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To change my home address in the UK, I just logged into my bank app and updated it.
In Nigeria, after three weeks of constantly chasing the bank, they told me to swear an affidavit. It feels like Nigerian banks do almost nothing for the benefit of retail customers.
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Pretty interesting responses to this tweet, and of course, I have a lot of thoughts, but here are some that might give everyone some perspective on why this is happening, and why it’s important.
Ex Flutterwave VP launched Mira,new way to pay at restaurants.
Ex Principal Engineer at Paystack launched Chowdeck,On-demand food delivery app.
4 ex Paystack seniors launched grocery delivery startup,GoLemon.
What is attracting African Fintech operators to the Food Business?
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Ashluxe, Bawsty, Dye Lab, This is Us, Andrea Iyama, many many amazing Fashion businesses.
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It's quite ironic, isn't it? We travel to Europe to admire ancient structures, yet back home, we're tearing down every historic building we possess.
How does that even begin to make sense?
A building with significant architectural history bulldozed in Lagos.
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There’s a boob agenda on the TL. But I assure you, Bumbum is still supreme.
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Flutterwave, Africa’s Biggest Payment Startup, Expands to India - Bloomberg
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When you empower businesses to do more, you bring more payments online, you expand the GDP of our Digital Economy. You make commerce better for everyone. We need more companies like this.
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Eating out is one of my favourite things to do, after designing of course. But most of my experiences were marred by what I called ‘avoidable issues’ - waiting for the waiter, being disappointed by the food because I didn’t see what it looked like before I ordered…
We’re super excited to introduce you to Mira - a point-of-sale that helps ambitious food businesses scale and serve their customers better.
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Worked on many important things but archiving feels different.
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Mira for example, is working with restaurants beyond payments, to help them understand inventory, peak times, order volumes, connect front-of-house to back-of-house, in ways that aren’t possible with rails. It’s next-level limitless possibilities.
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These Were Nigeria's 100 Brightest Teenagers in 2009. Where Are They Now?
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The Mira Register has sparked more interest and leads in 2 weeks than we saw in the last 6 months of being software-only. Feeling a bit overwhelmed right now.
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Everyone who’s leaving these companies is doing it with an understanding of payments. It’s knowing what people are paying for. Beyond that, it’s also having the backing (and blessing) of the company you’re leaving from. Your first customers will most likely be your colleagues.
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Mira launches Register to digitise food and retail businesses across Africa via
@bendadadotcom
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Mira’s recipe for differentiation in Nigeria’s POS market is an all-in-one hardware
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I sat down with my Friend,
@MitchelleC_
to talk about my journey over the years. I think you should watch it.
💥 Lekki To London Ep.4
Ted is a pioneering design leader in the African Fintech industry whose passion lies in storytelling and scaling innovative products globally.
Join us on his unicorn story from Ikorodu to spearheading Flutterwave’s design team as the VP of Emerging Tech.
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Paystack, Flutterwave, and companies like these are infrastructure companies. They’ve built a lot of the rails to power a digital economy. Think about all the millions of businesses that now exist, or have been levelled up, simply because you can send a link, and pay online.
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We know this, but there’s also something else we now know: that when you build rails, you need to build verticals around it. Think of how real world economies that emerged simply because a railroad passed through town.
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Get to Know More About Ted Oladele's Tech Journey and Why He's Building Mira in Today's "Doing Life With..." | BellaNaija
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is digitising Nigeria's old newspapers | Pulse Nigeria
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Now, this move towards verticals (like food or groceries or even creator economies) means that there’s more value to be created beyond payments. A food business can receive payments, but they get more competitive when they have better tools.
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Dangote had to handle many tasks himself to bring that refinery to life. That’s how challenging things can be here.
Now, he owns the biggest cement factory, oil refinery, sea port, and quarry in the entire country and possibly in West Africa.
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“Grocery delivery” and “food delivery” are 2 different things.
