In this episode, we sit down with Benjamin Dada, the founder of one of Africa's leading tech publications. We get an insider's view into the Nigerian tech landscape. We also discuss what it takes to be a tech journalist and what the tech market in Nigeria will look like in the future. You can reach out to Benjamin on X (formerly Twitter) at @dadaBen_. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter at tinyletter.com/insidethetechos Show Notes & Resources (05:48) - Guest introduction (06:31) - Benjamin introduces himself and answers questions about how he got into tech. (32:14) - What excites Benjamin about the Techosystem? (38:43) - What’s that one thing that annoys Benjamin about the Techosystem? (43:50) - Benjamin’s thoughts on Fintech being overcrowded? (50:44) - Meme about NIBSS holding the fintech space: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oluwafelami-ajikobi_financefun-nibssinsights-activity-7094881212011298816-plUO/ (59:28) - Does Benjamin think we are still too young to benefit from M&As? (01:08:04) - What advice would Benjamin give someone starting in journalism? (01:21:58) - Benjamin talks about the LevelUp series (01:23:32) - What would Benjamin do differently when building benjamindada.com? (01:29:14) - What’s the next best industry for Benjamin after Fintech? (01:33:08) - The episode with Chidi Williams, founder of Rulebase: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/episodes/Episode-19---A-Conversation-With-Chidi-Williams-e1ldo52 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this episode, we discuss finance, investments, and product scaling with Adebayo Adegbenro, a product equity investor. He takes us on a journey into venture capital funding and its role in a product's growth.  Ade's experiences in this industry help us better understand debt, investment banking, cryptocurrencies, and infrastructure private equity. You can reach out to Ade on LinkedIn. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter at https://insidethetechosystem.substack.com Show Notes & Resources (04:50) - Guest introduction (05:42) - Ade introduces himself (10:09) - Adebayo Ogunlesi’s talk: https://youtu.be/x6N-r_lwbf4?si=76CBPrydaAEIGzKS (12:56) - What are some of his favorite industries to invest in? (15:20) - What does a typical day of an investment banker look like? (24:09) - How can someone go on to become an investment banker? (29:56) - What is it like to raise funds for a company? (58:38) - Ade’s thoughts on leverage vs equity capital raise (01:11:30) - What are some of the riskiest sectors to invest in? (01:18:42) - What are the challenges of building a product? (01:29:34) - What are signs a startup might succeed? (01:35:46) - What would Ade be doing if he was not in investment banking in tech? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

Have you ever met any Indie hackers?  In this episode, we discuss this unconventional tech career path with our guest, Kelvin Omereshone. He gives a glimpse into his life following this path and defines what it truly means to solve problems as developers. You can reach out to Kelvin on Twitter @Dominus_Kelvin. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos. Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter at https://insidethetechosystem.substack.com Show Notes & Resources (03:21) - Guest introduction (04:31) - Kelvin introduces himself and answers how he got into tech (10:04) - What is Indie hacking? (14:05) - How does he convince people to get into indie hacking? (21:34) - Link to Hagfish: https://hagfish.io (23:58) - Popular indie hackers: Marc Lue (https://www.indiehackers.com/marclou), Peter Levels (https://levels.io/nomad-list-founder/), Bria Sullivan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/briasullivan/) (24:56) - Kelvin talks about Hagfish invoice (28:18) - How does he decide how much to charge? (30:12) - Are there any cons to indie hacking? (36:16) - What are the first steps to getting into indie hacking? (53:03) - How is open source doing in Nigeria/Africa? (01:00:05) - Kelvin comments on some of his hot-take tweets (01:13:37) - Link to Google firing their product managers: https://medium.com/illumination/google-once-fired-all-managers-30f73e862ff4 (01:16:10) - Kelvin talks about TKYT - Teach Kelvin Your Thing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4qsujwiHvcP-a8z1--RyZ8XVFHbeBIfn (01:23:34) - Sailsconf Africa 2024: https://sailsconf.com/af (01:28:14) - What would Kelvin be doing if he was not in tech --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this episode, we're joined by Gabriel Inyamah, a seasoned product designer. We discuss his career trajectory and the range of industries he has worked in. We also discuss balancing business goals and users' needs when building products. Most importantly, Gabriel points out the risks involved when companies make assumptions about users' needs instead of carrying out research. You can reach out to Gabriel on Twitter @seektheinyamah. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter at https://insidethetechosystem.substack.com Show Notes & Resources (03:04) - Guest introduction (03:15) - Gabriel introduces himself (04:09) - How did he get into tech? (08:55) - What industries does he find most interesting to work in as a digital product designer? (12:16) - How does a designer align the company’s goals with the users’ needs? (16:55) - Does it get difficult to align stakeholders? (21:44) - When should you redesign your product? (26:31) - How can designers build for potential users? (28:54) - The Peer closing down - https://techcabal.com/2024/04/22/the-peer-will-return-350000 (30:57) - Gabriel’s top 3 best products --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

