Founders are now aura farming
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Official News from Last Week
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Bosun Tijani, has been elected Vice-Chair of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council for 2025–2026 term.
LemFi has acquired UK fintech Pillar in a move to enhance credit access and broaden financial services for immigrants.
Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Sabi has laid off 20% of its staff as it pivots to traceability services in Africa’s minerals and agriculture sectors.
Visa has partnered with Yellow Card, a pan-African stablecoin infrastructure company, to enable cross-border stablecoin payments across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA).
Nigerian telecom operators have begun migrating banks to a new billing system that charges USSD fees from customers’ airtime, following banks’ payment of a ₦180 billion debt.
Remote Job Opportunities
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Fireflies.Ai Operations team is looking to hire an Executive Assistant
Busha Digital Ltd is looking to hire a Senior Product Designer
This isn't your regular tech newsletter, so let's get into some of the most intriguing happenings on "tech Twitter" from the past week.
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1… “Hq” even dey the social name
They probably just thought they were slangs that resonate.
Interestinggg
Is Mr Cuddles referring to the whole Nigeria? the founders? or target market??
2… What we thought was a job opportunity…
Historians had to remind us it was
Looks like this is not his first rodeo
3… How else will he aura farm for the social videos?
Preferably called “Status branding or positioning” 😂
At a wedding? Could have just stayed home if you were that scared for your life
Okay, you have to be cautious if you are Twitter famous… Lots of opps 😂
4… Last week, you guy said Finance, this week it’s Mechanic😭
“I know a man” what about the other men🫠
“Design is how we connect tech to humans”
Make I first go request for refund. Mecho it is
Interesting, lock in wherever you find yourself
5… Between a tech solution provider and a graphics designer
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How it all started
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From “accountant cannot pay this week”…
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To “I am paying out of pocket”
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No response yet from the said employer
6… That is a whole lot of money
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Well, we call him unbelievably liquid for a reason
The sad downfall of Heroshe, TechPoint made a thread
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4/4 Read article here
7… Insane bragging rights. Hard to correct now😂😂.
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