Ibadan does not want boring Silicon Valley-style tech events
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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… “Don’t let media tell your story for you”
truQ’s CEO resigned and shared his “why”
He cited that his departure was due to an unending conflict arising from discussions around his co-founder’s performance
People of course were sad to see him go
On Sunday truQ announced a new leadership
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2…. So sometimes it’s not always MTN’s fault
This happened in 2023 though and news just got out
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Read full article here
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3… Sowore made some statements against Peter Obi, but Peter Obi refuted the claims but it caused an unexpected discourse
Ignorance or agenda?
By the way, computers first appeared in Nigeria in 1963, specifically for processing the national census data.
interesting
our greatest gbo gbo gbo even chipped in
Like Nigeria might have its bad parts but easy now
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4… But the computer matter caused fight between two alumus of Unilag
Fact checking human, he doesn’t need grok
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You know what we don’t know the history
well
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5… Please where… lol
Poco Lee wasn’t at the tech fest, but Peruzzi and Kellyrae were.
And that didn’t sit quite well with some people
Arguments that it was a festival rather than the regular tech conference was made
Another angle
crazy stuff
Well, this is also true, events can’t be the main cause
Maybe Ibadan does not want boring Silicon Valley-style tech events
6… It was reported that in 2024, remittance into Nigeria reached $20.93 billion
But can this only be black tax?
We discover things everyday
It also can all be various contributory factors
7… Everyday there is a new AI stereotype humans have to contend with.
Firs it was delve, now its em dashes, I know the next one (who can predict it?)
You know what, many people use it, at least you write the prompt. Curious to know why it is so frowned upon
And oh… lets all read more, there is no harm in doing that
8… Speak truth to life!!!
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This felt like a news recap, lol. I enjoyed reading it