There is no benevolent sexism in tech

someone tell Shollsman to call me!

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Official News From Last Week

1. Nigeria’s headline inflation increased in December 2024 to 34.80% due to increased transport prices and heightened consumer spending during the holidays per the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

2. TikTok is working to restore services in US barely 12 hours after effecting the supreme-court ban. The ban was enacted due to concerns over data security and the app’s ties to the Chinese government.

3. Amazon Web Services (AWS) which powers many Nigerian startups will now accept payment in Naira alongside seven other currencies. This move could lower cloud costs significantly.

4. The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched a new naira payment solution designed to reduce payment processing times for ministries, government departments and agencies.

5. Purple Elephant Ventures secures $4.5 million to enhance Africa’s tourism sector through technology.

Remote Job Openings

1. Moniepoint is looking for a Director of Product Manager

2. YAP media is looking for a Senior Ad Operations Specialist

3. Moniepoint is looking for an Engineering Manager

4. SASSA is looking for a News Writer

5. Flutterwave is looking for someone to head its Commercial Risk Management

As you know, this is Not The Boring Tech Stuff, so lets get into what happened on “tech twitter”

1. Whew! design twitter is back at it

   

Hmmm coincidence?…

The owner of the “sub” replied…

hmmm…

receipt 1

receipt 2

Well…

2. Oluwatosin has a question. Please make sure to comment on what you do for a living if you earn ₦1million or more.

   

takes note

takes more notes

extensive notes

Twitter for hoarding

3. Save a boy child today

   

Asemota gives his 2 cents

Benevolent sexism in 2025??

Oluchi said we don’t do that in tech though!

1/2

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4. Are we witnessing Lemfi become a unicorn??

   

   I want to trade notes too

   

   5. Old nollywood literally gave us the real gist

   

   Observes in advanced banking services

   

   Hmmm

   

   Tips and tricks for business owners

   

   6. Trump was the one that started with the idea of banning it…hmmm…what a change of heart

   

   7. Speaking of IJGB

   

   1/2

   

   2/2

   

   see ehnn…

   

   8. Shola call me!!

   

   9. Temi Babalola and his team are building a text to speech (TTS) system that coverts text into spoken words called Spitch TTS. Spitch uses the power of text-to-speech to preserve Nigerian languages.

   

   10. Fintech on a budget: powered by dispatch and prayers.

   

   What is your favorite highlight from last week?