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Is Hiring A Product Designer
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I remember a thread someone did here to say how Flutterwave's “Pay with Bank transfer” as a payment method was a terrible idea.
It’s nice to see that a lot of startups are beginning to introduce account numbers now.
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What has now become the common use case for , has me checking my locks every 2 hours because dee es es might show up anytime.
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Now think of what that means for payment rails on the internet, and all the businesses that emerge because of it.
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Mira replacing square at a restaurant in Lagos felt really good. There’s still a lot to do though.
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Send App Summer
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Hi, I am looking for a designer/dev that’s really good with framer for a quick gig.
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I just spent 0.60% of Abacha’s $3.65 billion loot. How much can you spend?
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Breaking: Backed by CBN, Flutterwave’s new product Swap wants to solve Nigeria’s FX problems
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This time 10 years ago, I was at the RCCG camp stacking benches to build a tent, walking kilometers to badly maintained bathrooms, and eventually going even further into the bush to do my business.
Fast forward to today, with billions of naira in revenue, I hear it's the same.
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Kelvin is a different kind of CEO. “Pack an order with me” is so cool.
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Recently found out about this company
@Pressone_africa
courtesy of
@brassHQ
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It’s so cool that a lot of the tools you need to run a business in Nigeria now exits locally, priced locally too.
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I can’t believe we are consistently insulting the 1 person in government that’s engaging us.
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It’s really clear why chowdeck is number 1.
And they are only 18 months old.
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Any answer that’s not Sir Alex Ferguson is the wrong answer. You don’t have to be a United fan to know it.
Who's the best ever Premier League manager? 🐐
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The internet is like this huge stage. Reach is crazy. You could be in Lagos, churning out cool furniture, and folks in Europe are snagging it up.
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The case study is there, but of course you do not read. You’re only concerned about the optics of it. It’s because you lack depth.
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I have had to run all the ACs at home simultaneously for the past week. Lagos is so hot.
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I read two really good threads about tomato farming and transportation. It seems like the best way the government can help is by improving rail infrastructure.
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Revolut mafia just surpassed Revolut itself
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Peace of mind. I pray everyone gets to experience it.
It feels like one of those things you stop craving after a long wait.
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Eba and beans >>
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Toast processing $40B in payments from just restaurants is wild. Q1 - Q2 btw.
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You want minister of technology to go and fix healthcare infrastructure.
You’re telling him not to implement tech until the infrastructure is fixed.
I don’t understand the logic.
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Spend years consistently building credibility only for someone called Afro kinikan to think “I don catch them today”.
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I want to start writing on my blog again and am experimenting with ChatGPT audio. I asked it to interview me, using the context it has about Mira, and then draft a blog post based on our conversation.
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Drive your Toyota in peace sha. It’s low maintenance. Leave Range Rover drivers alone.
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Approximately 90% of businesses in Nigeria's informal economy earn less than N500,000 monthly profit.
Find out more on
@moniepoint
's report. Visit
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Back
@StartArchiving
's mission to digitise old newspapers and make history more accessible.
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Partnerships. Looking forward to what we'll do with this.
The Flutterwave/AliPay connection is probably the biggest thing to ever happen to African tech if we understand the full implication.
China is in play guys. Over One BILLION users are in play. I have always said, don’t build for Africa.....alone! 😂
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Normalize logging chargebacks against businesses in Nigeria when they don’t deliver their services.
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Please donate
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god please, I am begging
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Figma is demonstrating the best use of AI I have seen so far. Wow
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Yeah, let’s stop trying to force friendships going forward. No need.
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Thinner and lighter, Apple please. No one complained about the size. I don’t even want anything thinner, it’ll break.
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Used this yesterday and it was just great!
I am super excited to announce our newest product - RELAY by Chowdeck.
RELAY allows you send packages/items to friends, businesses or loved ones. Easy package delivery at your finger tips.
This brings us a step closer to our dream of being a household name for logistics and
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