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When I started NaijaHacks, I did not know what I was getting myself into. The original idea was to have a small 50–100 person self-funded hackathon. And we went big! We became Nigeria’s biggest tech competition in year one and Africa’s Biggest Hackathon in year two. To
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Your startup is growing, and you’re making lots of money. You notice users visiting from countries that are not English-speaking, and you celebrate. An influencer tries your app and tweets about it, and you see a spike in users: 100k plus users in 2 days. But there’s a
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Maybe you’ve just been rejected, or your startup has failed. Whatever it is that you’ve been trying to accomplish, you could be close to achieving it if you only did one thing. Nothing worth having comes easy is a famous saying by the American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist,
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Last week, I updated my Linkedin profile with my new role as a Software Engineer working on Verified.Me Identity Network at SecureKey. Hundreds of people congratulated me with the normal “Congrats on your new job” messages. In the mix were a few messages about why I decided to join
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Lagos, Nigeria, 1 October 2018 — Today sees the official unveiling of NaijaHacks, a tech invention competition that was started to inspire a generation of Nigerian innovators to use technology to create solutions for their communities using technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and many more. NaijaHacks is the brainchild of Uchi
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Ever wondered how Big Data and AI will affect you personally? Well, you’d get the answer in a moment. We all like good food, cheerful music, engaging company and perfectly-planned events. Is it possible to use AI to make parties more fun? How about party planning? Can we use
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When I was a kid growing up in Nigeria, my mother started a Business with less than $3 (650 NGN). She started by learning how to sew and then worked as a tailor for a few years. After that, she expanded her small tailoring business and started selling Fabrics. She
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In the summer of 2013, I moved to Canada to start a BA&BSc (combined) degree with a full scholarship from the Nigerian Government. I got this scholarship after failing 3 times, rewriting the exam 3 times and interviewing 3 times. I wait for 3 years. I persisted because
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As Canadians prepare for Cannabis to hit stores by the end of the summer, how can we ensure that smokers and non-smokers are safe and public safety is not compromised? How do we ensure that people do not drive under the influence of the plant and that it does not
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As a black male living in North America, it is sometimes hard to admit the bias that is inherently present in me. This is especially difficult because most things that I see on social media and the news are stories of people like me experiencing biased treatments — stories of unfair
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Stop stressing out about life after College I was asked to speak to undergraduate students about how to get a great career in tech. Below are some highlights from what I shared with them. I started by sharing a story about how passion augmented with extra-hard work can help a
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Many proponents of blockchain technology emphasize that one of the potential benefits of the blockchain is that it will allow the unbanked get access to services that are currently not accessible to them. The assumption is that a big challenge that the unbanked face is a lack identification. And that
