ICYMI, catch the previous edition here
Job Opening
Deel is hiring in Lagos for a Senior Developer
Micro1 is hiring remotely for a UX/UI Designer
Parity is hiring remotely for a Technical Project Manager
Douro Labs is hiring remotely for a Data Scientist
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
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.
Ride-hailing company Bolt has laid off nearly half of its staff in Nigeria.
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.
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.
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.
Omo tech is not Teching this year Ooo
Microsoft moving out of NG
This is just winter blues 🥱😭😭