Crypto Platform

Build with Dojah — How to build a Peer-to-peer (P2P) Crypto Platform

A peer-to-peer exchange simply refers to a marketplace where people can directly trade crypto with each other, without the need of fiat…

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

The eNaira failed because it wasn’t a real digital currency. Not programmable, not decentralized post-minting, no exchanges. It was another version of cashless Naira at best, a branding exercise.

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Last year, Nigeria launched its much-ballyhooed eNaira, Africa’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC). The jury is now in. The eNaira has been a massive failure. Here’s what really comes next... Hint: it’s not what the elites hoped for

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Double your hustle. Even the man on the Jobberman logo don dey move.

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@opeawo

3 years

Well documented APIs are like good design , they make you happy from deep within.

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2 years

How am I supposed to recognize a smiling dog?

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

Pencils in the hands of the creator. GODCALLING now out on Netflix. Happy Easter y’all.

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@LekanOlude and @opeawo are you these two exec. producers???. Mí ó lè look away. Nice one guys.

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3 years

Getting fired might be the fire you need to get to the next level. 🔥🚀.

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@opeawo

3 years

Going through job applications for @getMoneymie roles, I noticed lots of career switching from finance to software development. 10 years ago, it was the other way round - engineers going into finance. Amazing!

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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1 year

Experienced NFC implants for the first time. Was at this event in San Francisco and this guy waves his hand over my phone to share contacts. My Nigerian Church mind couldn’t stop thinking about 666.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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3 years

Abeg, we need more developers. It’s still day 1. When you see a startup raising $10m from former colleagues in 2025, the seeds were sown yesterday. wants to breed more.

AltSchool Africa

Your Learning Path to Endless Growth. AltSchool Africa helps you learn the skills you need to build and grow the career you want. Education for everyone.

altschoolafrica.com

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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2 years

It’s @falzthebahdguy in the building. Thank you, bro, for investing in @AltSchoolAfrica the movement to unlock hidden potential in tech like you’ve done in music.

Bop Daddy

@falzthebahdguy

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Super pumped to announce my investment in @AltschoolAfrica . 🚀 We are doing a phenomenal job preparing Africans for the future of work & I’m super excited to be onboard. Again, really great work @AdewaleYusuf_ @hackSultan @opeawo and the rest of the team! Let’s make magic!

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Proud to be building alongside the @AltSchoolAfrica leadership team @AdewaleYusuf_ @hackSultan @onojarachael @CHenikoff and excited for what’s coming!

Adewale Yusuf

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Back to the drawing boards. It’s day 1.👩‍🍳 @onojarachael @opeawo

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Lots of doctors in Africa want to earn more: so they japa or become social media creators like @aproko_doctor and @the_beardedsina to earn more $$$. A bigger impact play would be a Bumpa/Onlyfans for doctors (not hospitals) that let doctors start and grow their own private…

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

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Dear founder, it’s ok to get 100 rejections from VCs. Don’t take it personal. Once the 101st agrees to invest or better, lead the round, a good number of the 100 that passed will be back.

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Don’t want to code, but want a tech career? There is something for you at @AltSchoolAfrica #data #product

Nigeria’s AltSchool increases course options amidst soaring tech-skill demand | TechCrunch

Tuition at AltSchool costs a dollar a day or $30 a month making it an affordable learning path compared to traditional college options.

techcrunch.com

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@opeawo

2 years

Looking forward to the flywheel effect! @AltSchoolAfrica trains and up skills; @TalentQL provides the access to jobs globally.

Adewale Yusuf

@AdewaleYusuf_

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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4 years

I don’t call names. I know how heavy and complex the burden and dilemma of leadership can be. But @ProfOsinbajo , you fall our hand.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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3 years

Me: Thinking of keeping my money under my bed, at least we will see it there.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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3 months

Connectors don’t get the accolades they deserve. It’s a destiny I dread. They connect everyone else to their big opportunity, but somehow never attain same level of success that they’d hoped. Be kind and remember those connectors in your life.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

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Customer: waits for 3 hours CS agent: hello. Waits for 1min. since I haven’t gotten a response, I will be ending this chat. This playbook is outdated, triggering and unnecessarily rude. A better flow+messaging is: support threading + we hope to hear from you soon. we are always…

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@seunosewa @moniepoint Acc Name: Nairaland owned by Seun Osewa

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

@__JasonMarshall You should get one of your Nigerian investors on the ground to step in from time to time - you could use them at this point.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

It was another proud moment for me. If your children, protégés and former employees become greater than you, you’ve done a great job. Thank you, A.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 months

Still an unrepentant entrepreneur. But I now think impact, innovation and money can be chased at the same time.

Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

6 years

@nextzonsme 😀 I’m an unrepentant Entrepreneur. I have succeeded and failed. Successes include @Jobbermandotcom and @whogohost I like impact, innovation and money in that order.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 months

When asked what’s Nigeria’s response to brain drain, I say we just need to train more people.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Health Insurance if done well is a way to improve health infrastructure. Governments can make it compulsory for everyone and then in turn get the insurance companies to invest in healthcare facilities with the premiums.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

My barber (Lekki) as at 2018 was netting ~ #250k per month in take home - a mix of fees in shop, home service and tips. Dude always made jokes about college grads who look down on artisans but earned a lot less.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

2 years

After conversing with a couple of folks that were once religious and now agnostic/atheist, I realized most had one thing in common: they had inadvertently trusted and "worshipped" men and women of God more than God.

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

1 year

Nigerians spend over $2 billion (₦750billion) annually on student education abroad. This is almost 25% more than the annual Federal budget for education (₦605billion in 2018) - Stears

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

3 years

Tech is liberating. Crypto is liberating. Exciting times!!!

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Opeyemi Awoyemi

@opeawo

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Retailers and distributors cannot use the POS or app of every bank and startup. If Nigeria wants to have UNICORNS (read large new players) in our logistics space, we will need an Open Delivery logistics model.

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