It's fantastic to be back! Chuka and Emmanuel return with a sprint episode as they navigate the universal struggle of scheduling and making time for new hobbies. They also reflect on their time away and banter about the difference between Lagos's heat and Amsterdam’s cold. We hope you enjoy the episode! Tell us how you handle scheduling and making time for the things you love by tweeting at us or leaving a comment on our various social media platforms. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter at https://insidethetechosystem.substack.com Show Notes & Resources (01:40) - Listen to the last episode we recorded in the same physical space: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/episodes/Episode-14---Inside-the-Mind-of-an-Engineering-Manager-With-Olaoluwa-Faniyi-e1165q6/a-a5k577u (04:45) - Chuka gives some updates on his Amsterdam dreams (06:16) - Struggles with time management (10:01) - Chuka & Emmanuel’s hobbies (15:22) - Time-based & goal-based scheduling (22:09) - Eisenhower matrix: https://www.eisenhower.me/eisenhower-matrix (24:26) - Advice to people struggling with time management --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this episode, Ibukun Itimi, an Observability Engineering Lead at Wise joins the show! We discuss Ibukun's unusual journey into tech, how she transitioned into DevOps and Observability Engineering by figuring things out and what her relationship with her colleagues at work is like. We also delve into her preferred style for people management, what working at Paystack was like and talk about her tech community "Come Tech with Us” You can reach out to the Ibukun on Instagram @come_tech_with_us, on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibukun-itimi-3a4a6a108 and https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-with-us/ and on YouTube Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter on tinyletter.com/insidethetechos Show Notes & Resources (04:03) - Ibukun introduces herself (05:16) - How did Ibukun get into tech? (09:23) - What does Ibukun do as an Observability Engineer? (14:30) - Ibukun explains what her day-to-day as an Observability Engineer is (23:11) - Ibukun is asked if Engineering Management is more tedious than writing the code (27:57) - Ibukun draws a mini roadmap for how observability should progress in a company (35:16) - Is it necessary for a small startup to have someone in charge of observability? (39:13) - Ibukun walks us through her journey from Software Engineering through to DevOps (49:50) - Ibukun talks to us about Come Tech With Us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-with-us/ (56:21) - Ibukun picks what form of content she prefers to make (1:00:56) - Ibukun talks about what the secret behind Paystacks’ retention rate is (1:03:33) - Ibukun talks about what her life without tech could have been (1:04:41) - Ibukun picks her best three cities to live in --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this brand new episode, we're joined by the multi-talented Nissi Ogulu who has co-founded two startups: one in animation production and the other in the electric vehicle industry. We discuss Nissi's background, growing up with a strong curiosity, which will lead her to study abroad and work for one of the largest companies in the automotive industry. We also delve into her process for generating great ideas, highlight some of her most interesting projects to date, and explore what motivates her to continuously innovate and contribute to the techosystem. You can find Nissi Ogulu, on: Instagram:  NISSINATION Spotify: NISSI Twitter: NISSINATION Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter on tinyletter.com/insidethetechos Show Notes & Resources (01:28) - Guest introduction (04:10) - UNBOXED EP by Nissi - https://music.empi.re/unboxed (06:00) - Nissi introduces herself (06:36) - How did Nissi get into tech? (11:30) - Nissi talks about Creele Animation Studio (14:23) - What’s the future of animation and storytelling in Nigeria? (16:25) - What types of roles & concepts would you need to execute in an animation studio (18:55) - How expensive is it to run an animation studio? (23:11) - What does it take to become a big studio? (29:42) - Nissi talks about Kemet Automotive and deciding to come back to Nigeria (37:31) - Nissi has to pick a favourite vehicle (41:50) - Nissi’s most interesting project so far - LR - Project Hero (42:00) - How much creativity does it take to become a design lead? (45:05) - With all the work Nissi puts in, when does she sleep? (47:45) - Who’s Nissi’s favourite basketball player of all time? (51:13) - What advice would Nissi give to someone with many interests and who would like to diversify like herself? (53:03) - Is there any industry Nissi still want to explore? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

