Designers Are At It Again.

ICYMI, catch the previous edition here

Job Opening

1. Deel is hiring in Lagos for a Senior Developer

2. Micro1 is hiring remotely for a UX/UI Designer

3. Parity is hiring remotely for a Technical Project Manager

4. Douro Labs is hiring remotely for a Data Scientist

5. Crypto Banter is hiring in South Africa for a Meme Designer Engineer

To The Day Gist

1.. As seen on the TL

So it’s been going on for a while

2.. There was fuel scarcity last week, and Mayor used the opportunity to remind us that earning in USD is not the way out of the country rogbodiyan (problem)

Ehm, well, it’s still remote, though.

He said, “I’m standing on business.”

3.. In other words, if they explained Nigeria to you, even with your doctorate degree, you still won’t understand

4.. Twitter said we had no meeting with Nigerian ministers during the Twitter ban

5.. So before you get to buy from one filling station in Lagos, you must purchase meat pie first. Maybe they are trying to promote love

6.. A Tweep user who supplied the Jarus VS Tweeter football team decided to get a logo for her business. A lot of designers showed interest, but this caught more attention. Apparently, it was due to the price.

The Tweet got a lot of backlash. Check the quotes

Then we saw this

Ouchhh

Halimah’s POV

Between Kaizen and the Design nurse

Then we saw this

Connecting 2 + 2

The initial post by Design Nurse was deleted

Then this

Context 1

Context 2

We were still on the first one when we saw this

This story is long, but here is the breakdown

2/3

3/3

7.. They said, “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”

8.. Atleast it starts with stock

9.. As seen on the TL

From Cryptonian POV

The last sentence

From Hanu, Patricia founder 1/4

2/4

3/4

4/4 … You can follow the rest here

10.. He’s probably doing some testing

11.. From the TL

Adding 4 + 4

12.. Why is this so funny???

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Official News

1. At least three Nigerian fintech startups—Moniepoint, Paga, and Palmpay—will block the accounts of customers dealing in cryptocurrency and report those transactions to law enforcement. This action follows Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA) classifying crypto trading as a national security issue.

2. Ride-hailing company Bolt has laid off nearly half of its staff in Nigeria.

3. Last week, Zimbabwe took a step towards economic stability with the launch of its new national currency, the Zim Gold (ZiG). Backed by $100 million in cash and $185 million worth of gold, the ZiG replaced the previous Zimbabwean dollar, which suffered from hyperinflation.

4. Nigerian on-demand food delivery startup Chowdeck has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. Investors in the funding round include Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, FounderX Ventures, Hoaq Fund, Levare Ventures, True Culture Funds, and Haleakala Ventures.

5. Renda, a Nigerian logistics startup, has raised $1.9 million in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Ingressive Capital, with participation from Techstars Toronto, Founders Factory Africa, Magic Fund, Golden Palm Investments, Reflect Ventures, SeedFi, and Vastly Valuable Ventures.