A tale of two startups

Story, story…

Yes, you have to say “stoooooorryyyyy”.

Is Hotels.ng pushing a good culture?

Yes.

Personally, I had nursed a silent hope that when technical-oriented founders start getting funded, we may begin to see some interesting developments in the tech-related small business environment here in Nigeria. (dodging the use of…

Schooled: how credit card schemes work and it’s effect on electronic payments

Launching a fintech venture? Here’s some unsolicited advice

E-commerce is so 2015. This year, fintech is the new e-commerce. Something new (or two, or three) is launching every month. Overall, this is a good thing. I suspect the motivations for those launching products or companies will…

The time we made an action movie…

Sometime in 2010 or so, Ese Okagbare who was our lead mobile developer on the Quickteller and mobile banking stack was exploring his interests in storytelling and movie-making. He came up with an idea to make a movie… It sounded fun and I thought, why not.

Of Netflix, iROKOtv and DSTV

Netflix announced yesterday that the streaming service will now be available in a number of countries where it was not before. Including Nigeria. The usual “disrupt” crowd has started getting excited again. This is me jumping into the kpotokpoto too and adding my opinion to the…

The suited-up windscreen cleaner vs the cardboard lady. And Frank Donga.

I would not lie, I have been struggling with what to feel about these two stories that came up recently. You see, I’m a complete romantic for sheer hustle and grit. When I see examples of this, it just…

Bots. Bots. Bots. How will it end?

I had been procrastinating on writing something about bots and the payment space for well over 6 months [scratches dandruff-ed head]. You know, so I can sound smart and be seen to be in tune with the trends. Well… I never got round to it.