Hey ITT fam! 🤩 The past three years of Inside the Techosystem have been quite eventful, to say the least. The materializing of a dream from recurring conversations to taking a chance on something that has bloomed into this growing podcast that we love and are very excited about has been very fulfilling. We are extremely proud of it, and your constant support and engagement make it an even more exciting journey to be on. When we started the podcast in July 2020, it was our goal to make it as fun and insightful as possible, trying our best to make a technical podcast that wasn’t monotonous and rigid but exciting and relatable. A breath of fresh air if you might. Our cover and logo are the most visible and foremost parts of our brand identity, and as we evolve and grow we would like to take you, our listeners along with us. We are excited to announce our new cover and logo as a part of our rebranding initiative. We knew we needed a fresh splash of paint, and over the past few months, we have worked tirelessly, had meeting after meeting in order to properly accomplish what we set out to do, and give our brand a new face. With that said, we’re proud to introduce the new Inside the Techosystem to you! To read the full detail about the rebrand, please check out our article here: https://insidethetechosystem.com/itt-2-0. To give us feedback, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/W6gXo3X5LmFshkA86 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this episode, Chuka & Emmanuel are joined by Odun Osineye - the founder and CEO of Hiyalo Technologies (hiyalo.com). Odun takes us through his entrepreneurial journey from a very young age to dropping out of law school to starting a prop-tech helping people with rent. There’s a lot to learn from his story and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! You can reach out to Odun, on Twitter @odunosineye. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter on tinyletter.com/insidethetechos Show Notes & Resources (02:57) - Odun’s introduction (04:25) - Hiyalo Technologies: https://www.hiyalo.com (05:22) - Odun’s story (10:57) - Hanu, CEO of Patricia: https://www.mypatricia.co (28:57) - NG Hub: https://vc4a.com/ng_hub (29:02) - Daniel Osineye, CTO of Evolve Credit: https://www.evolvecredit.co (31:48) - Gradely Technologies: https://gradely.ng (46:55) - MyStash: https://www.mystash.ng (50:52) - Princeps Credit Systems: https://www.linkedin.com/company/princepsfinance (1:33:49) - Hiyalo’s Pivot (1:36:28) - Spleet: https://spleet.africa (1:41:46) - Future Plans for Hiyalo (1:49:20) - Odun’s advice to his younger self (1:56:03) - ‘Trust the process’ - 76ers, an NBA team’s motto: https://www.si.com/nba/2018/05/02/trust-the-process-meaning-philadelphia-76ers-team-motto --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this episode of Inside the Techosystem, we have a conversation with Helen Ugoeze Okereke, a web developer who wanted some answers to her intriguing hardware programming questions and that led her to start learning and building very interesting projects and also documenting her journey building these projects. Helen shares her tech journey, explains her motivation for building projects publicly, discusses the challenges she encountered while navigating the IoT space, and offers her thoughts on the future of IoT in the techosystem. You can reach out to Helen on: Twitter @helen_codeadict LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-okereke-432323205 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helen.blinks.750 Instagram: https://instagram.com/helen_codeaddict TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@helen_codeaddict YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@helen_codeaddict Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos Send any questions or feedback you have to [email protected] You can subscribe to our newsletter on tinyletter.com/insidethetechos Show Notes & Resources (04:00) - How did Helen get into tech? (07:50) - What was your Helen's project? (09:16) - What inspired Helen to pursue IoT engineering? (14:00) - Find Helen’s IoT projects on her website: https://helencodes.com (19:23) - How does she find the items for her projects? (22:56) - What motivated her to start sharing videos? (26:37) - What are the advancements in IoT? (35:20) - Do you need a science background to get into IoT? (38:24) - What opportunities exist for hardware programmers? (42:40) - How did she get into speaking? Learn more on her website: https://helencodes.com (47:03) - Would there be many more hardware products being released in the future? (51:08) - What would she be doing if she never got into tech? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message