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Building in the real marketMy tool found sixteen critical problems. Twelve were wrong.
What building a release-readiness scanner taught me about false alarms, useful checks, and the cost of losing trust. · 29 August 2026
Building in the real marketI entered ₦450,000. The app showed ₦4,500
Brik's mobile invoice screen showed a ₦450,000 item as ₦4,500 because its running total treated naira as kobo. I made the mobile calculation follow the same rule as the invoice and added a test for the exact mistake. · 22 August 2026
The bigger buildWhat ten conferences taught me about the day after
The stage can create attention. A real talent pipeline begins when people know what to do after the applause. · 16 August 2026
AI and African businessSoftware built for how business is supposed to happen vs how it happens here
What Brik and Gidabook taught me about designing around the workflow people already trust. · 8 August 2026
AI and African businessI tested five ideas and closed every one. That was the result
What a closed research programme taught me about defining failure before an AI pilot starts. · 1 August 2026
Building in the real marketPrivacy in Lagos is the person holding your phone. What building Camora taught me
The assumption that price-sensitive markets do not care about privacy gets the threat model exactly backwards. Notes from shipping a privacy-first app. · 24 July 2026
The bigger buildThe AI conversation Nigeria isn't having: workforce readiness
Everyone is debating whether AI takes jobs. Almost nobody is preparing the people who will work alongside it. · 18 July 2026
AI and African businessWhy "just use ChatGPT" is bad advice for your company
The gap between an individual using AI and an organisation using AI, from someone who builds with it daily. · 15 July 2026
AI and African businessYour business doesn't need an AI strategy. It needs answers to five questions
Five questions that do more for AI adoption than any strategy document, drawn from advisory work with businesses across Nigeria. · 11 July 2026
Building in the real marketThe invoice is a WhatsApp message
What building Brik taught me about the gap between how business is supposed to work and how it actually works in Nigeria. · 6 July 2026

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